• Need to do some upgrading
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First of all I'd like to apologize if this is the wrong section as my PC is a prebuilt, this just seemed to be where most people were discussing matters of hardware upgrading. My system is currently a Gateway DX4320 and I'm looking to upgrade my PSU and GPU. The PSU I don't know the exact model of, but I know it's a 300W and from what I found the dimensions of it are 6" wide, 3.25" tall, and 5.5" deep. The GPU is an Nvidia Geforce 315. Basically I want to replace both of these, I've already gotten some suggestions of the GPU (prefer to stick with Nvidia) but I could use some advice on the PSU. Money's not too much of an object here and I want to upgrade the PSU to at least 600W. So, can I get any suggestions/advice/etc? Incase the little flag doesn't show up I'm in the US, and I'm sorry if I didn't give enough information, or just plain can't do these things, I'm a bit tired and I don't really know much about this.
Just get a proper name brand like Corsair or Antec.
If money is really not an object, then the best you can get from Nvidia (as far as consumer products and not the ridiculous $2000+ commercial cards) is the GTX Titan (which may or may not be superseded by the GTX 790). If you don't want a 1000$ card, then go for either the 770 or 780 whichever works best within your budget. Use gpuboss to get benchmarks and comparisons for each card. As far as PSU, get around a 700 Watt if you go with the 7xx series or titan. If you want to SLI the Titan, you should probably get an 850W or greater PSU. This 850W is on sale and seems to be a good choice: [url]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182072[/url]
Post the rest of your specs please. For all we know you are running a pentium 4 and have an AGP motherboard. Use speccy if you dont know them.
[QUOTE=taipan;41198429]Post the rest of your specs please. For all we know you are running a pentium 4 and have an AGP motherboard. Use speccy if you dont know them.[/QUOTE] [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53757408/speccy.PNG[/img] Here's that then. I only posted the info on the PSU and GPU because that's all I'm meaning to replace.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;41204809][img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/53757408/speccy.PNG[/img] Here's that then. I only posted the info on the PSU and GPU because that's all I'm meaning to replace.[/QUOTE] Upgrade that ram, too. 533 MHz is pitiful!
[QUOTE=eggplant;41205712]Upgrade that ram, too. 533 MHz is pitiful![/QUOTE] Keep in mind that because it's dual channel it's actually 1066 MHz. I made that mistake a while back. This is, however, still pitiful. Especially since you have 6 GB. I'd recommend a minimum of 8, but if you haven't had problems then whatever.
[QUOTE=flayne;41205960]Keep in mind that because it's dual channel it's actually 1066 MHz. I made that mistake a while back. This is, however, still pitiful. Especially since you have 6 GB. I'd recommend a minimum of 8, but if you haven't had problems then whatever.[/QUOTE] His Ram ammount and speed is fine. Only real problem is how its set up. 6gb means he probably has 3 2gb sticks meaning his ram is running in single channel mode. If he has 2x2gb and 2x1 gb its fine though.
[QUOTE=taipan;41206760]His Ram ammount and speed is fine. Only real problem is how its set up. 6gb means he probably has 3 2gb sticks meaning his ram is running in single channel mode. If he has 2x2gb and 2x1 gb its fine though.[/QUOTE] It's 4 sticks so it should be 2x2gb and 2x1gb.
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