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What type of card and power supply I need

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Hello everyone,
I am new to asking for help on forums especially when it comes to my computer. I am a tech guy, but I am mostly proficient in software not hardware. I know enough about hardware to be very distructive. I recently found out my video card will not cut the mustard with a few of my games so I went on the hunt to find another card. There are several options but I don't know what would be the best considering I am on a budget of $200 or less and on top of it need a new power supply since mind is only 300 W. Would someone please help me out with recommendations I would greatly appreciate it?

Thanks

Below you will find my computer specs:

Base processor
Phenom-9650 (A) 2.3 GHz (95W)
2000 MHz HyperTransport 1.0
Socket AM2+

Chipset
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

Motherboard
Manufacturer: Asus
Motherboard Name: M2N68-LA
HP/Compaq motherboard name: Narra3-GL8E

Power supply
300W

Memory
Component Attributes
Memory Installed 7 GB
Maximum allowed 8 GB (4 x 2 GB) (64-bit OS)

Hard drive
640 GB SATA 3G (3.0 Gb/sec)

16X DVD(+/-)R/RW 12X RAM (+/-)R DL LightScribe SATA drive

Expansion slots

PCI --- One (One available)
PCI Express x16 --- One (One available)
PCI Express x1 --- Two (One available)


Reply to biggreddone
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What resolution is the monitor you are running right now? According to HP your PC came with a 9800 GT which is probably getting bottle necked by your CPU. Depending on your resolution a CPU/Motherboard upgrade may be your better option.

Reply to hunter315

zipzoomflyhigh wrote :

Well what video card do you have now? lol

Anything decent will be bottleneck by your processor because of its slow clock speed.



I have GeForce 6150SE nForce 430 for a video card right now. Does this help?

Reply to biggreddone

hunter315 wrote :

What resolution is the monitor you are running right now? According to HP your PC came with a 9800 GT which is probably getting bottle necked by your CPU. Depending on your resolution a CPU/Motherboard upgrade may be your better option.



Here is my current card: GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

My current resolution is 1440 x 900 at 75 Hertz refresh rate.

What you think?

Reply to biggreddone
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My suggestion for about $200 would be...
PSU -
OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W Modular 86% efficiency power
$69.99
($49.99 after $20.00 Mail-In
Rebate 17-341-016 )
Free Shipping*
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817341016

Graphics card -
XFX HD-485X-ZDFC Radeon HD 4850 1GB http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814150351

or even the 512MB would do...
SAPPHIRE 100245L Radeon HD 4850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814102770

But check if you get a good deal with 4870 512MB...If you get it for less than $130, then go for that one...

Reply to gkay09

zipzoomflyhigh wrote :

HP uses compaq motherboards?



HP has owned compaq since 2002.

------------------------------ CPU: Q9550 at 3.6ghz (FSB 425mhz) | MB: P5E3 Premium | Ram: 4*2Gb Corsair DDR3 @1417mhz | GPU: 2 HD4890 1Gb (925core/1025mem) CF | PSU: OCZ ELiteXtreme 800W | Sound: Creative Titanium Fatal1ty Pro | 2*120gb OCZ Vertex SSD Raid0 and 2 500gb Raid0 HDDS
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By 2fast4thetown_down, 1 hour ago:

If you have a 400 or more psu you should be fine it seems to be compatable just look at...

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