PSU and Video card

zebbydog · 10-05-2009, 09:43 AM

Hi
I have an older computer I want to upgrade. It is a fujitsu seimens scaleop.The mother board is p5gd1-fm. Cpu is a pentium 4 3.0. The video card is a sapphire radeon x300 se 128mb. I have 2.5 gig of ram.
A friend has just given me a Sapphire radeon x1950 pro 512mb. The power supply on my comp is only 350 watt and I cant see a pcie 6 pin cable. Am I correct in assuming that I need a new PSU for this card? and would this suffice?
550W Corsair VX550W Power Supply - CMPSU-550VXUK
Thanks in anticipation of any replies.
Edit to say my current psu is a
FSP350-60THA-P

**Tyree** · 10-05-2009, 02:41 PM

A 550W Seasonic or Corsair would be good.

zebbydog · 10-06-2009, 02:26 PM

Many thanks for the info. Will get the Corsair this weekend.

10-05-2009, 09:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
zebbydog Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 20 OS: xp	PSU and Video card Hi I have an older computer I want to upgrade. It is a fujitsu seimens scaleop.The mother board is p5gd1-fm. Cpu is a pentium 4 3.0. The video card is a sapphire radeon x300 se 128mb. I have 2.5 gig of ram. A friend has just given me a Sapphire radeon x1950 pro 512mb. The power supply on my comp is only 350 watt and I cant see a pcie 6 pin cable. Am I correct in assuming that I need a new PSU for this card? and would this suffice? 550W Corsair VX550W Power Supply - CMPSU-550VXUK Thanks in anticipation of any replies. Edit to say my current psu is a FSP350-60THA-P Last edited by zebbydog; 10-05-2009 at 09:55 AM.

10-05-2009, 02:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Tyree Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: May 2009 Location: Illinois Posts: 5,781 OS: XP Pro-7RC-Mandriva My System	Re: PSU and Video card A 550W Seasonic or Corsair would be good. __________________ Posting your PC specs will help us to help you quicker and more efficiently.

10-06-2009, 02:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
zebbydog Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 20 OS: xp	Re: PSU and Video card Many thanks for the info. Will get the Corsair this weekend.