Is this compatible with motherboard & what psu

snowboarde1010

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Hi. I am getting a new graphics card but I don't know if it is compatible with motherboard and if my psu has enough power. Is my motherboard compatible, and does my psu have enough power? (Psu has about 150-200 watts) Thanks.
Specs-

Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i3 3220 @ 3.30GHz 35 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
8.00GB Single-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz (11-11-11-28)
Motherboard
Foxconn 2ADA (SOCKET 0) 28 °C
Graphics
DELL S2340M (1920x1080@60Hz)
Intel HD Graphics (HP)
Storage
1397GB Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G (SATA) 31 °C
Optical Drives
hp DVD-RAM SW820
Audio
IDT High Definition Audio CODEC
 
Solution
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£254.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £254.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-10 22:04 GMT+0000

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card (£259.00 @ Aria PC)
Total: £259.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-10 22:07 GMT+0000

The second one is better, but it is AMD so it doesn't have Shadow Play.


What GPU are you looking at getting?
 



If you click the word graphics card in my previous post, it will link you to it. Here is the link anyways,
http://www.atacom.com/program/print_html_new.cgi?Item_code=VIDR_ZOTA_75_13
Thanks for the reply!
 


From what I have been told Zotac isn't the best quality. And you are going to need a new PSU.
 


Just to clarify though, it is compatible with my pc? Also do you have an idea of how many watts I will need?
Thanks for replying!
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£67.98 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £67.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-10 01:39 GMT+0000

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: EVGA 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£87.98 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £87.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-10 01:40 GMT+0000

These are some good ones.
 


Thanks! You have been very helpful. I have one last question though, do you know of any good graphic cards that would run games great and fit in my computer (Preferably an Nvidia card because of shadowplay) I would like for the budget to below 300, 200 would be great!
Thanks!

 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card (£254.96 @ Aria PC)
Total: £254.96
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-10 22:04 GMT+0000

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 390 8GB SOC Video Card (£259.00 @ Aria PC)
Total: £259.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-11-10 22:07 GMT+0000

The second one is better, but it is AMD so it doesn't have Shadow Play.
 
Solution


I just realized that is about 400-500 dollars in the US. Last question I promise xD. Would this one fit? It is fairly cheap.
http://m.newegg.com/Product/index?itemnumber=N82E16814487028&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-Mobile-_-pla-_-Desktop+Graphics+Cards-_-N82E16814487028&gclid=Cj0KEQiAyIayBRDo4vjdqJrgxZ0BEiQAhOYCYDjWHyS_mtKKvEOu-R_wxggRlcEb3TDeX_3MApchvDQaAoxc8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thank you so much!