Can Geforce Gtx 260 work for my comp?

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ikillforpie

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Well I have a comp that really old and I want to upgrade it. My friend gave me his old graphic card the Geforce GTX 260 and was wondering if my comp can use it. Or is there any way that I can use this graphic card in my comp?
My spec:
AMD Phenom™ 9500 2.2 GHZ
Chipset: NVIDIA® GeForce® 6150SE
3GB Ram
500 GB Harddrive
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400XT (Was going to replace with the Graphic card listed above.)
300 w PSU (thing I am worried about)
Or just look at http://reviews.cnet.com/desktops/gateway-gt5662/4507-3118_7-32865756.html

Thank you very much
 
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You should probably upgrade to something 450w or bigger for thsat gpu with that cpu. One thing you want to check before you upgrade is whether or not your computer uses a standard atx power supply as often prebuilt computers use a form of proprietary power supply which cannot be upgraded.

To do this look at the big connector that connects the motherboard to the power supply, then look up pictures of a 24pin atx connector. If they are not the same, you do not have an atx and it cannot be upgraded. If it does look the same, do some quick research to check if your model of computer used standard wiring on its atx connector as some computer companies use what looks like an atx connector but is wired differently. If this was the case and...
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You should probably upgrade to something 450w or bigger for thsat gpu with that cpu. One thing you want to check before you upgrade is whether or not your computer uses a standard atx power supply as often prebuilt computers use a form of proprietary power supply which cannot be upgraded.

To do this look at the big connector that connects the motherboard to the power supply, then look up pictures of a 24pin atx connector. If they are not the same, you do not have an atx and it cannot be upgraded. If it does look the same, do some quick research to check if your model of computer used standard wiring on its atx connector as some computer companies use what looks like an atx connector but is wired differently. If this was the case and you put astandard atx power supply in, you would likely have a very dsmokey and useless computer
 
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I've never come across a prebuilt PC that did not have the standard ATX power connectors except for the old Mac Power G3's and G4's. THOSE were different yet the plug still fits.

Doesn't matter if its ATX, BTX, Mini, Micro, Full, EATX, HPTX. They all use the same standard 20/24 pin wiring. I did come across a Slim HP Tower that had a Mini version of the ATX connector but the same exact wiring though.
 
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My Dell from a few years back was physically atx 24pin, put was wired differently

 
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