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need power supply upgrade to run graphics card..suggestions?

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cucooforcocoa   10-28-2006 at 02:57:05 AM

I have a crap emachines T2885 with what I believe to be a 250w power supply. I just bought a FX5500 256 mb pci graphics card so I could run aoe 3 and graphics card says minimum 250 w power supply recommended...The computer has no upgrades other than I put in an extra stick of ram taken off another compatible emachines so its now at 750 ram and it has a DVDRW drive and one regular dvd rom drive...Thats it...No sound card..I have yet to install the graphics card to see if I will have lagging issues and what not but I have heard oem power supplies with emachines do not last long and I have had it since Jan 04 and don't want it crapping out and frying my mobo... Any suggestions as to what will work well for my needs ? I am a newegg/mwave/tigerdirect shopper so any links to something that suits me and fits the emachines T2885 will be appreciated...Thanks

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purdueguy   10-28-2006 at 04:09:48 AM
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For your needs, this one will be fine. I wouldn't use it for a new build but to tie you over, it's a good deal. Antec SmartPower 2.0 400W

I'm pretty sure most PSU's are dimensionally equivalent, but check them to make sure it will fit your case.

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