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Hello 
Okay, I need to upgrade my PC, well... my graphics card, and to do so I need to get a new PSU and possibly a new case. Here's my current spec:
Make: Medion
CPU: Pentium 3.06 GHz
GPU: Nvidia Geforce 6200 (with TurboCache)
PSU: Fortron/Source 350W
1GB RAM
250GB Hard drive
... and a CPU fan and a PSU fan...
I want to upgrade my graphics card to the Nvidia Geforce 7600GT (BFG OC version, from this site) but to do so I'm sure that I'll need a new PSU. Now, I *could* just get a new PSU too, but then I'd still have the tremendous problem with cooling.
My current case has no room for a case fan without drilling the case, and at the moment my graphics card is overheating so much that I've had to take the side off my case and point a desk fan at it (seriously, while playing certain games my PC was rebooting itself from overheating graphics card! 150 degrees is NOT a good number), so I KNOW that it really wouldn't be happy with the new card, even if it has it's own fan.
SO, plan B... buy a new case. I like the look of the Antec Sonata II case (and with all the extra fans I think it would be great), but I really don't know if the PSU that comes with it is any good. The amp rating doesn't sound so great, but would it be enough for what I need? The components in the new case would be:
3.06 GHz CPU, Geforce 7600GT OC graphics card, 250 HDD, DVD Writer, DVD ROM, 2 sticks of 512MB RAM (possibly upgrading to 2 GB soon) DVB TV card, mouse, keyboard etc.
Is 450W enough? More to the point, is the Smart 2.0 one that comes with the case any good? Or should a get some random other case and a specific CPU. My max. budget is about £200, which just about covers graphics card + case with PSU, or graphics card + PSU, or graphics card + slightly cheaper + case.
Opinions on any of these ideas would be much appreciated, thanks
Okay, I need to upgrade my PC, well... my graphics card, and to do so I need to get a new PSU and possibly a new case. Here's my current spec:
Make: Medion
CPU: Pentium 3.06 GHz
GPU: Nvidia Geforce 6200 (with TurboCache)
PSU: Fortron/Source 350W
1GB RAM
250GB Hard drive
... and a CPU fan and a PSU fan...
I want to upgrade my graphics card to the Nvidia Geforce 7600GT (BFG OC version, from this site) but to do so I'm sure that I'll need a new PSU. Now, I *could* just get a new PSU too, but then I'd still have the tremendous problem with cooling.
My current case has no room for a case fan without drilling the case, and at the moment my graphics card is overheating so much that I've had to take the side off my case and point a desk fan at it (seriously, while playing certain games my PC was rebooting itself from overheating graphics card! 150 degrees is NOT a good number), so I KNOW that it really wouldn't be happy with the new card, even if it has it's own fan.
SO, plan B... buy a new case. I like the look of the Antec Sonata II case (and with all the extra fans I think it would be great), but I really don't know if the PSU that comes with it is any good. The amp rating doesn't sound so great, but would it be enough for what I need? The components in the new case would be:
3.06 GHz CPU, Geforce 7600GT OC graphics card, 250 HDD, DVD Writer, DVD ROM, 2 sticks of 512MB RAM (possibly upgrading to 2 GB soon) DVB TV card, mouse, keyboard etc.
Is 450W enough? More to the point, is the Smart 2.0 one that comes with the case any good? Or should a get some random other case and a specific CPU. My max. budget is about £200, which just about covers graphics card + case with PSU, or graphics card + PSU, or graphics card + slightly cheaper + case.
Opinions on any of these ideas would be much appreciated, thanks