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ekam

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ive just got my PC back from the shop, theyve put a new Alpine 750 Watt PSU in, they also said that my BFG 8800GT OC is bust, when i used it, it showed loads of artifacts on the screen, so i went back and they sold me an 8800GTS for £50, it worked find but then just broke. i got my money back so its all good, ive spent a couple of hours looking for an 8800GT as i should be getting a new PC in september so im looking for something temporary however i just cant find an 8800GT being sold by someone reliable/

so the original GPU i was looking at getting is:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-071-GI&groupid=701&catid=1914&subcat=1830

will this work on my current pc? as my PSU only has one PCI-E power cable. also is it sensible for me to get this card then just transfer it to my new PC that i will get in september?

my pc specs are:

Intell E8400 @ 3.00 GHZ
Alpine 750 Watt PSu
XMS2 4 gig 800Mhz Ram
Gigabyte P35-S3G
250 Gig HDD

i would really apreciate any help as im just so annoyed as ive waited so long for a pc, plus i have so much work to do and i have no other way of doing the work apart from staying at college till late....

thank you
 
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I would be leaning towards trying a new psu. At £25 I can only see that one being flaky, rubbish and wouldn't trust it with my components. Might also help to explain the graphical issues.
 
olivercamos said:
I would be leaning towards trying a new psu. At £25 I can only see that one being flaky, rubbish and wouldn't trust it with my components. Might also help to explain the graphical issues.
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will i definatly need a new psu? as ive only just got this one... if so would u recomend one thats not too hard on the wallet?

thanks
 
Hi man, sorry to say but if you google that PSU you will find that it is "750W" £25 pile of ****.

I would not suggest putting it anywhere near your system or a new graphics card.

If you are considering a nice new graphics card then I would strongly suggest going with a PSU like this at the very minimum and ideally something like this. A poor quality PSU is not only a risk to itself, but the rest of your system.

As for a new GPU, a GPU like the £84 HD 5750 would be approximately on-par with a 8800GT (production of new 8800GT cards stopped years ago - so you won't find many from reputable sellers), but for £11 more you could get the much more powerful HD 5770.

The Gigabyte GTX 460 Super OC looks like a good card - you won't go wrong with that (so long as you use it with a decent PSU). But personally, I would go for a GTX 470 if I were spending that level of money or get a HD 6950 and unlock it to a 6970.
 
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cmndr_andi said:
Hi man, sorry to say but if you google that PSU you will find that it is "750W" £25 pile of ****.

I would not suggest putting it anywhere near your system or a new graphics card.

If you are considering a nice new graphics card then I would strongly suggest going with a PSU like this at the very minimum and ideally something like this. A poor quality PSU is not only a risk to itself, but the rest of your system.

As for a new GPU, a GPU like the £84 HD 5750 would be approximately on-par with a 8800GT (production of new 8800GT cards stopped years ago - so you won't find many from reputable sellers), but for £11 more you could get the much more powerful HD 5770.

The Gigabyte GTX 460 Super OC looks like a good card - you won't go wrong with that (so long as you use it with a decent PSU). But personally, I would go for a GTX 470 if I were spending that level of money or get a HD 6950 and unlock it to a 6970.
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thank you for your help, however although im quite familiar with computers ive never fitted a psu, how hard is it? do you know of any guides to help me please? and also if i was to say forget to plug one cable in when fitting the psu whats the worse that can happen?
 
ekam said:
thank you for your help, however although im quite familiar with computers ive never fitted a psu, how hard is it? do you know of any guides to help me please? and also if i was to say forget to plug one cable in when fitting the psu whats the worse that can happen?
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Sure thing.

First thing I would suggest you do is have a look at this build guide.

The basic procedure is:

- Place PSU in the case
- Screw it in using a cross-head screwdriver and the included screws (4 screws in total)
- Attach the large 24 pin power connection to the corresponding port (there is only one that looks remotely like it - it is usually on the right-hand side of the board)
- Attach the 4 pin or 8 pin CPU power connection (which one to use depends on the board- I believe yours uses a 4 pin) to the motherboard, this cable may be labelled "P4". This port is located on the upper left side of the board, between the CPU socket and the Input/Output (I/O) Ports
- Attach the required number of 6 pin PCI-E power connections to the graphics card. (on higher powered cards a 6+2 PCIE connection is required from the PSU).
- Attach SATA power connections to each of your SATA drives (DVD and Hard disks)
- Attach 4 pin Molex connections to any components that need them (old HDDs or DVD drives, fan controllers, cheap fans)
- Hide the cables a bit so they look tidy and don't restrict air flow

Then post a few pictures of it on these forums, we will check it and tell you if you are good to go.
 
ekam said:
thank you for your help, however although im quite familiar with computers ive never fitted a psu, how hard is it? do you know of any guides to help me please? and also if i was to say forget to plug one cable in when fitting the psu whats the worse that can happen?
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Screw it into the case. 24 and 4 or 8 pin plugs into the motherboard, molex or sata cables to hard drives optical drives etc, 6 pin PCIe cable(s) to whatever graphics card you buy.

Worst that can happen is it doesn't boot because you missed plugging something in. Everything only fits in the right place the right way round.

Edit: too slow :(
 
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cmndr_andi said:
Sure thing.

First thing I would suggest you do is have a look at this build guide.

The basic procedure is:

- Place PSU in the case
- Screw it in using a cross-head screwdriver and the included screws (4 screws in total)
- Attach the large 24 pin power connection to the corresponding port (there is only one that looks remotely like it - it is usually on the right-hand side of the board)
- Attach the 4 pin or 8 pin CPU power connection (which one to use depends on the board- I believe yours uses a 4 pin) to the motherboard, this cable may be labelled "P4". This port is located on the upper left side of the board, between the CPU socket and the Input/Output (I/O) Ports
- Attach the required number of 6 pin PCI-E power connections to the graphics card. (on higher powered cards a 6+2 PCIE connection is required from the PSU).
- Attach SATA power connections to each of your SATA drives (DVD and Hard disks)
- Attach 4 pin Molex connections to any components that need them (old HDDs or DVD drives, fan controllers, cheap fans)
- Hide the cables a bit so they look tidy and don't restrict air flow

Then post a few pictures of it on these forums, we will check it and tell you if you are good to go.
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thank you very MUCH!!!!! :D mite aswell get the psu and card now, i guess it will save me money by avoiding that cheap psu from killing my whole pc..
 
Blue160 said:
Screw it into the case. 24 and 4 or 8 pin plugs into the motherboard, molex or sata cables to hard drives optical drives etc, 6 pin PCIe cable(s) to whatever graphics card you buy.

Worst that can happen is it doesn't boot because you missed plugging something in. Everything only fits in the right place the right way round.

Edit: too slow :(
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thank you very much! all advice is helpfull :D
 
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