Would a Radeon 5750 work in an HP m7750n?

[shaunkrug]

I have the HP m7750n. It was a Vista media center PC that i put windows 7 in, upped the ram from 2gb to 4 gb, and gave it an extra TB of storage. Im currently running a Geforce 8400gs in there but its kind of crappy and i got this good deal for a radeon hd 5750.

I believe the power supply is only 300 watts and im not sure about if it has the 6 pin connector or not. Can anyone help me check if it would fit and work?

 

[-Fran-]

Well, it could work, but it's kinda dangerous (using the 4 pin molex adapter to the 6pin), so IMO get a new PSU if you can.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371033

I kinda like the Antec "cheap" models, I find them very reliable.

Cheers!

 

[shaunkrug]

I kinda had my eye on this 530 watt PSU for 40 at newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152028&cm_re=modular_power_supply-_-17-152-028-_-Product

 

[-Fran-]

Uhm... It doesn't say it has active PFC (power factor correction), so I wouldn't buy it to be honest...

What does it mean? Well, ensures that the current from the socket goes nicely to your MoBo and saves you a few bucks.

Now, by a simple look at it, it could be a better buy cause it supports SLI and all, but I like the PFC feature.

Cheers!

 

[shaunkrug]

Hey Thanks for the advice. I ended up buying this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152042&cm_re=pfc_modular-_-17-152-042-_-Product

Should i go through with it?

 

[-Fran-]

Sure. Nice buy.

Cheers!

 

[The Halo Don]

Here get this PSU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139028

Cost about the same, yet better brand IMO.