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Replace powersupply in Fujitsu Esprimo?

Tanonic

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Feb 22, 2017
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So I got a Fujitsu Esprimo p2540 for free because I do IT work at my school and we didn't need it anymore so I could keep it. I want to upgrade it just for fun but I'm not that experienced. It has a Pentium E5200, a geforce 9300 ge 256mb vram, 3gb of ddr3 ram and a max 300W powersupply. I want to buy a used core2quad q8300 and a nvidia gts 450, maybe the msi one. I don't think the powersupply can handle that but I don't now if it is replaceable. Does a full atx powersupply fit in there (the case seems quite small)? Also the powersupply is mounted to the roof of the pc. Please tell me if there is a possibility of replacing the powersupply with a better one and if you have any recommendations about to what hardware I could upgrade please tell me.
 
It has a full size ATX PSU.
It is a microATX motherboard, and the case is also standard microATX.
That board can't support any quad cores. The best i have seen in it is an E8600. I doubt a core2quad of any make would work.

a GTS 450? Just get a GTX 750TI. It should work fine with that rig and be a MUCH better card.
 


Yes it does support core2quads q8xxx and q9xxx I checked it on the fujitsu support page for the motherboard, the 750ti is way more expenisve then the gts 450, you can get the gts 450 on ebay for like 20€. If it has a full size atx psu I will be able to replace it right?
 


Nice the support list I found may have been out of date.

I still feel like that is too much h for a 450... It's borderline worthless.
 
I still feel like that is too much h for a 450... It's borderline worthless.

it runs csgo at highest settings with over 100 fps, and I want to use this pc as a pc friends can use when they come over and having decent csgo framerates is a big plus. Also my friends run the game at 4:3 stretched with lowest settings which will give a lot more fps. I even saw videos of the 450 running bf3 at ultra. And the 450 should also run diablo 3, which my macbook does fine so I don't think it will be a problem.