Please Help Me Upgrade

[wave180]

Hey guys, first post/thread here. I have the HP m8100n PC and I want to upgrade its video card for mild gaming like Warcraft and Red Alert. Can you guys recomment a decent card and power supply?

Thanks in advance!

Specs:

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01053972&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3440614

 

[Jaysin]

what resolution does your monitor support? From those specs I'd say stick with a 4670 or less and you may not need to upgrade your power supply. What is the current PSU in there, doesn't seem to show it on the specs page.

 

[gkay09]

^+1 for the HD 4670...
You might not even want a new powersupply as the HD 4670 doesnt require a separate power connector...And this card is more than suffice for playing the games that you have specified...

But if you want to play the current games, then spending more than HD4850 wont be any useful as any thing more powerful, might be bottlenecked by the CPU...

And you would have to change your PSU, inorder to use the 4850...For the PSU, even a Antec EA 380W is more than suffice for your config with the HD 4850...
But better off buying a 80+ certified 500W PSU with 2 6Pin connectors as you can also add more powerful cards later...

 

[wave180]

Thanks for quick response! Anyway, my monitor is a 22" westinghouse with 1680x1050, PSU is 300 watts.
My budget for the upgrade is around $100.

 

[gkay09]

The 300W should be fine for now if it is not very old...

But if you can spend about ~$140, then this would be very good for that resolution...

Antec EA380
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371005

HD 4850
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102770