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Quick Quandry related to a video upgrade

Azraell — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 06:31:47 GMT

A friend of mine recently received a Dell Vostro 1520 laptop with the standard Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD (for suck).

Knowing that the NVIDIA GeForce 9300M is also available for this model, is there some means of upgrading the graphics card to this or another, aftermarket, without breakin the bank or the computer?

Please help! I'm lost....

Vredesbyrd — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:29:14 GMT

I have an old Dell Dimension 8100 with a 64mb Nvidia GF Geforce2 MX400/400 AGP graphics card in it. I play WoW a lot and I am really tired of horrible framerates and horrible lag whenever I get near any other players. The RDRAM for the computer is insanely expensive and the cards I have found have been reasonably priced. I took apart my compy and I have two 64mb sticks, and two 128 sticks for a total of 374mb of RAM.....uggghh... That will have to wait. I have enough money to buy a new card. I was thinking about.

Number one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130452

Number two: http://cgi.ebay.com/nVIDIA-GeForce-FX5500-FX-5500-256-MB-AGP-3D-Video-Card_W0QQitemZ290362309330QQcmdZViewItemQQptZAU_Components?hash=item439af13ad2

I plan on sometime in the near future building a whole new rig. But, for right now I need a quick fix. These cards are both 4x/8x compatible. The first one says it needs a minimum of a 300 watt power supply, and the second says it needs a 250 watt power supply. I found a website that said my computer had a 250 watt max, but I took my computer apart and examined it and I found out I have a 330 watt max power supply. Can someone please help me. I need to know if one of these cards will work in my computer. I know a little bit about this. Enough to put it in myself and see if things match up. But, I'm not sure if there's something I'm missing. The specs for the cards are on both links. I just need to know if one or both will work. I'd like the first one, but, if the second one is the only one that will work, that'd be fine. I found a review stating that the second card worked fine in a Dell Dimension 8100 for someone, but the pic it showed in the review was of a different card. It looked totally different. Stating that it was a Nvidia GeForce FX5500 256mb AGP card. But, showing something else. Please neweggers! I need help. I need a new card now! If neither of these will work, can someone maybe suggest a card to me that they know will work? Maybe someone that has experienced the same situation.

Ram Question for Dell Dimension 4600

05WolfKJ — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:35:28 GMT

Okay I'm pretty good with knowing what is compatible with the systems but this Dell I'm not sure if this RAM will work (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231039) I know it runs on PC2700 or PC3200 RAM but I don't know if this will work will someone please let me know. Thanks!

Motherboard Issues

ibthevivin — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:10:27 GMT

I have a motherboard with the dimension 12" x 16". Does anyone know the proper name for this motherboard?

It goes into a Dell Precision Workstation 670. I'm looking for a replacement case but I coudn't find one on Newegg. I need helping finding a server chassis or desktop case for this motherboard.

HELP!

Sincerely,

ibthevivin

Specs of system http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/en/spec_precn_670_en.pdf

Dell C521 CPU upgrade?

sora5034 — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 06:35:30 GMT

Hi,

I have a Dell C521 with a AM2 socket. However it have a weird heatsink. You'll need to look up pictures. I want to upgrade the Cpu for 60 to a max 100 bucks. I don't think the the problem will be to find a CPU but to find one that will work with the built in heatsink. Also it's 90nm and a AMD athlon 64 3200+. Hope that helps and Good luck.

Can someone translate this RAM information?

sfry66 — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:07:44 GMT

I am trying to buy some new memory cards for my girlfriend's computer. The folks at NewEgg told me to come here to get help. Here are the specifics I copied from the existing RAM cards.

Korea 0212 MR16R1624AFO-CK8 128MB/4 800-45 011

I know enough that the size are 128 mega bytes but I don't know how to translate the MR... info. I am looking for a couple of 128s or 2-4 256. Or whatever is cost effecient. Thank you!

Re: PSU for Dell xps 400

trink202 — Fri, 15 May 2009 08:11:29 GMT

My xps 400 was built in 8-2006, service code 5t0bmb1.

It's getting to be old, but is actually still in great shape and fits my needs well. I figure if I can squeeze another 2 years out of it then spending the $250 or so will be well worth it over buying or building a new system.

I can confirm what you are saying about the xps 400 case. The GPU that I got from the factory lasted a little over a year. Since then, I've been using http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130084. This card runs hot naturally. It idles at about 66c, and tops 80c when playing games. I emailed EVGA, and they said that this is normal for this card, and that it will still perform at upwards of 90c. It still works, but it seems to cool less efficiently as it gets older. When it topped 75c playing peggle, I started to think that it might be a good idea to proactively replace it.

I tried to keep it cool with a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999704, which actually worked pretty well, but the fan is easily clogged with dust and tends to rattle a lot.

I was already planning to buy an additional fan to install over the grate in the back. Thanks for letting me know that 1 would be enough since the second would be partially obstructed.

PSU for Dell xps 400

trink202 — Thu, 14 May 2009 04:04:32 GMT

I'm looking to upgrade my PSU from the standard 375W one that came with the machine in order to upgrade my video card. I've heard conflicting reports as to whether a standard ATX PSU will work with this machine.

I'm looking at this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005

I know that this will leave about a 10mm gap, but that doesn't matter to me

to go along with this card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130468

Would this work for my machine, and does anyone have any better suggestions?

X-Fi XtremeMusic to AV Receiver

dreadmuppet — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:47:24 GMT

OK so the digital I/O and the SPDIF on the back of my sound card are confusing me. Can someone point out a converter/cable to connect from my sound card to a digital coax connection (I would want optical but the wire will be running under a well traveled carpet).

Thanks in advance for your help!

Please Help Older Computer needs new Sound Card!

kayceyky — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:19:39 GMT

My Dell Dimension 8400 just lost the sound card that was orginal to the machine when purchased 5 years ago. It was a Creative Audigy PCI card. I need to replace it but have no idea what to buy for this machine.

I am running Windows XP Pro, Pentium 4 3.2 mhz, 2 Gb RAM, Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT, with a 19 inch flat screen monitor. I do some gaming, but nothing intensive. I have a sub woofer with the system.

I would like something under 200.00.

Any help would be appreciated!!! Thank you.

Kaycey