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Upgrading stock card to ..GEFORCE FX 5200 256MB DDR and recommended watt power is 350, I think standard dell power is 200 watts is this going to be a problem and if so can i put more power in there? HELP!

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specs are the following

dell dimension 2400, P4 2.8ghz
748 ram
160gb hard rive

Reply to shineon26

Standard dell power is 305W... at least on midrange systems - for you, I'm not too sure. I'd usually feel comfortable installing anything that doesn't require additional power through a cable.

Reply to smithereen

read the sticker on th psu

------------------------------ E8400 : GA-EP35-DS3L : mushkin 4GB DDR2 800 : HD 2600PRO : 450W ATX12V : Windows 7
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