Help upgrade an e520

w00ty · 22 Apr 2007 at 20:17

I kinda made the mistake of buying an e520 , ( could have built it cheaper though

, but free time is hard to find atm ) Not looking for much just occasional gaming

The e520 is limited though space wise, I believe 12" plus single height pci slot so this will hinder a lot of my choices , Will a Sapphire ATI Radeon X1950 Pro 512MB fit and is it the best choice in my price range of £200 + a psu ?

Also would an Antec TruePower Trio 550W PSU be powerful enough to run this card and 2 hdd's , 2 dvd drives plus the card itself ?

Thanks , Chris

semi-pro waster · 22 Apr 2007 at 22:37

What is an e520? Don't link to a competitors website but if you give a bit more of a clue about what is in the PC that might help.

The Antec Trio 550w is more than powerful enough to run that graphics card etc but I don't know for certain it will fit in the case at the moment.

w00ty · 22 Apr 2007 at 23:49

sorry , Its the mid range dell that was going cheap with the 22" monitor not that long ago

semi-pro waster · 23 Apr 2007 at 00:07

It is difficult to tell from the pictures and the specifications aren't massively helpful either but if the PCI slots are normal size then you should be able to fit an X1950pro in. The Sapphire does at least have a single slot cooler so that shouldn't be a problem.

Dell do use slightly different PSUs I believe or at least they used to so you might not be able just to swap in the Antec. Your PC apparantly has a 305w PSU though so it might just about cope as I think the PSUs they use aren't too bad.