upgades advice wanted

2pricey4u · 7 Dec 2008 at 21:18

firstly hi all .now then i was looking at upgrading my gpu when after reading a few threads on here about them i discoverd i may need to upgrade my psu as well the problem is i onley have about £150 to spend on them both what would u guys/gals recomend for this type of upgrade

cheers luke

RJC · 7 Dec 2008 at 21:49

What is your current spec, including PSU and wattage.

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2pricey4u · 7 Dec 2008 at 22:01

intel core 2 duo E4500 @ 2.20ghz
3 gig of ram
ATI radeon hd 2400
psu unknown 230 watts

Thatguy119 · 7 Dec 2008 at 22:06

hi, on that case try;

Antec Basic 500W PSU
Sapphire ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB GDDR3

GSDog · 7 Dec 2008 at 22:10

2pricey4u · 7 Dec 2008 at 22:20

thanks for the quick replies how hard are psu,s to fit ?

RJC · 7 Dec 2008 at 22:26

Easy, just do-up 4 screws which hold the psu to the case, hardest part is making the cable route neat.

Which case have got.

2pricey4u · 7 Dec 2008 at 22:41

shop bought compaq sr5249 big mistake but we live and learn dont we

Paul2506 · 7 Dec 2008 at 22:54

2pricey4u said:
thanks for the quick replies how hard are psu,s to fit ?

Easy m8

sja360 · 7 Dec 2008 at 23:20

i'd check the size of your psu currently. i know in the past they used smaller psu's sometimes in packard bell's and so forth.