PSU concerns on buying a GTX280

Why couldnt you guys have said something sooner lmao BUT heres main reasons y i did what i did
1. I got the gtx260 at best buy and way over priced so either way it was going back im just using it untill i get new one
2. My powersupply isnt to strong sooo idk if the gtx280 would be good for me. so the GTX285 isnt the 6/8 pin its 2 6 pins and consumes less power.
3. why not start with something that is faster and THEN overclock it?
and 4. well i dont really have a 4 except that i already bought it its the xfx gtx285 i wanted to stay with either evga or xfx because their warranty covers overclocking
O and i also didnt keep the gtx260 because it need more ram to run gta4

lol well that card will bottleneck your cpu bad which is why i suggested a new cpu MB instead of the card. lol but oh well enjoy your new toy.

Is my rig rly that bad? It's a tri core amd

i would say anything less than a 3ghz intel C2D or amd 6000+ would def bottleneck that CPU alot its the cpu speed that limits how fast it gets info from the video card not the number of cores man. thats why i said that a new MB and CPU like the phenom II would be a better investment than a uber class video card paired with a lower end cpu.

well what if i over clock my cpu to 3.0ghz

The GTX260 is a decent card, no question. The AMD processor you have isn't a good CPU... It's a broken quad pretty much. I wouldn't bother with it, other than selling it on Ebay. The 6000+ or C2D are much better choices.. Or a Phenom II.

Mebbe so. Mebbe not.

Phenoms do not OC well. You would be extremely lucky to get it to 3GHz.

damn now im pissed i wanted a decent computer and well now u guys tell me my "heart" sucks lol meaning im going to die lol

the phenom II's OC very well and are very good CPUs but sry man its common knowledge that you dont pair the fastest video card with a mediocre cpu. But look at it this way you can always upgrade.

yea ill prob upgrade when the prices go down and when i saved enough money because like i can buy it now but my dad wants me to put cash in the bank which i haven't since Christmas plus what would i do with the x3? just throw it away lol. Also is that y my computer wont boot when i my mobo on autom. Let me explain that my motherboard has auto overclocking Low med high. and on low i over clock too 2.7ghz but when i do Med the computer only shows the mobo screen then goes black.

There is nothing wrong with that equipment, WildGene. It is just not designed for overclocking to the extent you wish.
As for Toms Hardware, nobody is perfect. But Toms Hardware and AndandTech have some of the most thorough equipment reviews that you can find and trust. Nothing is hidden. The recommendations are balanced and fair.

As a person who has been affiliated with Tom's Hardware for years, I would like to know where you find that documented... and what you find is better, more thorough, and more reliable.

Thank you, you made me feel alot calmer about my computer haha so basically im going to put 40 bucks aside every week for a new processor and get the quad core amd. Hopefully by then the price will go down majorly. Also i have been referring to toms hardware because i heard it was a very good place for reviews but i never heard of Andandtech.