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08-07-2007, 03:23 PM | #25 | |
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"It is highly recommended to purchase power supply from HP, since the dimensions should fit the chassis." Seems they'd all be somewhat universal, no? And how hard is replacing a power supply? I've done ram, chips, drives, etc, never a psu..
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08-07-2007, 03:34 PM | #26 |
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About once every 20 minutes I get something intelligent out of this guy. He just told me I can't install a psu bigger than 470 watts.. Good to know..
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08-07-2007, 03:37 PM | #27 | |
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unless you have an HP, in which case your screwed, because like manufacturers like them they like to shove an elephant into a breadbox unless its a proprietary PSU it should be the same size as all the others (atx spec, it meens there all the same size and have fans only in XX locations ECT) would be best to take the side off and measure it though as for actually chaning it, it can be tough and might require you to actually remove your motherboard or CPU heatsink, even in a full tower case a lot of the times you have to |
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08-07-2007, 03:38 PM | #28 |
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i have a 620watt in my newest build and its the same size as your 250 watt probably, you dont have to worry about over watting your pc or anything if thats what you meant
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08-07-2007, 03:52 PM | #29 |
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Thanks for all your help. I downloaded some new drivers over lunch and installed them, so tonight when I get home I'll see if it's running any better. I have another game I can try as well. Maybe it's just a halo (1), vista conflict or something. Thanks for all of your help today..
If I'm not satisfied, it looks like I will be getting ~geforce 8600 gt (possibly gts) video card, and ~400 watt psu. I talked with the it guy here for a few and he said if I'm nervous about the psu at all just bring it in and he'll help me out. I hate pulling/pushing all the connectors onto circuit boards. I've had awful experiences breaking them, bending them, etc.. Thanks again for your help!! I learned a lot today!!
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Installing Black Hawk Down, I'll let you know how this runs..
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08-09-2007, 10:42 AM | #32 |
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Update -
Pretty much realized that the integrated video card wasn't going to do what I was looking for.. Bought a nvidia 8600 gt video card Bought a 430 watt power supply Install of the power supply was a joke. I'm embarassed to have asked about its difficulty. I took one screw off the back to take the side cover off. Marked four cables with blue painters tape as I took them off. Pulled out old power supply. Installed new power supply. Installed four connectors respectively. Done. Maybe took 10 minutes total being slow and careful. And while the old one was out, I installed the video card. Results - incredible. I could not believe it. Night and day difference. Next day pulled out the video card, and traded up to the nvidia 8800 gts chip. Holy crap. First off, this thing is a monster. They make laptops the size of this thing. If it was bigger in any direction it wouldn't have fit. It is two cards wide and takes up two slots, the entire top is cooling, and it exhausts in the back. 6 pin connector off the psu as well.. Performance - Unreal. I have no clue how to explain it. Every game I owned I have never seen work or look like this. Every graphics option is maxed out. I see every particle, shadow, detail, in every game now. It runs smooth like water. It's like watching a movie. I was naseous within 2 minutes of playing Halo. This is the performance I was looking for. I am extremely, extremely happy with the results and my new computer now.. Not to mention in windows now instead of adjusting for best performance, I now have it adjusted for best appearance. They run just as fast as each other. I can't wait to get home from work. I have Flight Simulator 2002 that I want to install, and an old joystick as well. I cannot wait to see how that looks. No more turning down the resolution all the way, turning off the effects, details, etc, and still having choppy results. Damn. So happy with the results of this system. Upgrading made such a huge difference.. :rocks: Thank you for all your help in this thread, 533..
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AHAHAHAHAHA looks like you just found one of the other "speed demons" in you i actually have the same card as you, its a great card, it covering the other PCI slot is because its top of the line, so they use a much larger heatsink and a larger slower moving fan so noise is reduced to near nothing (theres a folowing of PC builders [like myself] who are aiming for whisper silent systems nowadays) that cards going to be bottlenecked by your CPU though, and depending on your bios and windows, you may be dedcuting the amount of video ram from your system ram, go into your bios and look for an option like "memmory remapping" but it only works on 64bit vista anyway heres a few pics of mine and heres what crazy f-ers like me do to their heatsinks in order to increase cooling effeciency now return the HP and build your own!:rocks: |
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Only a few more and I get to go home and play.. Tonight is flight sim 2002 experiment..
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I just built a new PC. The specs are:
Antec Solo case Asus P5K-V Mobo Core 2 Duo 2.4 ghz 2 GB Corsair RAM Thermaltake 450 Watt Modular Power Supply (nice for keeping the case clutter free) 500 GB Hard Drives (x2) 1 Tera Byte total storage Drive 1 is partitioned into 4 drives: 60gb for Vista Home Premium and Software 140gb for music production: samples, loops, etc 60gb for documents, pictures, etc 200gb for Music Drives 2 is strictly Video External Hard Drive (x1) 120gb for backup and whatever else Asus DVD/CD drive Asus DVD/CD burner with lightscribe Video Card - XFX Geforce 7300 Nvidia runs 2x 20" flat screens Audio Card/MIDI interface for music production - Emu 1212M Case has 2 92mm front fans and 1 120mm rear fan Bought all parts through New Egg except Video Card (Tiger Direct) and Audio Card (Musicians Friend) Not one issue with Vista Home Premium I tweaked it and turned off some unnecessary stuff. Runs a home music studio with Ableton Live, Reason 4, and a ton of VST's without a hitch. Who said you need a MAC? :rocks: I haven't over clocked it yet. Haven't had the need too.
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yea once you get user account control and tweak your visual settings to your liking vista is great, still the same crappy windows, but great i have gotten a lot of compatibility issues every now and then, but nothing huge |
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09-10-2007, 02:59 AM | #42 |
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8800gts 640mb 575/1400 stock 675/2200 OC - 62 degrees load intel core2quad q6000 266x9 2.4ghz stock 450x8 3.6 ghz OC - 66 degrees load @1.42 volts 4 x 1gb gskillz HZs ddr2 800 4-4-4-12 stock ddr2 900 4-4-4-12 OC @2.1 volts 1.25 TB storage asus p5k-premium mobo custom case, silent edit forgot the best part, 24" 1920x1200 anyone Last edited by 533ogetnom; 09-12-2007 at 05:48 PM.. |
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Wow. You got some nice hardware going mate!
I used to oc during the P3 era LOL. I've settled down now. Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Duel Core (Blue orb II) Asus A8N-SLI Premium nForce4 eVGA E-GEFORCE 7800GT 256MB DDR3 PCI-E Corsair 2GB PC3000 WD 250GB 16mb SATA II Enermax 530W PSU Lian-Li Case: PC-V1100B 20" |
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Looks more impressive than the components inside it right now... Opty 165 @ 2.9GHz. Outdated rig but I haven't had time to get a new setup. Planning on a Q6600 with the usual fixings.
I have an even more outdated setup used for distributed computing, but in a sweet Voodoo Omen case. Dual CPU Intel Xeons 1.6LVs OC'd to ~2.6GHz and all liquid cooled. Don't think I have pics online unfortunately. Setup looks nice, but definitely needs a hardware upgrade.
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