The cards I'm looking at right now are a GeForce GTS 250 (well technically the seller's ad says "GT 250" but that card isn't in Wikipedia's Nvidia list so I'm guessing he meant "GTS 250") and a Radeon HD 4850.
MY BIG CONCERN is the power supply.
I have: 300 W ATX Power Supply – PFC/non-PFC with a 115v/230v line switch. I think it's a generic power supply though so maybe only 250 W.
Do I have enough power? http://powersupplycalculator.net/ says: "probably". Load power is at about 210 W and recommended is at about 270 W. My 250 W - 300 W power supply seems OK but I'm wondering if it's too dicey cutting it that close.
The other concern is connectors. I guess I'm going to have to get off my ass and look inside the box.
As you've no doubt presumed from the GPUs I'm considering I'm on a very tight budget. I really hope I don't need to get a new PSU.
My system is a HP Compaq dx 7500 microtower. According to the manual it has 1 PCI e 16 slot and 3 PCI e 1 slots. The manual does not specify what PCI e version they are. However the bus interface of the two cards is PCI e 2.0 x16 so I'm probably good to go there since PCI e 2.0 cards are usually compatible with PCI e 1.0 slots (or so I've heard) so even if my slots are PCI e 1.0 I'll probably be fine.
Desktop Dimension
Height 14.76 in 37.5 cm
Width 6.98 in 17.73 cm
Depth 16.88 in 42.87
Looks like I should be fine in terms of physical space. Guess I should take a look inside though (I've never seen the inside of this case. I just purchased it very cheaply from someone, plopped it down and turned it on).
Well that's that.
My gratitude in advance.
MY BIG CONCERN is the power supply.
I have: 300 W ATX Power Supply – PFC/non-PFC with a 115v/230v line switch. I think it's a generic power supply though so maybe only 250 W.
Do I have enough power? http://powersupplycalculator.net/ says: "probably". Load power is at about 210 W and recommended is at about 270 W. My 250 W - 300 W power supply seems OK but I'm wondering if it's too dicey cutting it that close.
The other concern is connectors. I guess I'm going to have to get off my ass and look inside the box.
As you've no doubt presumed from the GPUs I'm considering I'm on a very tight budget. I really hope I don't need to get a new PSU.
My system is a HP Compaq dx 7500 microtower. According to the manual it has 1 PCI e 16 slot and 3 PCI e 1 slots. The manual does not specify what PCI e version they are. However the bus interface of the two cards is PCI e 2.0 x16 so I'm probably good to go there since PCI e 2.0 cards are usually compatible with PCI e 1.0 slots (or so I've heard) so even if my slots are PCI e 1.0 I'll probably be fine.
Desktop Dimension
Height 14.76 in 37.5 cm
Width 6.98 in 17.73 cm
Depth 16.88 in 42.87
Looks like I should be fine in terms of physical space. Guess I should take a look inside though (I've never seen the inside of this case. I just purchased it very cheaply from someone, plopped it down and turned it on).
Well that's that.
My gratitude in advance.
. I'd rather not have to buy and install this but if I have to I will.
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