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mike-db

Discussion Starter · Jul 3, 2010

I'm looking to change the power supply in my Acer Aspire X1800 upon looking at this tiny PC I was fairly certain that the power supply is extremely small (which it is) I have no idea if there are any *upgrades* that can be done for this.

I would like to get something that can handle a better graphics card. This model has a Nvidia GeForce 7100 Integrated. The tower is quite small and from the look of things cannot handle a normal sized graphics card either.

Any suggestions on this? I am toying with the idea of just moving it all over to a bigger tower that I have but I have no idea if this will work.

I'm not all that experienced in this field.

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speedster123

· #2 · Jul 4, 2010

A bigger tower would be my choice.

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Tumbleweed36

· #3 · Jul 4, 2010

I too would opt for a standard ATX size tower.

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Tyree

· #4 · Jul 4, 2010

If you want to upgrade the GPU & PSU a larger case will be required. Mid size towers are a good option.

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mike-db

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jul 4, 2010

Well now I have no idea if my mobo can be placed in the tower that I have, it's fairly old. 5 or six years I think, never used.
It's one of the old Viper cases, don't have any pics except these ones:

I guess I should start posting this somewhere else, I basically just need to ask thousands of silly questions.

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Tyree

· #6 · Jul 4, 2010

That is, at minimum, a Mid-Tower case and it will accept mATX and ATX Mobo's as well as a standard ATX PSU.

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Old Rich

· #7 · Jul 4, 2010

See how much this thread for how to assemble elps you:
http://www.techsupportforum.com/f15/recommendations-for-a-rookie-414856.html

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mike-db

Discussion Starter · #8 · Jul 5, 2010

So now i should ask, apparently this computer is meant for a "low-profile" graphics card? If I were to switch over to the bigger tower, and purchase a new power supply and graphics card would it all work that simply?

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Tyree

· #9 · Jul 5, 2010

If all of your hardware is compatible, yes.

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