Greetings again!
After much discussion yesterday re: my dinosaur refurbished computer and a pci slot (not a pci - e); I have a new dilemma! (How Much Fun!! )
The graphics card I would need http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500262 (and about the cheapest I can find) needs a min. 300w power supply. My lovely dinosaur has only a 225 (so far as I can tell). How critical is that 75 w? How hard is it to replace a power supply? Recall that I am only going to watch DVDs and internet videos on this dinosaur - no heavy graphics demand (like gaming - but then what do I know!?)
by the time I get done with this BEAST - it will not have been worth the time and extra $$ I thought I was saving . . .
newbies beware!! despite my best attempts to figure out what I was buying before I bought it - I'm stuck! Tiger Direct will not take it back! ARRGGHHHH!!!!
thanks again - in advance
as an after thought - since that pci slot is on a riser card . . . can I replace the riser card with one that has a pci-e slot or is the MB not compatible? how would I figure that out? Cuz' if I can replace the riser card and get a pci-e slot I can keep the inexpensive graphics card I bought w/ the pci-e slot
kelly
After much discussion yesterday re: my dinosaur refurbished computer and a pci slot (not a pci - e); I have a new dilemma! (How Much Fun!! )
The graphics card I would need http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500262 (and about the cheapest I can find) needs a min. 300w power supply. My lovely dinosaur has only a 225 (so far as I can tell). How critical is that 75 w? How hard is it to replace a power supply? Recall that I am only going to watch DVDs and internet videos on this dinosaur - no heavy graphics demand (like gaming - but then what do I know!?)
by the time I get done with this BEAST - it will not have been worth the time and extra $$ I thought I was saving . . .
newbies beware!! despite my best attempts to figure out what I was buying before I bought it - I'm stuck! Tiger Direct will not take it back! ARRGGHHHH!!!!
thanks again - in advance
as an after thought - since that pci slot is on a riser card . . . can I replace the riser card with one that has a pci-e slot or is the MB not compatible? how would I figure that out? Cuz' if I can replace the riser card and get a pci-e slot I can keep the inexpensive graphics card I bought w/ the pci-e slot
kelly