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Omgwtfbbq   10-06-2007 at 03:32:55 AM

My friend is on a Compaq Presario SR1711Nx, and he wants a new video card. He's got an AMD Sempron (P) 3400+ 2.0ghz processor, 512mb ram. I looked up his mobo, he's got a pci-e slot, and a pci slot. I'm not sure what video cards would fit, also what his power supply could handle. I don't know his power supply and neither does he. Is an upgrade on the video card possible? (Current one is integrated pos). If it is, what is the best he can upgrade to without upgrading the power supply, with power supply, and reccomendations of what to upgrade?

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emp   10-06-2007 at 04:06:55 AM
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7600GT, if the PSU can't handle it, then I'd forget it and get a new PC altogether.

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zenmaster   10-06-2007 at 04:43:23 AM
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The 7600GT should work.
He likely needs another 512mb of RAM as well.
That will limit him quite a bit as well.

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justinmcg67   10-06-2007 at 06:11:12 AM
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7600GT would be perfect...

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kpo6969   10-06-2007 at 06:12:49 AM
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If it's a slim-line case you will need a low-profile card. OEM

------------------------------ P35-DS3L Rev 2 bios F9C l E8400 @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.232v l OCZ Vendetta 2 /LGA775 Bolt-Thru l 4GB G.Skill 8800PI@1000mhz 4:5 @ 1.87v l WD3200AAKS 320GB l Evga 8800GTS 512 l X-Fi Xtreme Music l Corsair HX520 l Antec Sonata III 500 l Vista32 SP2 l Win7 X64 7600
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Omgwtfbbq   10-07-2007 at 11:17:54 PM
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My friend upgraded a bit, he got a new mobo, it has pci-e slots, 1gb of ram, I forget the processor, but its not duo core, 1.8-2.2ghz I forget where in there it is. I don't know his case size so I don't know if a 7600 would fit, does anyone know if it would?

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kpo6969   10-07-2007 at 11:33:58 PM
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Omgwtfbbq wrote :

My friend upgraded a bit, he got a new mobo, it has pci-e slots, 1gb of ram, I forget the processor, but its not duo core, 1.8-2.2ghz I forget where in there it is. I don't know his case size so I don't know if a 7600 would fit, does anyone know if it would?


Google can be your friend, took me all of 30 seconds to find. Post back with any questions.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc [...] g=en&cc=us

------------------------------ P35-DS3L Rev 2 bios F9C l E8400 @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.232v l OCZ Vendetta 2 /LGA775 Bolt-Thru l 4GB G.Skill 8800PI@1000mhz 4:5 @ 1.87v l WD3200AAKS 320GB l Evga 8800GTS 512 l X-Fi Xtreme Music l Corsair HX520 l Antec Sonata III 500 l Vista32 SP2 l Win7 X64 7600
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kpo6969   10-07-2007 at 11:46:26 PM
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Here you go:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814130062

Your psu seems to have 19amps since the replacement is that:

http://www.power-on.com/atx12vhp300bt.html

------------------------------ P35-DS3L Rev 2 bios F9C l E8400 @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.232v l OCZ Vendetta 2 /LGA775 Bolt-Thru l 4GB G.Skill 8800PI@1000mhz 4:5 @ 1.87v l WD3200AAKS 320GB l Evga 8800GTS 512 l X-Fi Xtreme Music l Corsair HX520 l Antec Sonata III 500 l Vista32 SP2 l Win7 X64 7600
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