upgrading my psu

[Karan Yadav]

guys my psu is the above and i'am upgrading my rig to amd 7770 or r7 250 gpu will the above psu work or i have to buy a new.i have seen Corsair VS 550 SMPS if above doesent work then will it work
my pc configuration are
intel pentium dual core e5400 2.7ghz
6 gb ddr3 ram
500 gb seagate barracuda hdd
intel g41 4500 integrated graphics


thanks

 

[i7Baby]

Its a poor quality 180W power supply.

HD 7770 needs 430W and R7 250 needs 380W to run the PC - from a good quality power supply. Yours is neither.

Get the VS550

 

[snowctrl]

The Corsair VS is ok but not great - it is their cheapest line, as detailed on their site, so try a Corsair TX or AX series instead, or XFX Core series will likely be cheaper. Antec and Seasonic also worth looking at

 

[capt_taco]

You will definitely need a bigger PSU to run a standalone graphics card of any quality. If you're in the U.S., get this Antec High-Current Gamer unit, probably the best deal you'll find on a well-built power supply right now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371059

In the bigger picture sense, there are other issues:

- Even after this upgrade, you will be severely CPU-limited in modern games by that old Wolfdale dual-core. If you have the budget for it, you will want to replace the CPU and motherboard. If you are going to lack the money for that, at least try to pick up a Core 2 Quad for $50 or so to help ease the bottleneck somewhat.

- Older motherboards sometimes do not support PCIe x16 3.0 cards without a BIOS update. Your odd-wattage, off-brand power supply, 6 GB of RAM and integrated graphics makes me think this is a prebuilt system that was upgraded from 2GB to 6GB of RAM, which helped things by alleviating a bottleneck, and now you're looking to do more. Prebuilt systems are notorious for using motherboards that do not support new things and never get BIOS updates. It may not even support a C2Q processor either. Look into that before doing anything.

Overall, you may get a small boost from the GPU and power supply, but is it worth $100+? Not really. The best option is to start from scratch, and second-best option is to do the quad-core, PSU, GPU upgrade with an eye toward getting a GPU good enoguh to bring into a new system about a year from now.

 

[Karan Yadav]

You will definitely need a bigger PSU to run a standalone graphics card of any quality. If you're in the U.S., get this Antec High-Current Gamer unit, probably the best deal you'll find on a well-built power supply right now:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371059

In the bigger picture sense, there are other issues:

- Even after this upgrade, you will be severely CPU-limited in modern games by that old Wolfdale dual-core. If you have the budget for it, you will want to replace the CPU and motherboard. If you are going to lack the money for that, at least try to pick up a Core 2 Quad for $50 or so to help ease the bottleneck somewhat.

- Older motherboards sometimes do not support PCIe x16 3.0 cards without a BIOS update. Your odd-wattage, off-brand power supply, 6 GB of RAM and integrated graphics makes me think this is a prebuilt system that was upgraded from 2GB to 6GB of RAM, which helped things by alleviating a bottleneck, and now you're looking to do more. Prebuilt systems are notorious for using motherboards that do not support new things and never get BIOS updates. It may not even support a C2Q processor either. Look into that before doing anything.

Overall, you may get a small boost from the GPU and power supply, but is it worth $100+? Not really. The best option is to start from scratch, and second-best option is to do the quad-core, PSU, GPU upgrade with an eye toward getting a GPU good enoguh to bring into a new system about a year from now.

Motherboard Name Foxconn H-I41-uATX (Eton) copied by aida 64 will this support given graphic cards. and i also play mostly fifa and pro evo soccer sometimes battlefield 4. also your guess about my prebuilt system and upgraded ram was right.hats off to your knowledge.