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| Author: | [Y.A.]RoMoDaNn [ Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | upgrading pc.... got some questions.. |
so i'm workin my butt off and showin my dad that i can play and still do good in school (when it starts) and be responsible and limit my time during the summer... and i'm helping him get his computer to work faster but i have some questions.... first off. i found a video card compatible with my computer on a pretty good website.. i'm not sure if it's any good so i'll let the pros answer it... (btw, my pc is an HP Pavilion a1268c). http://www.4allmemory.com/index.cfm?fus ... _id=238177 then i'm getting a 1 TB internal Hard Drive: http://www.4allmemory.com/index.cfm?fus ... _id=238003 also would i need a sound card? |
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| Author: | cursed sasuke [ Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:49 am ] |
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why do you need a 1 TB HD? i highly doubt you'll need it, get this card, this is my card, and it can run Crysis on the highest settings possible http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814131153 as for HD, i highly doubt you'll need 1 TB, but that's your call, i'd get it if you were gonna download a shit load of music/movies and you were gonna back it all up now the card you're looking at is a PCI slot, if you decide to get that, you'll need to know where to put it in, same goes for the card i suggested, the card i suggested is a PCI-E http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2007/12/14/68292.jpg the black and blue one are the PCI-E x16 slots, i checked your comp's specs and you have a PCI-E x16, and no AGP slots, now, to tell the difference between your slots, the PCI slot has an indentation on the right, while the PCI-E slot has an indentation on the left and on the other side has this like, thing popping out now just a fair warning..i don't know what power supply you have, and i don't know what kind of PSU you have, and to run the vid card i suggested, i have a 400Watt PSU, so if you can find out your PSU that'd be great |
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| Author: | [Y.A.]RoMoDaNn [ Sat Jun 27, 2009 10:21 pm ] |
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hehe yea, i might get less than 1 tb hd... like 500 gigs, i do need that much cause i download lotza stuff.... and then 1 tb external hard drive.. for backup.. and i think i have this 1.. http://www.atxpowersupplies.com/300-wat ... 12zcdr.php =/ yep.. it's 300 walt |
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| Author: | Mav [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 4:27 am ] |
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| Author: | cursed sasuke [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 8:59 am ] |
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i think you should bump up your PSU to like 400W |
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| Author: | [Y.A.]RoMoDaNn [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:01 pm ] |
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eh, i found one that's 400w that's more expensive to a 480 one.. maybe the 400w is more reliable or so but i think i'll get the 480 one |
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| Author: | cursed sasuke [ Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:30 pm ] |
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it could have more volts, more volts = better |
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| Author: | [Y.A.]RoMoDaNn [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:56 pm ] |
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so yea, basically i just got 2 more gigs of ram and a hard drive that's 750 gigs... since it said that it's highly recommended to NOT get 4 times the amount of HD space i have now.. but how the hell do i install the hard drive?? can someone help me?? i got teh cables and it's coming tomorrow.. i just can't find a guide on how to install it on a HP Pavilion a1268c |
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| Author: | cursed sasuke [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:01 pm ] |
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look at the FAQ, i posted a link on how to build a computer, hard drive included i think |
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| Author: | bob [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 9:44 pm ] |
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cursed sasuke wrote: why do you need a 1 TB HD? i highly doubt you'll need it, get this card, this is my card, and it can run Crysis on the highest settings possible
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6814131153 as for HD, i highly doubt you'll need 1 TB, but that's your call, i'd get it if you were gonna download a shit load of music/movies and you were gonna back it all up now the card you're looking at is a PCI slot, if you decide to get that, you'll need to know where to put it in, same goes for the card i suggested, the card i suggested is a PCI-E http://www.3dnews.ru/_imgdata/img/2007/12/14/68292.jpg the black and blue one are the PCI-E x16 slots, i checked your comp's specs and you have a PCI-E x16, and no AGP slots, now, to tell the difference between your slots, the PCI slot has an indentation on the right, while the PCI-E slot has an indentation on the left and on the other side has this like, thing popping out now just a fair warning..i don't know what power supply you have, and i don't know what kind of PSU you have, and to run the vid card i suggested, i have a 400Watt PSU, so if you can find out your PSU that'd be great At no point would I ever think his dad would ever need a GPU that can run crysis. Also, if he's running backups on that computer the 1TB would be nice, but not necessary. |
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| Author: | cursed sasuke [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:00 pm ] |
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oh i thought it was for him lol. |
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| Author: | [Y.A.]RoMoDaNn [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:26 pm ] |
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actually it's for both.. but mine's is first |
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| Author: | cursed sasuke [ Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:28 pm ] |
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yeah chris, god |
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| Author: | cornholio [ Tue Jul 14, 2009 8:24 pm ] |
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Here is a powersupply calculator, enjoy... http://educations.newegg.com/tool/psucalc/index.html |
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