psu and gaphics card

[charmed]

Hi all,


I am wanting to upgrade the graphics card and power supply in my husband's computer as part of his Christmas presents, could you tell me if the componants i have chosen are all compatible with hi motherboard please?

His motherboard is Asus P5GD1-VM, (Intel 915G chipset, Intel LGA775 Pentium 4 CPU, Dual-Channel DDR 400, PCI Express Architecture).

The graphics card i have chosen is: Gigabyte ati hd 3870 ddr3 pci-e dvi

The power supply is: Win Power PSU 500W 20 + 24 pin ATX12V 12cm fan 2x SATA


Thanks in advance...

 

[ilovebarny]

yes they are compatible.

 

[Proximon]

I find nothing to recommend the Win Power PSU however. You need to be careful about Power Supplies. there are a lot of bad ones around that can actually damage components or not provide the power they promise.

Here are some good deals:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102719
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007

If you aren't in th US let us know and we can direct you to other sites.

 

[bobbknight]

I say ditto on getting a good PSU, I learned my lesson years ago.
Now I buy PCPower PSU's.

 

[charmed]

Hi all,

Thanks for your advice. I'm not from the U.S - I'm from the UK. Can you recommend any UK sites that sell good psu's? Just one other thing - I don't have a massive budget for a psu (his other Christmas pressies have cost me a fortune!!). Thanks in advance.

 

[Proximon]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/
http://www.ebuyer.com/
http://www.dabs.com/homepage.aspx

PSU:
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-087-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=&name=Antec%20EarthWatts%20500W%20PSU
That's about the lowest price PSU I'll recommend