Zuntyh

I must say I wasn't the most pleased person after waiting 3 weeks from amazon for a ' 1-2 day delivery' item to turn out that I can't even use it properly.

I purchased a HIS Radeon HD 4650 512Mb Graphics card.
The reason being was because my old card (2400) started giving me extra textures and crashes when watching videos. I managed to rectify this by updating the motherboard BIOS but this was after I had placed my order on the new card.

To my despair, my brother was playing a game the next day and reported to me that the extra textures had returned . Turns out my motherboard does not support the card and thus I'll need a new motherboard. But in doing so, I'll need a new PSU definitely...

My current specs:

Motherboard: 4Core dual sata-2 BIOS version 2.10
Graphics: ATi radeon 4650 512mb
CPU: Intel Core2Quad 2.40Ghz
Memory: 1 GB
PSU: Win Power ATX-600 (600W)

Plan to order the new components in roughly a couple of months as exams will be over and the holidays will have begun.

As for prices. I can't say I want to spend much at all, considering I recently used a lot of money on a graphics card .

dai

what m/b do you have i would think it would be pcie
is that the type of card you purchased

Net Jockey

What one needs to know about...the relation of the negative effects of heat on the computer...That can be caused by the power supply.

Manufacturers test their PSU's at a set temperature...from this their rating is determined... for most this No. is 25 degrees Celsius...which falls short of the temperature that most computers are capable of achieving.

Given that a PSU will actually lose 2-5 watts per one degree of heat above the 25 Degree Celsius testing temperature...coupled with the fact that computers tend to run at 10 degrees higher than room temperature... In the summer time when the room temperature can easily reach 80 degrees F... your computer will be running at 33 Degrees C. or 90 Degrees F.

So the...math can make...your 500 watt power supply into a 460 watt unit.

In addition to this...what needs to be taken into account is that each degree that your computer components are operating at...under powered...adds more heat to the equation.

Consider also...the possibility...that ratings given by the manufacturer of single components...such as graphics cards...need to be treated with skepticism...Manufacturers may minimize support issues and under rate the power required...in order to make a larger profit.

The above has not taken into account...the issue of high quality vs poor quality units...Power supplies convert voltages from wall outlets to lower levels used by the PC. During this conversion, some power is lost as heat. The efficiency level of the PSU determines how much extra power must be put into the power supply to run the PC. A high quality PSU can help reduce the noise and heat generated within a computer system. The higher the efficiency rating the less heat the PSU has to deal with.

Therefore heat is the computers enemy...The hotter the temperature your PSU is forced to run at...the poorer the supply of power the rest of the components will receive...which has been known to lead to such things as crashes, freezing, rebooting, BSOD’s, and video distortion, as well as partial and complete failure of other components.

The fact is very few PSU’s are capable of producing the wattage that the companies advertise.

For a very good comprehension of recommended brand names, wattage, and models in listed categories...Plus much more...check out this link. Power Supply Information and Selection

Zuntyh

Yeah the motherboard is PCI-E, but if I remember reading somewhere. My card runs at like x15 PCI-E whilst the motherboard is forcing it to be x4

dai

i want to look at the specs of your m/b
if you don't post the make and model of it there is no way of us being able to check it

emosun

I actually have the same board with a 2600. Although I do not know why yours isn't working with the latest bios. I'm using the 1.60 bios so maybe try an older bios and not the latest.

But yea that 4650 probably doesn't work because of the via chipset which is just awful. If they don't update it for every card then it's just flat out incompatible.