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Thread ID: 112857	2010-09-24 20:00:00	Power Supply Upgrade	mistapitts (15999)	Press F1

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1139388	2010-09-24 20:00:00	I have an old 2003 HP Pavilion Pentium 4 Processor with an old nVidia 5200 video card and a couple years back i got a Radeon x1950 Sapphire graphics card and have never been able to use it because of my power supply only being 250w. I just wanna know what kind of power supply I would need to get to be able to use my graphics card? I know it needs to be 500w and have an extra 4-pin but is there any like connection specs i have to look at?	mistapitts (15999)
1139389	2010-09-24 20:09:00	power supply connectors are pretty standard these days aren't they? if you get a good one it will come with all the connectors u need i would assume, it is one of the last thing i will worry about. :D oh, and welcome to pressF1 :D	powerover (12121)
1139390	2010-09-24 20:09:00	More recent PSU's will have the 4 pin (for the ATX 12 v connection). Does the videocard need a 6 pin connection?? If it does, the PSU will have to have the connection as well. You have to be careful, with branded computers. Their PSU's maybe smaller than the normal PSU's. And if you get a normal sized PSU, it maybe a tight fit.	Speedy Gonzales (78)
1139391	2010-09-24 20:31:00	Their PSU's maybe smaller than the normal PSU's. And if you get a normal sized PSU, it maybe a tight fit. I had one like that - customers PSU died. SO I changed both the PSU and her case.	pctek (84)
1139392	2010-09-24 20:59:00	Had a couple of Compaq/HP comps most have as speedy says smaller power supplies Had to wait 6 weeks before I could get a replacement once due to size Open and get the serial No and see if it's a odd ball and see if it can be upgraded might pay to upgrade the box to something later that has better spec's	Lawrence (2987)
1139393	2010-09-26 19:23:00	thanks guys	mistapitts (15999)
1139394	2010-09-26 22:56:00	There are still PC's being made that use non standard power/mb connectors , on branded PC's. Pretty rare, but no good reason for it.	1101 (13337)
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