Power Supplies, need some guidance

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DarklyDivine

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Hello All

I have put in graphics card before so I know the bare basics. However, I just got a new desktop PC and I want to put in a nice video card. Only problem is I am clueless as to the power supply requirements. I do understand that up to a certain point I don't have to worry about changing my power supply to beef it up, I just have no idea what that point is, how to check my pc to find out it's power ratings, or how to change the power supply. Any advice or help would be greatly appreciated.

My computer...<http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/hewlett-packard-hp-pavilion-amd-athlon-ii-445-computer-p6732f-english-p6732f/10160921.aspx?path=16f1dedaa8b88d00226d17a47618e773en02>

So far I am looking at cards that require 400/500 W power supplies
 
You can open up the case and there should be a label on the side of the PSU that says the specs. Typically HP uses pretty cheap PSU's and it's a good idea to change them out with a high quality one (especially in your case since you're going to be upgrading the GPU).
 
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