Hi all,
I'm replacing an ancient PC with a HP Compaq 8200 Elite I've picked up cheaply & I separately acquired a 2GB MSI GTX 670 (probably overkill for what I'll use it for & system bottlenecks, but it was cheap).
As the fitted PSU is only 320W I realise I need to upgrade the power supply (not to mention I need 2x 6-pin PCIe connectors for the GPU). However, I found that the mobo is non-standard (see here), which seems to limit my options somewhat.
I've seen in some older threads about either separate GPU PSU's that can be mounted in a 5.25" bay or used externally, but the specific products all seem to be obsolete.
As I'm a little unsure what my best course of action is, any suggestions would be much appreciated - many thanks in advance.
(To clarify, the images below show the only connections from the PSU - in the 2nd image it's the two white connectors, the black connectors on the left are then the power to the SATA devices, there are no SATA connectors from the PSU itself)
I'm replacing an ancient PC with a HP Compaq 8200 Elite I've picked up cheaply & I separately acquired a 2GB MSI GTX 670 (probably overkill for what I'll use it for & system bottlenecks, but it was cheap).
As the fitted PSU is only 320W I realise I need to upgrade the power supply (not to mention I need 2x 6-pin PCIe connectors for the GPU). However, I found that the mobo is non-standard (see here), which seems to limit my options somewhat.
I've seen in some older threads about either separate GPU PSU's that can be mounted in a 5.25" bay or used externally, but the specific products all seem to be obsolete.
As I'm a little unsure what my best course of action is, any suggestions would be much appreciated - many thanks in advance.
(To clarify, the images below show the only connections from the PSU - in the 2nd image it's the two white connectors, the black connectors on the left are then the power to the SATA devices, there are no SATA connectors from the PSU itself)
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