Hey all, I'm pretty new to adding Hardware to a PC. After looking at everything, I found myself handcuffed with a 280 watt Acbel Power supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162067&cm_re=gt_430-_-14-162-067-_-Product
Please please I need a very good answer. I'm thinking about buying it without buying a new power supply.
I'm going to do a lot gaming (mw2, crysis) on low-to medium settings . I have a Lenovo IdeaCentre K300-53162FU. No extra hard drives or anything.
My CPU is a Intel® Pentium® Processor E5700 (2M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) That uses 65 watts under full load. (I think that's pretty low for it's great performance)
I have 2 sticks of DDR3 RAM = 4GB RAM - I did some research at it takes about 7-10 watts all together
I have a supermulti DVD drive that takes 25-35 watts during full load (such as burning)
I have an average pc case (not slim) with a fan about 3 watts
Adding like 5 LED's will add about 5 watts I guess..
I got one hard drive but I don't know the specs.. I heard the average wattage they use was about 10-15 on today's PC's.
Now adding a graphics card that uses 49 watts under full load.. Will it work? I'm planning on buying it without buying a new power supply. Please help.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814162067&cm_re=gt_430-_-14-162-067-_-Product
Please please I need a very good answer. I'm thinking about buying it without buying a new power supply.
I'm going to do a lot gaming (mw2, crysis) on low-to medium settings . I have a Lenovo IdeaCentre K300-53162FU. No extra hard drives or anything.
My CPU is a Intel® Pentium® Processor E5700 (2M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) That uses 65 watts under full load. (I think that's pretty low for it's great performance)
I have 2 sticks of DDR3 RAM = 4GB RAM - I did some research at it takes about 7-10 watts all together
I have a supermulti DVD drive that takes 25-35 watts during full load (such as burning)
I have an average pc case (not slim) with a fan about 3 watts
Adding like 5 LED's will add about 5 watts I guess..
I got one hard drive but I don't know the specs.. I heard the average wattage they use was about 10-15 on today's PC's.
Now adding a graphics card that uses 49 watts under full load.. Will it work? I'm planning on buying it without buying a new power supply. Please help.