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My brother has offered me a new Hiper PSU (580 watt Type-M) and I believe it will fit my ATX motherboard (Cuba from a Packard Bell i-media 2569 model).
Can anyone confirm this and give me some tips on replacing a PSU?
Also, the reason I'm doing this is because Packard Bell saw fit to only put a measely PSU in my PC case, so I need to upgrade to get a decent graphics card. Any ideas of a good (but fairly cheap) card that would play modern games and be as futureproof as possible?
Can anyone confirm this and give me some tips on replacing a PSU?
Also, the reason I'm doing this is because Packard Bell saw fit to only put a measely PSU in my PC case, so I need to upgrade to get a decent graphics card. Any ideas of a good (but fairly cheap) card that would play modern games and be as futureproof as possible?
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If I have to upgrade a whole lot of things then I'm not going to really bother. I've got games consoles for most of my gaming, it's just really the odd one or two things.
Currently I've got 2 1GB DIMMs that are the fastest speed the motherboard will allow and a lowly Core 2 Duo E6300 and nVidia GeForce 7300 SE
The 9400GT actually didn't look too bad for playing the odd game and only cost £39.99
Currently I've got 2 1GB DIMMs that are the fastest speed the motherboard will allow and a lowly Core 2 Duo E6300 and nVidia GeForce 7300 SE
The 9400GT actually didn't look too bad for playing the odd game and only cost £39.99
Garin wrote:
> Given the specs of your machine, I'm not even sure spending over
> a £100 is worthwhile at all.
Quite true, actually : Also, upgrading your GFX card alone is never usually enough. I'm betting you'll need a faster CPU and RAM to go with that. Most certainly RAM.
> Given the specs of your machine, I'm not even sure spending over
> a £100 is worthwhile at all.
Quite true, actually : Also, upgrading your GFX card alone is never usually enough. I'm betting you'll need a faster CPU and RAM to go with that. Most certainly RAM.
pb wrote:
> But that's over £100.
>
> So it's basically choose nothing until I can afford a
> £100+ card or get a cheaper one now and be able to play at
> least some games.
>
> I imagine I'll be able to get £100 in about a year.
Given the specs of your machine, I'm not even sure spending over a £100 is worthwhile at all. And you're only going to see any real benefit if you want to ramp up the resolution (assuming your monitor supports it).
The problem with £50 though is that its not a very good price point to come in at in my opinion. Basically what you can get is a low-end card with nicer specs. For £50 you can buy a ATI HD4650 (as Eccles posted) and thats probably the best you can get for that money. But you're then in touching distance of cards that'll give you much better performance for a little extra. An extra £10 will get you a ATI HD4670 or a Nvidia 9600GSO. And another £10 on top of that will get you a Nvidia 9600GT. And all of those offer better price/performance than whats available at <£50 I think.
> But that's over £100.
>
> So it's basically choose nothing until I can afford a
> £100+ card or get a cheaper one now and be able to play at
> least some games.
>
> I imagine I'll be able to get £100 in about a year.
Given the specs of your machine, I'm not even sure spending over a £100 is worthwhile at all. And you're only going to see any real benefit if you want to ramp up the resolution (assuming your monitor supports it).
The problem with £50 though is that its not a very good price point to come in at in my opinion. Basically what you can get is a low-end card with nicer specs. For £50 you can buy a ATI HD4650 (as Eccles posted) and thats probably the best you can get for that money. But you're then in touching distance of cards that'll give you much better performance for a little extra. An extra £10 will get you a ATI HD4670 or a Nvidia 9600GSO. And another £10 on top of that will get you a Nvidia 9600GT. And all of those offer better price/performance than whats available at <£50 I think.
But that's over £100.
So it's basically choose nothing until I can afford a £100+ card or get a cheaper one now and be able to play at least some games.
I imagine I'll be able to get £100 in about a year.
So it's basically choose nothing until I can afford a £100+ card or get a cheaper one now and be able to play at least some games.
I imagine I'll be able to get £100 in about a year.
pb wrote:
> motomoto wrote:
>
>
> For graphics cards, currently I would suggest a ATi 4850 or
> 4830. Partly because I'm a big ATi fan but also because they
> are
> about £100 and will play most currently games with a good
> framerate.
>
> Hm. Anything on PCI-E for about half that price that would do?
> :)
>
> I'd like it to be able to support a Blu-ray drive should I ever
> get one.
>
> I've seen some NVida ones and ATI ones with good reviews for
> £38-£50 andI know some of the more recent gameswill
> not run at full spec with them but a lot of fairly recent ones
> do. (something like the 9400GT or a bit higher perhaps?)
Although acceptable, steer clear of the low / mid - range cards. Push the boat out - Nvidia 9800GTX+ will do the trick :)
> motomoto wrote:
>
>
> For graphics cards, currently I would suggest a ATi 4850 or
> 4830. Partly because I'm a big ATi fan but also because they
> are
> about £100 and will play most currently games with a good
> framerate.
>
> Hm. Anything on PCI-E for about half that price that would do?
> :)
>
> I'd like it to be able to support a Blu-ray drive should I ever
> get one.
>
> I've seen some NVida ones and ATI ones with good reviews for
> £38-£50 andI know some of the more recent gameswill
> not run at full spec with them but a lot of fairly recent ones
> do. (something like the 9400GT or a bit higher perhaps?)
Although acceptable, steer clear of the low / mid - range cards. Push the boat out - Nvidia 9800GTX+ will do the trick :)
motomoto wrote:
>
> For graphics cards, currently I would suggest a ATi 4850 or
> 4830. Partly because I'm a big ATi fan but also because they are
> about £100 and will play most currently games with a good
> framerate.
Hm. Anything on PCI-E for about half that price that would do? :)
I'd like it to be able to support a Blu-ray drive should I ever get one.
I've seen some NVida ones and ATI ones with good reviews for £38-£50 andI know some of the more recent gameswill not run at full spec with them but a lot of fairly recent ones do. (something like the 9400GT or a bit higher perhaps?)
>
> For graphics cards, currently I would suggest a ATi 4850 or
> 4830. Partly because I'm a big ATi fan but also because they are
> about £100 and will play most currently games with a good
> framerate.
Hm. Anything on PCI-E for about half that price that would do? :)
I'd like it to be able to support a Blu-ray drive should I ever get one.
I've seen some NVida ones and ATI ones with good reviews for £38-£50 andI know some of the more recent gameswill not run at full spec with them but a lot of fairly recent ones do. (something like the 9400GT or a bit higher perhaps?)
Well, the PSU install worked, but the problem i have now is that a Windows update looks like it's corrupted my Vista. Trying a system restore.
Lucky I have a work laptop (crappy T40) and the kids PC (ok for internet and kids games) downstairs as backups!
Anyway, seems fixed now. Not sure I'll want to let windows run this update again though just yet.
Lucky I have a work laptop (crappy T40) and the kids PC (ok for internet and kids games) downstairs as backups!
Anyway, seems fixed now. Not sure I'll want to let windows run this update again though just yet.
Lian Li <3 A10B please.
Thread is really off track.
Thread is really off track.
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