Pitfalls of 8800 GTS in a prebuilt system

[sillyfrenchman]

OK I purchased an HP and I want to install the 8800GTS 576MHZ 320MB superclocked in this thing. But I'm unsure if I will be able to. The system reqs are

* 1GB of system memory
* CD-ROM drive
* 50MB of available hard disk drive space for basic driver installation
* Microsoft Windows XP operating system
* PCI Express-compliant motherboard with one vacant PCI Express x16 slot
* 400W PCI Express-compliant system power supply with a combined 12V current rating of 26A or more*
* One 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors
-or-
* Two 4-pin Molex supplementary power connectors

My power supply is 300W so obviously that needs to be upgraded. Are there any others I should be aware of? The last card I installed was the Radeon 9250 so it's been a LONG time. 8)

 

[Craxbax]

There shouldn't be a problem with a new, adequate PSU (with at least 28 -30a available on the +12v rail) in the HP with a PCI-e slot. I added a GPU, memory, and PSUs to 2 prebuilts recently from both HP and ACER. This should help with your choice of PSU:
http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/PSU-101-102-ftopict198276.html

 

[sillyfrenchman]

Thank you very much! I was worried there was some unknown pitfall since I've been out of it for so long.

 

[IcY18]

Make sure it has a PCIe slot. It most likely does but you'll want to make sure.

 

[sillyfrenchman]

Yeah it has a PCI-E. Its just that when graphics cards switched an needed an additional power supply i was thrown for a loop since i never had to deal with that before. I was just wondering if there was anything else of which I was unaware.

 

[IcY18]

Nope just a powersupply.

 

[IcY18]

Nope just a powersupply. Also you're going to want to check to make sure it can fit!

 

[Craxbax]

As I remember I did have to do a very minor case mod on one of the cases due to the on/off and plug placement on the PSU. Not a big problem though.

 

[bodivista]

I put an 8800 GTS in my HP and its still working fine. Of course, I had to put in a new 520W PSU. I believe the 8800 is about 10.5 inches long though, if my memory serves me.