- Jan 18, 2011
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Looking to upgrade a Dell Inspiron 531s. It has 1 pci-e x16 1.0a slot. A low profile graphics card is necessary. The power supply is 300W. The CPU I am looking to put in is an Athlon 64 X2 6000+ at either 3.0ghz or 3.1ghz with an 89W power consumpiton. This computer will also have 4 sticks of pc2-6400 ddr2 ram.
Im not sure if the pci-e slot limits me, but I obviously dont want a card with high power consumpton. On tihs forum, I found this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102874&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
The price is pretty much unbeatable for its power; it is rated 764 on passmark. The card says a 400W or greater power supply is recomended, but Im not sure if Im actually going to need this much. Ive seen studies say that card can use anywhere from 36 to 266 watts of power at various stree levels. 266 was very high, and likely wouldnt be subject to those conditions, as the test likely pushed the card to its limits. Im estimateing that the card may use around 200W perhaps?
Im not really sure about this, and what I mainly need help with is first knowing if this card will work in the pc, and if so, are there any other price and power comparable cards that are better? If this doesnt work, what would I want instead? Im trying to get good performance at a good price. Definitly no more that $100.
Thansk for reading.
Im not sure if the pci-e slot limits me, but I obviously dont want a card with high power consumpton. On tihs forum, I found this card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102874&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-RSSDailyDeals-_-na-_-na&AID=10521304&PID=3463938&SID=
The price is pretty much unbeatable for its power; it is rated 764 on passmark. The card says a 400W or greater power supply is recomended, but Im not sure if Im actually going to need this much. Ive seen studies say that card can use anywhere from 36 to 266 watts of power at various stree levels. 266 was very high, and likely wouldnt be subject to those conditions, as the test likely pushed the card to its limits. Im estimateing that the card may use around 200W perhaps?
Im not really sure about this, and what I mainly need help with is first knowing if this card will work in the pc, and if so, are there any other price and power comparable cards that are better? If this doesnt work, what would I want instead? Im trying to get good performance at a good price. Definitly no more that $100.
Thansk for reading.
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