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I have an Asus Essentio CM 1730-01 desktop. Power supply is an AC Bel PC 9045 = ZA1G, PSU Rev-A, 313.9 total watts. +12V1 - 15A, and +12V2 - 15A.

The video card I want to use is " 01G-P3-1302-LR NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 1024MB DDR3 PCIe 2.0 x16 Video Card 01G-P3-1302-LR ".

Will it work?

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Herb.
 
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Just looking for something better than what I have. I have 128K onboard video. And due to the PSU I'm using I guess I don't have many choices. I'm not a gamer and I basically use my computer for exchanging emails, online banking and shopping. Taking educational courses and exchanging pictures of grand children and family. I just purchased this computer about a year ago and I knew it was limited but at the time I didn't have a lot of money. I'm also going to increase the memory from 4gb to 8gb.
 
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WOW! Thanks. I'm not a gamer and this sounds like what I'm looking for ; I'll check it out. I've heard some cards will disable the onboard video when they are installed. Otherwise the onboard video must be disabled VIA the BIOS.
Is that true for this card?
Thanks,
 
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Thanks again I really appreciate your help.
 
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My computer has an AM3 CPU socket. I was thinking about upgrading the PSU and getting an AMD quad CPU that would fit that socket and upgrading. This would be a Christmas present to me and a project I can do during the holidays.
The cpu that came with the computer is adequate for my needs but this would be for bragging rights with co-workers and friends. It would also be a good way to learn. I'll start researching the project now and see what happens.
Thanks,
 
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Either of those cards should be okay for that PSU.
I'm a pre-owner of a 8400GS, and it's really a weak card, which I won't suggest on buying these days. The HD 5450 that Sunius listed should be fine, and since you're having an AM3 motherboard, I'm assuming it's got a PCIe X 16 2.0 slot.
 
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Right now I have a AC Bel PC 9045 = ZA1G, PSU REV-A, 313.9 total watts, +12V1 - 15A, and +12V2 - 15A. and my processor is an AMD Athlon II X2 2.8GHz processor.
 
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If you're willing to spend some money on the computer for the bragging rights, I'd highly recommend upgrading to SSD instead buying another CPU in addition to buying that graphics card. It will increase computer speed dramatically - not like CPU upgrade. Trust me, it makes so much difference, that it's insane when you compare traditional hard drives with SSDs ;).

I'd recommend this one:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820226290

Check these articles:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-hard-drive,2956.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-upgrade-hdd-performance,3023.html
 
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Thanks. I'll look into it.
 
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