Turbo lulz for people who want to upgrade easily/buy a cheap gaming PC.

[Squilliam]

ZenfoldorVGI said:

Squilliam said:
@ Zenfolder the Acer system comes with the far superior 780g chipset (They don't even compare the Nv 430 with it if that gives you any indication) It also has a PCI-X x1 slot and its more upgradeable with 4 ram slots vs two. So its probably a better overall system than the Compaq and it comes with an HDMI port so you can retire it for use as a home theatre PC if you want.

...but does it have a PCI x16 slot, cause that's what it takes to run that card, also is 250w power supply enough for all that computer, plus a new videocard replacement?

 

http://www.nvidia.com/page/gpu_mobo_tech_specs.html

Geforce = PCI-E Version 1 x 16. (Adequate - most cards don't push the bus until you get up to the extreme high end anyway like the 4870 X2.

780g = PCI-E Version 2 x 16 So its a bit better and the overall chipset features are superior. FYI its considered one of, if not the best chipset for AMD CPUs.

"Intel Core 2 Duo E4500, 4GB Memory, P35 chipset motherboard, ATI Radeon HD 3650, an optical drive, and one hard drive. Outside of perhaps the memory, this is representative of your modern entry-level computer system. At idle, this computer requires around 90W of power. Even when we put the pedal to the metal and put a full load on the graphics card, processor, and optical drive, we still have a total power consumption of only 140W."

That system would not use more than 170W (Adding 30W to be conservative) with a 4670 and thats well within the safety margins of the PSU. At peak load thats 68% of capacity at most which is perfect for what its being asked to do and well within a safety margin.