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Old 03-06-2009, 01:59 PM   #1 (permalink)
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£100 ish on a Graphics card

HI all ! My friend wants too Upgrade his graphics card in his 3 year old OEM Medion PC!

Pentium 4 CPU 3.06GHz Socket 775
Motherboard MS-7046
2 Gig DDR/SD RAM Duel channel RAM
Nvidia 7300-SE-7200GS PCIe 16
PSU ?
Not sure yet?
Mobo Manuel recommends more than 350w so I think its maybe 450w Don't know how many 12v rails etc!

This is the card he's looking as you can see it comes with molex to pci adaptor!
http://www.zotac.com/httpdocs/brochu...synergy_v1.pdf

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/produc...=56&subid=1009
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Old 03-06-2009, 02:01 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: £100 ish on a Graphics card

What sort of PSU do you think would be man enough for the job?
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Old 03-06-2009, 02:14 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: £100 ish on a Graphics card

Hello...

For 9800GT you would need more than 450W...

You should be looking for something like this:

Recommended Supply: Seasonic 600 watt

Recommended Supply: PC Power & Cooling 610 watt

Recommended Supply: Seasonic S12-650 Watt

Recommended Supply: Coolermaster Real Power Pro 650 watt

Recommended Supply: Corsair 650-TX -650 watt

Recommended Supply: Seasonic M12-700 Watt

Recommended Supply: Corsair 750-TX-750 watt

Recommended Supply: Thermaltake Toughpower 750 watt


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Hope this will help you mate...
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Thanks! I thaught it would need a PSU upgrade! A lot of devices to power ,I forgot to say its got a TV card as well as Modem DVD Drive and DVD RW Drive.
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