Power Supply Question

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gk2011

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So I am looking at buying a Acer Black AX1420G-U5832 Desktop PC with AMD Athlon II X4 Quad-Core 645 Processor The only problem with it is it comes with Integrated NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE Graphics which arent really up to standards for games. So I was hopeing on getting the computer cheap and then buying a EVGA GeForce GTX 550Ti Graphics Card for the computer.

What I am not sure s if the power supply that comes with the computer will be able to handle the new graphics card. I went to a few power supply calculators online but they go from crazy simple which I know hat give me the answer I need to over complicated hat I have no idea what I am clicking anymore.

Goal is have a very nice computer for way under what dell would charge just need to know if I need to look at power supplys as well.

Here are the Computer manufacture specs...
http://i.walmart.com/i/rb/0009980294238.pdf

Here is a link to the graphics card I would like to put in.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/EVGA-GeForce-GTX-550Ti-Graphics-Card/16560823

I would like some input on if this would be a decent graphics card to run games like BF# and skyrim and Diablo 3 when it finally comes out.


Thank you for reading and thank you for your time.
 
Yes it needs a new psu, I woul be looking for a 500-600w from Antec, Corsair, XFX, Seasonic, Silverstone, or PC Power & Cooling. Those are all good quality brands that won't blow up and take other things down with them. Also have you considered building a computer yourself, it is easy, normally cheaper but who knows with some of the deals right now a d the cost of hdd's, but the warranties anlimyhood of something messing up are much better and lower. So for what you're wanting I'd sayto build it it would take about 750 using good quality parts and all.

Good thing I looked at the computer, DONT BUY IT. That looks from the pic like it is a slimline or mini desktop or whatever you want to call it. Those can't fit a normal powersupply, half the time or more the motherboard is mounted on the opposite side of the computer, and it can't even fit the graphics card in there either, I doubt it could fit it if it was on it's side even.
 
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jonnyp11 said:
Yes it needs a new psu, I woul be looking for a 500-600w from Antec, Corsair, XFX, Seasonic, Silverstone, or PC Power & Cooling. Those are all good quality brands that won't blow up and take other things down with them. Also have you considered building a computer yourself, it is easy, normally cheaper but who knows with some of the deals right now a d the cost of hdd's, but the warranties anlimyhood of something messing up are much better and lower. So for what you're wanting I'd sayto build it it would take about 750 using good quality parts and all.

Good thing I looked at the computer, DONT BUY IT. That looks from the pic like it is a slimline or mini desktop or whatever you want to call it. Those can't fit a normal powersupply, half the time or more the motherboard is mounted on the opposite side of the computer, and it can't even fit the graphics card in there either, I doubt it could fit it if it was on it's side even.
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Back to the drawing board =,( I guess ill go look at what it would cost to build a computer that I would need. Thanks for the help =] going to go look around the forums been here for half an hour and learning alot!
 
You can post a new thread and we can put something together, but I can't really right now or I would be, I'm on my iPod typing this stuff so it's taking a while to type and load and all
 
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