Wanting to Upgrade from ATI Radeon™ X1200

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ComputerAnnah

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So I am the proud owner of an Acer Aspire M5100 and I need tp upgrade both the PSU and the Video Card (it is seven years old).and I have a few questions.

A: What should I upgrade to?
B: Where is the video card? I can't seem to locate it all in my computer.
C: What power supply should I get? and if I get too much power, will it short out my board?

Thanks!!








specs are as follows:

Feature Description
Processor AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 dual-core processor

Cache depending on CPU

Memory 4 GB DDR2 533/667/800 MHz SDRAM
(dual-channel support on four DIMMs)

BIOS flash BIOS

Supported Protocols PCIX 1.0, PCI 2.2, APM 1.2, VESA/DPMS (VBE/PM V1.1), SMBIOS 2.3,
E-IDE 1.1, ACPI 1.0b, ESCD 1.03, PnP 1.0a, Bootable CD-ROM 1.0,

USB, 1.1~USB2.0

System Chipset AMD 690V + SB600

I/O Controller Hub ITE8718F

Expansion Slots 1 PCI Express® x16 slot
1 PCI Express® x1 slot
2 PCI v2.3 (5 V) slots

Audio Integrated Realtek ALC888-GR, colayered with ALC883 Realtek ALC888 high-definition audio with 7.1-channel audio support
S/PDIF (Sony/Phillips Digital Interface on selected models)

Speakers Optional on selected models

Video ATI Radeon™ X1200 graphics solution, supporting:
Interlaced and non-interlaced displays, Maximum resolution of 2048 x1536 @ 32bpp, Full DirectX 9.0, 3D Texture, including projective 3D texture, OpenGL format for Indirect Vertices in Vertex Walker,

PCI Express® X16 graphic card supported

Digital and analog hybrid TV-tuner (NTSC/PAL/SECAM) with
S-video/Composite/Stereo capture TV-tuner card supporting
hardware and software encoding (selected models)

Storage SuperMultiPlus, DVD-Dual, DVD/CD-RW Combo, or DVD-ROM (varies by model)
Serial ATA hard disk up to 400 GB (varies by model)
Multi-in-one Card Reader supporting CompactFlash® (Type I and II), IBM Microdrive, xD-Picture Card™ (xD), Secure Digital (SD), SmartMedia™, MultiMediaCard (MMC), Memory Stick® (MS), Memory Stick PRO™ (MS PRO) (selected models)
Modem 56K ITU V.92, Wake-on-Ring ready

Networking Integrated Marvell 88E8056 Gigabit (RJ-45 LAN connector)

Ports Rear: 1 PS/2 Keyboard port, 1 PS/2 Mouse port, 1 Parallel port, 4 USB 2.0 ports, 1 VGA port, 1 IEEE 1394 port (6-pin), and 6 audio ports
Front: 4 USB 2.0 ports, High-definition headphone and microphone jacks

Environmental
Temperature:
Operating: +5oC ~+35oC
Non-operating: -10oC ~ +60oC

Relative Humidity:
Operating: 15% - 80% RH Non-condensing
Non-Operating Storage: 10% - 90% RH, Non-condensing at 40° C

Maximum Vibration:
Operating: 5 ~ 16.2Hz: 0.38mm (peak to peak) 16.2 ~ 250Hz; 0.2G
Non-Operating Storage: 5 ~ 27.1Hz: 0.6G 27.1 ~ 50Hz; 0.4mm (peak to peak) 50 ~ 500Hz: 2G

Chassis Desktop, 7.2" (183mm) W x 17.5" (445mm) D x 14.5" (370mm) H

Power Supply Industry Standard 250 Watt

Operating System Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2
Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Windows Vista™ Home Basic
(varies by model)

http://acersupport.com/acerpanam/desktop/0000/Acer/AspireM5100/AspireM5100sp2.shtml

 
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DSzymborski
No, a higher PSU will not overheat your computer! A PSU only supplies the power (and the resulting heat from the process) that the PC requires. The only concern of a PSU with higher rated output is efficiency - it's a waste of money to buy a 1000W PSU for a PC that peaks below 500W. And in extreme situations, it's a little less efficient because PSUs typically aren't at their most efficient at very low percentage loads. But none of this actually concerns you, a good 550-650W PSU leaves you some headroom for upgrades later but is a decent price.
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it looks like your graphics card is integrated ie part of the motherboard.you do have a pciex16 slot that you could put a graphics card.keep in mind this an old machine so dont go overkill on the graphics card.im running an hd4870 on a triple core phenom so,in your case,id go with something like the hd7750 and a good quality 500w psu.if your motherboard supports it you might put some more ram in it although this wont help gaming much.if it was mine,thats as far as i would go.
 
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As long as you're updating your power supply, I probably wouldn't go higher than a 750ti or an R9 270. The CPU is just so ancient at this point that it's going to limit whatever you buy, so at least don't buy a top-end card.

Your video card goes in the PCI-Express slot on your motherboard. You have integrated graphics most likely, so you wouldn't have one there.

A power supply only supplies the power that the PC needs. The power supply recommended depends on what GPU you go with and whether you have long-term plans to continue upgrading (and move to a more convenient case than a difficult OEM one).
 
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No, a higher PSU will not overheat your computer! A PSU only supplies the power (and the resulting heat from the process) that the PC requires. The only concern of a PSU with higher rated output is efficiency - it's a waste of money to buy a 1000W PSU for a PC that peaks below 500W. And in extreme situations, it's a little less efficient because PSUs typically aren't at their most efficient at very low percentage loads. But none of this actually concerns you, a good 550-650W PSU leaves you some headroom for upgrades later but is a decent price.
 
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