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Hi, I have a HP Pavilion Slimline s5565uk and its about 3 years old, Its good for web browsing and older/light games but I'd like to play some newer games on it, so Id like to upgrade it but the graphics card and power supply is letting it down the most that's where I need some help
The specs are
microATX M2N68-LA (Narra6) Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X4 635 2.9 GHz
4GB DDR3 RAM (2 x 2GB) (max ram is 8GB)
NVIDIA GeForce G210 512 MB onboard memory, low profile
220W power supply
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
5.25 inch Blu-ray Player
Full specs and some pics of the parts are here
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02486133&lang=en&cc=hr&taskId=135&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=4162194&prodTypeId=12454
I want to change the graphics card but I cant physically fit most types just the low profile ones in and the 220W power supply isn't enough to power a bigger one
I really like the BitFenix Prodigy M MATX in black and its out soon so I wanted to know if I could buy the Prodigy M and rebuild my PC into it?,
The motherboard have is a microATX so it should fit in the case ok?
What kind of power supply would I need that would fit into the Prodigy M and work with the parts I have? what power rating?, I'd like a modular one if possible to keep it tidy and looking nice and to re use it in a couple of years when I change the Motherboard and CPU, doesn't matter if its not possible to keep the same PSU though I can buy another one in a few years,
And what graphics card would I need, it has to fit into the Prodigy M case and fit onto my Motherboard that has these PCI slots
1 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics card
2 PCI Express x1 slots
1 PCI slot
I'm not really bothered about playing on ultra settings, I'd just like to be able to play newish games on mid settings, Minecraft, Battlefield 3, GTA IV and eventually V, The GeForce G210 I have is awful for anything more than low settings so I'm sure whatever new one will be good, Id like to spend around €100-150 on the graphics card
What problems would I have doing this swapping the parts to a new case? would everything fit ok, and is the power button easy to change so the built in one on the prodigy would work?
If rebuilding it into the Prodigy M case wont work what could I do to improve my system? should I add an SSD for the OS, change the ram to 8GB and use it for another couple of years and build a whole new I5 system?
Sorry for all the questions I just want to know what my options are with the parts I have
The specs are
microATX M2N68-LA (Narra6) Motherboard
AMD Athlon II X4 635 2.9 GHz
4GB DDR3 RAM (2 x 2GB) (max ram is 8GB)
NVIDIA GeForce G210 512 MB onboard memory, low profile
220W power supply
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
5.25 inch Blu-ray Player
Full specs and some pics of the parts are here
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02486133&lang=en&cc=hr&taskId=135&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=4162194&prodTypeId=12454
I want to change the graphics card but I cant physically fit most types just the low profile ones in and the 220W power supply isn't enough to power a bigger one
I really like the BitFenix Prodigy M MATX in black and its out soon so I wanted to know if I could buy the Prodigy M and rebuild my PC into it?,
The motherboard have is a microATX so it should fit in the case ok?
What kind of power supply would I need that would fit into the Prodigy M and work with the parts I have? what power rating?, I'd like a modular one if possible to keep it tidy and looking nice and to re use it in a couple of years when I change the Motherboard and CPU, doesn't matter if its not possible to keep the same PSU though I can buy another one in a few years,
And what graphics card would I need, it has to fit into the Prodigy M case and fit onto my Motherboard that has these PCI slots
1 PCI Express x16 slot for graphics card
2 PCI Express x1 slots
1 PCI slot
I'm not really bothered about playing on ultra settings, I'd just like to be able to play newish games on mid settings, Minecraft, Battlefield 3, GTA IV and eventually V, The GeForce G210 I have is awful for anything more than low settings so I'm sure whatever new one will be good, Id like to spend around €100-150 on the graphics card
What problems would I have doing this swapping the parts to a new case? would everything fit ok, and is the power button easy to change so the built in one on the prodigy would work?
If rebuilding it into the Prodigy M case wont work what could I do to improve my system? should I add an SSD for the OS, change the ram to 8GB and use it for another couple of years and build a whole new I5 system?
Sorry for all the questions I just want to know what my options are with the parts I have
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