ATI Radeon 5570, will it fit in my computer?

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Hello,

My computer is a Packard Bell Imedia 8000 and I have intergrated intel graphics at the moment. However, I would like to upgrade this to the graphics card mentioned in the title above. My PSU is 250 watts, the 5570 requires 400 but I have read that it would be able to run on 250. I was wondering if it would fit on my motherboard which I believe has a PCI-E slot. My motherboard is a Packardbell/Acer FIH57. Thanks in advance.
 
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Yes that motherboard does have a PCI-E slot also a PCI-E x16 slot.

Also the chances of running the 5570 taking in to hand the other components running off of your 250 watt PSU is not a great thing to do being.

As for if that select graphics card will fit. It should fit no problem, it's a low profile card so gathering the size of the Imedia case and the motherboard and the GPU yes it can and should fit

As I stressed above that card requires atleast 400watt if you're just watching videos etc that's fine if you go the play some games your can kiss your PSU bye bye. Remember that computer is made for an intergrated card hence why the PSU is low.

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Yes that motherboard does have a PCI-E slot also a PCI-E x16 slot.

Also the chances of running the 5570 taking in to hand the other components running off of your 250 watt PSU is not a great thing to do being.

As for if that select graphics card will fit. It should fit no problem, it's a low profile card so gathering the size of the Imedia case and the motherboard and the GPU yes it can and should fit

As I stressed above that card requires atleast 400watt if you're just watching videos etc that's fine if you go the play some games your can kiss your PSU bye bye. Remember that computer is made for an intergrated card hence why the PSU is low.
 
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Don't ever go cheap on a PSU I know it's incredibly tempting but a bad PSU can knock out the whole computer.

Instead go for something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Corsair-CX600-600W-Builder-Series-CX-Series-CX-80-Bronze-ATX-Power-Supply-PSU-/310872653151?pt=UK_Computing_PowerSupplies_EH&hash=item4861743d5f

This is 600W so leaves room for porting to another computer if you ever custom build or get someone to build a computer for you.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CORSAIR-CX500M-500W-ATX12V-v2-3-SLI-Ready-CrossFire-Ready-MODULAR-80-PLUS-BRONZE-/131219719006?pt=PCA_UPS&hash=item1e8d4e035e

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CORSAIR-CX-series-CX500-500W-ATX12V-v2-3-80-PLUS-BRONZE-Certified-Active-PFC-PSU-/221471262764?pt=PCA_UPS&hash=item3390b7482c

these are both 500W and will do perfectly fine for your system.

Considering that the 400w for the GPU is usually a safety margin etc but 500w would do the job fine. I run a similar card on my 500W build and it runs sweet never had a problem.

I know a cheaper PSU seems appealing but in all honesty it is NEVER worth it. Sorry about the late reply.