Hello everyone,
I recently got an older gaming computer and have been planning on updating it a tad (it will still be out of date of course). Anyhoo, I want to know what is the best video card I can put in this computer. This is mainly a question centering on my power supply. Here is the relevant information:
Mother board: Gigabyte GA-m57sli-s4
Processor (as soon as it comes in the mail): Athlon 64 x2 6400+
3 case fans and a large CPU fan
4 gigs of Ram
Power Supply: Xion Xon 500f8x2-201 (500 Watt with +12V1@18A, +12V2@20A)
Naturally, this whole issue of balancing watts, amps, and the 12v rail is rather confusing.
Thanks for the help!
I recently got an older gaming computer and have been planning on updating it a tad (it will still be out of date of course). Anyhoo, I want to know what is the best video card I can put in this computer. This is mainly a question centering on my power supply. Here is the relevant information:
Mother board: Gigabyte GA-m57sli-s4
Processor (as soon as it comes in the mail): Athlon 64 x2 6400+
3 case fans and a large CPU fan
4 gigs of Ram
Power Supply: Xion Xon 500f8x2-201 (500 Watt with +12V1@18A, +12V2@20A)
Naturally, this whole issue of balancing watts, amps, and the 12v rail is rather confusing.
Thanks for the help!