Upgrading my pc..please help !!

[deepakmenonk]

I have an asus p5kpl-amps motherboard which has a intel pentium d processor 820 ..
It works on 1GB DDR2 ram..
I want to know to how much i can upgrade the memory, and what type of graphics card will be combatible with this configuration. Please suggest me a good graphic card (1gb?)

 

[karl_ranseier]

take a look at this website: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5KPLAMPS/#specifications
you can get up to 4gb of memory.

 

[WR2]

What resolution monitor do you have?
How much do you want to spend on a new graphics card?

 

[deepakmenonk]

take a look at this website: http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_775/P5KPLAMPS/#specifications
you can get up to 4gb of memory.

thank you

 

[deepakmenonk]

What resolution monitor do you have?
How much do you want to spend on a new graphics card?

actually i want to connect to a HD TV..1366X768

<$80

 

[WR2]

Radeon HD 6670 1GB should be a good match with your budget, the 1366x768 resolution and your CPU.

 

[WR2]

What type of connectors does your TV have?
Will you need a low profile graphics card, or is the normal sized card OK for your case?

 

[deepakmenonk]

Radeon HD 6670 1GB should be a good match with your budget, the 1366x768 resolution and your CPU.

my question to you is will this hd6670 be compatible with my processor and motherboard? bcos this graphics card has ddr3 memory and it needs PCI Express2.1 x16..

 

[deepakmenonk]

What type of connectors does your TV have?
Will you need a low profile graphics card, or is the normal sized card OK for your case?

my tv has a hdmi port..so i can connect the tv to the hdmi port of the graphics card...right?
I want the system to be good for gaming

 

[WR2]

What game will you be playing?

 

[deepakmenonk]

What game will you be playing?

latest games? maybe fifa 2012, cod mw3.. etc

 

[WR2]

PCI Express 2.1 cards will work in your PCIe 1.1 ver motherboard.
Type of VRAM (DDR3) on video card makes no difference to your PC - it's only for the Video card's use.

 

[WR2]

How large is your power supply? A more powerful graphics card might need a PSU upgrade as well.

 

[deepakmenonk]

How large is your power supply? A more powerful graphics card might need a PSU upgrade as well.

it is written it's a 450watt PSU..

 

[WR2]

That's not terrible. Is there a manufactures name and model number?

 

[WR2]

Also... what graphics card are you using now?

 

[deepakmenonk]

That's not terrible. Is there a manufactures name and model number?

its Smart Intex 2045S+ 450 watt PSU

 

[deepakmenonk]

now i am using an old asus EN6200TC512 graphics card

 

[deepakmenonk]

http://www.intextechnologies.com/webpages/productcomperi.aspx?pro_name=450%20Watts&category=Computer%20Peripherals&subcat=SMPS&subcat1=SMPS

 

[WR2]

From another THG forum topic:
Will my Power Supply Unit support an HD 6670? with the same PSU.

It pretty much confirms what I had already suspected.
HD 6670 is about as powerful a card as I think your PSU can handle safely.

 

[deepakmenonk]

Best answer selected by deepakmenonk.

 

[deepakmenonk]

what do you think about asus gt520 graphics card?
will it be supported in my pc?

http://event.asus.com/vga/2011/engt520/

 

[WR2]

GT 520 quite a bit below the gaming performance level of the 6670.

 

[deepakmenonk]

GT 520 quite a bit below the gaming performance level of the 6670.

http://tpucdn.com/reviews/AMD/HD_6670/images/cod4_1680_1050.gif

thanks a lot

 

[deepakmenonk]

the problem is hd6670 costs about $120 in my area.. would like to restrict it below $80