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Thanks a ton. You've been a really big help. Sucks about the proprietary stuff, but then everyone says building your own is the way to go for part quality and bang for your buck. :)

Oh man, that's a bummer. Well, I guess building is my only option. At least I have a GPU to start with. Heh. What do you think about packages for instance cpu + fan + mobo? I saw a few on Amazon. I would like to build around AMD. I'm not looking for anything to break FPS records on ultra...

Thank you for your input. A few things to start.... I only got the CMOS CHECKSUM error once and that was after I popped the battery and reset (as a troubleshooting means for the GPU.) If I pop out the card and hook up via VGA to the on board video everything works fine just as it did before I...

Hello! So I was met with a dilemma on a graphics card to get on a stock DX4870-UB20P Gateway (300W PSU). I had a prior thread which you can read that discloses some prior information about my machine. [SOLVED] - Budget GPU & PSU upgrade for my Gateway DX4870 ? | Tom's Hardware Forum...

Thank you both for that suggestion. I have one other question and that would be your thoughts on a 1050. I have seen mixed feedback before where people have said on a 300W psu it can function fine and a few who have said not so much. I think it's the last rung on the ladder before you run into...

By the way, here are the mainboard specs for my desktop unit: CPU Support Intel Socket: LGA 1155. (95W Max) Core i7 3770 (K), 2600 Core i5 3570 (K), 3450, 3330, 2500, 2320 Core i3 3240, 3225, 3220, 2300, 2400, 2120 Chipset Intel B75 Express Integrated Graphics Intel HD Memory 4...

Thank you very much for your reply. I checked on Win 10 sysinfo and found that my BIOS is in fact UEFI. My actual version reads as below: BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. P01-A2, 5/7/2012 I think I did flash it a long time ago. If I recall correctly I think when I plugged the...

Hello. I have an old (very old) Gateway DX4870 core i3 PC. I wanted to throw a budget card in it, but because the stock PSU is 300W I don't think that is possible unless I upgrade the PSU. I did get a graphics card a long time ago and I don't think that I was able to get past bios problems or...