I was about to purchase these two items, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817148027 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130074 , can someone please tell me if they are both compatible or not, I am currently using a Gateway GT5220 if you need to know what I am using to find out any compatibility issues. If someone can look into that for me (im the biggest tech noob ever) then it would be greatly appreciated.
Need help with this video card and power supply
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LinkedKube
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Mini Tower
Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 2 GHz
Installed Memory 1 GB 533(DDR2 SDRAM)
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition
that's your system
Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 2 GHz
Installed Memory 1 GB 533(DDR2 SDRAM)
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Media Center 2005 Edition
that's your system
LinkedKube
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Don't think I like the looks of that power supply...
You get what you pay for. you're better off with a lower Watt power supply from a good brand, that you are with that. So get this instead.
Just for the benefit of everyone else, there is a PCIe x16 in that Gateway, so the graphics card is compatible.
You get what you pay for. you're better off with a lower Watt power supply from a good brand, that you are with that. So get this instead.
Just for the benefit of everyone else, there is a PCIe x16 in that Gateway, so the graphics card is compatible.
LinkedKube
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CMH said:
I swear your last name should be lexmark, lol.
Well, it may be reliable enough for use, but it may not be a good power supply, and might falter after awhile, or if you load them up enough.
MOST computers don't come with a high quality power supply, and alot of complaints are caused by cheap power supplies. But that doesn't mean everyone who owns a cheap power supply will run into problems with it. In fact, most people don't run into problems with cheap power supplies.
If you're willing to run that risk, then your original PSU will do.
As with FSP, I've never read any reviews on them, never seen any sort of highly methodological testing on them, and I have never seen the insides of one, so I shouldn't comment on them. So I will comment on the Antec, of which I own a few of my own, and have been proven again and again on highly methodological testing.
Bear in mind that the Wattage is just an indication of what the PSU might do in a cheap power supply. As in, it is POSSIBLE for it to reach 400W in a cheap power supply. Some cheap power supply independently test each rail, and add up the Wattage, which is just stupid because you will not just use the +12V rail, or the +5V, or -12V or whatever, but all of them at the same time. However, in good power supplies, the rated Wattage is the maximum average Wattage which can be sustained by the PSU. A cheap PSU on the same testing as a good one will be rated much lower.
Hope that clears things up.
MOST computers don't come with a high quality power supply, and alot of complaints are caused by cheap power supplies. But that doesn't mean everyone who owns a cheap power supply will run into problems with it. In fact, most people don't run into problems with cheap power supplies.
If you're willing to run that risk, then your original PSU will do.
As with FSP, I've never read any reviews on them, never seen any sort of highly methodological testing on them, and I have never seen the insides of one, so I shouldn't comment on them. So I will comment on the Antec, of which I own a few of my own, and have been proven again and again on highly methodological testing.
Bear in mind that the Wattage is just an indication of what the PSU might do in a cheap power supply. As in, it is POSSIBLE for it to reach 400W in a cheap power supply. Some cheap power supply independently test each rail, and add up the Wattage, which is just stupid because you will not just use the +12V rail, or the +5V, or -12V or whatever, but all of them at the same time. However, in good power supplies, the rated Wattage is the maximum average Wattage which can be sustained by the PSU. A cheap PSU on the same testing as a good one will be rated much lower.
Hope that clears things up.
LinkedKube
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yeah, lexmark, you reword everything I say, and I do the same to u. lol
wolfram
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Don't worry, I have opened some FSP PSU's. They have a huge transformer. They look high quality, are very heavy, and can sustain heavy loads.
Trust me on this, I have loaded very heavily a 300W FSP PSU, and it was extremely stable.
Their fan is usually quiet, and they run cool.
Just check some reviews @ Newegg. Most people rate them high (except some *****s).
Trust me on this, I have loaded very heavily a 300W FSP PSU, and it was extremely stable.
Their fan is usually quiet, and they run cool.
Just check some reviews @ Newegg. Most people rate them high (except some *****s).
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