thomas49th
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Hi, I want/need to upgrade my pc's graphics card. My pc is farily powerful with intel pentium 4 650 socket 755 @ 3.4ghz, and 2gb pc3200 DDR RAM 800mhz bus speed. However my powersupply and my graphics card isn't! This is a retail pc (from packardbell) and the powersupply is just 250W, running a ATI radeon 9550 graphics card! Even worse is that my motherboard does't have a pci-e slot, so i will need to upgrade that too. My board is here
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=146&model=374&modelmenu=1
I want to be able to play bf2 on max settings and company of hereos too @ 1280 x 1024. To get a graphics card to do this im going to have to upgrade PSU, motherboard (for PCI-E slot) along with the graphics card aswell. I want to try and stay under £200 with vat and p&P included (buying from preferbaly UK seller). Now unfortunatly my case is microATX, so I will have to buy a microATX board. With all of these things in mind i can start chosing my components.
Im not sure wether to go with http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=15219&GroupID=0
OR
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106578
Im not sure what motherboard to get however i like the look of this one (but i cant find a UK seller)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131586
and im not sure what powersuppy i should get, but it will need to be 500W atleast. Im running a FSP 250W powersupply currently
1. Does anybody know a good power supply i could get (500W) to fit in my ATX case?
2. Anybody know a good microATX motherboard to fit in my case?
P.S My pc is here:
http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=spec_santiago_nofw&ppn=PB14307101
Thanks
http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=146&model=374&modelmenu=1
I want to be able to play bf2 on max settings and company of hereos too @ 1280 x 1024. To get a graphics card to do this im going to have to upgrade PSU, motherboard (for PCI-E slot) along with the graphics card aswell. I want to try and stay under £200 with vat and p&P included (buying from preferbaly UK seller). Now unfortunatly my case is microATX, so I will have to buy a microATX board. With all of these things in mind i can start chosing my components.
Im not sure wether to go with http://www.microdirect.co.uk/ProductInfo.aspx?ProductID=15219&GroupID=0
OR
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/106578
Im not sure what motherboard to get however i like the look of this one (but i cant find a UK seller)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131586
and im not sure what powersuppy i should get, but it will need to be 500W atleast. Im running a FSP 250W powersupply currently
1. Does anybody know a good power supply i could get (500W) to fit in my ATX case?
2. Anybody know a good microATX motherboard to fit in my case?
P.S My pc is here:
http://support.packardbell.com/uk/item/index.php?i=spec_santiago_nofw&ppn=PB14307101
Thanks