Would this run smoothly?

[beastialmaster]

I'm running this: (Acer Aspire M5700)

Intel Core 2 Quad Q8300
4GB DDR2 RAM
300W stock PSU
x4500HD integrated
750GB HDD

I want to upgrade the machine a little bit in the graphics department, but I'm thinking the stock PSU is probably too crappy since I want to put in an ATI HD4670 or something similar to that. I know people run HD4670 at 300W fine, but that's probably on a more reliable PSU. So I want to upgrade both the PSU and the graphics card.

Here's the PSU I'm looking at: (Corsair 400W)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139008&Tpk=corsair%20400w


The graphics card I'm looking at are:
ATI HD4670-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125244&cm_re=hd4670-_-14-125-244-_-Product

GeForce 9600 GSO-
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130509&Tpk=9600%20gso

Would this PSU + GPU upgrade combination make everything run smoothly for upcoming games like SC2? I do light gaming (WC3), but some intensive bioinformatics work that greatly benefit from this sort of upgrade.

Thanks in advance.

 

[welshmousepk]

a 4670 will allow you to run most games that come out, but only at reduced settings.

its not very powerful, so dont expect too much from it.

 

[hell_storm2004]

What's your monitor? I cant believe people ask for GPU solution without posting the monitor.
About the PSU...
Its fine.
If you can spare a little more:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130435&cm_re=9800GT-_-14-130-435-_-Product

 

[beastialmaster]

I'm not expecting too much from the upgrades as I don't play too many games. It's mostly for work related programs that require a dedicated GPU. I would spare a little more, but I'm only looking to play SC2 and Blizzard does a fantastic job of releasing games with low system requirements.

The monitor I'm using now is a 23" Acer monitor running at 1920 x 1080.

 

[hell_storm2004]

23 inch monitor would be too much for the HD4670 to handle. HD4670 is fine up to 17 inchers and 19 inch (low settings). 23 inch would need a better card to satisfy even the lowest gaming needs.

 

[beastialmaster]

I don't know much about this resolution deal, but isn't the max resolution supported by the HD4670 2560 X 1600? I mean, even the integrated graphics I have right now supports the 23" monitor just fine. The only game that I play right now is WC3 and integrated graphics runs that flawlessly.

My main problem with the integrated graphics is that it chugs a little slower and produces crappy images when I use my work programs. Would SC2 really look that terrible with a HD4670? I'll probably run it at a little lower resolution but would that make such a huge difference?

 

[jsc]

The 400 watt Corsair is my favorite sub 500 watt power supply. It has more usable power than many 500 watt PSU's.

And guys, bm said that gaming was not the primary purpose of the computer. The 4670 is the better of the two choices.

 

[hell_storm2004]

Get at least a 9600GT/9800GT. The 23" inch monitor would be too much for a HD4670.

 

[beastialmaster]

The 400 watt Corsair is my favorite sub 500 watt power supply. It has more usable power than many 500 watt PSU's.

And guys, bm said that gaming was not the primary purpose of the computer. The 4670 is the better of the two choices.

And the Corsair 400W PSU would support everything on my system(CPU, HD4670, RAM, etc) perfectly fine?

 

[hell_storm2004]

Yeah, it definitely would!