8800 GTS Help

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Hey again, I went ahead and brought the 8800 GTS Graphics Card and i recieved it this wednesday . I had ago at installing it today with a friend of mine (cos i diddnt feel like waiting til monday for the technician to come round), and it made some wierd noise also no picture came up. Could this be a problem with the GFX Card or something to do with the way we installed it.


Cheers

 

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My Computer specs are:-

Processor:
AMD Athlon™ 64 3500+
Memory:
1024MB DDR400
Hard Drive:
160GB Serial ATA
Video Card:
512MB GeForce 7300GS PCI-X

Cheers

 

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yup i uninstalled the old gfx card

 

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250 Watts

 

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Damn how much PSU do you think i'll need to run the GFX Card

Thanks for your help

 

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Is that not a typo? 250 watts is insanely low...

Apparently a lot of the MESH computers come with 250 Watts as standard

 

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Yup it does well i think it does, because i managed to connect the GFX Card to it

Edit: I just read that i need "500W minimum for PSU and 600W+ is recommended."

 

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I know this is quite a strange question but is it possible to increase the PSU, since it says "Watts 250+"

Also will the GFX Card i brought for my bro work on 250 Watts:-
OcUK GeForce 8600 GT 256MB

Cheers

PS. Sorry for double posting

 

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Cheers i was actually curious when i saw a PSU for like £26 which had 600 Watts, i guess i'll stick with going for Coolmasters or something like you said

 

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I was wondering would this do the job:-

PSU Specification

550 Watts
20+4 Main Connector
5-Pin S-ATA
4-Pin 12V Power Connector
4-Pin Peripheral Connector
4-Pin Floppy Drive Connector


Cheers

 

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Win power >_< lol

 

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Thanks for the advice, you lovely bunch I ended up ordering this;Ernemax 600W

My main concern now that it might be too big for my computer as it's Dual Core, i guess i'll have to wait and find out. If it's the same size as the normal PSU's then great!

 

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Cheers guys