Power supply and new graphics card.

DaithiSurfer · 02-10-2003 3:30pm #1

I have a dell dimension 4400 which has (i think) a 250W power supply.

I have a second HDD and a new 2.6 gig processor in it.

Now i want to upgrade the grapics card.

Thinking about a radeon 9800 Pro but on their site it says i need a 300W power supply.

Where can i get a suitable power supply and what is involved in
upgrading the power supply.

Thanks in advance

KinSlayer · 02-10-2003 3:34pm

www.elara.ie
or
www.komplett.ie
or
www.microaid.ie

Open case, pull the power connections from the hard drives, cd rom drives, floppy drives and the motherboard. unscrew the four screws holding in the PSU and then remove. Put new PSU in and screw into place.

Bobs your uncle charlies your aunt

CombatCow · 02-10-2003 3:38pm

You can pick one up in peats,maplin,itdirect,or online at hitide or komplett,go for a good brand and bout 350-400W Anec,enermax,chieftec,Q-Tec.

installing a psu is simple - there will be two psu connectors to the motherboard and the rest are molex connectors ( 4 pin ) to the cd drive and HDD unplug them all......replace the psu......plug back the power connectors and thats it.

CombatCow

Scruff · 02-10-2003 3:43pm

From what i gathered form asking in another thread that Q-Tec supplies werent the best.
????

Creamy Goodness · 02-10-2003 3:54pm

q-tec a good brand u must be joking!

antec enermax or cheiftec are the good brands

remember u get what u pay for the good brands are more expensive but are worth it

DaithiSurfer · 02-10-2003 3:59pm

Thats great.
Thanks for that guys.

Dempsey · 02-10-2003 4:20pm

Originally posted by Cr3m0
q-tec a good brand u must be joking!

That better be sarcasm

Creamy Goodness · 02-10-2003 4:25pm

ok

q-tec are the best brand in the whole wide world you just look at every1 who has a decent computer they ALL have q-tec's powering them.

now that sarcasm!

they are the worst brand of psu and there is evidance on the net that they are the worst

spongebob · 02-10-2003 4:39pm

I was under the impression that Dell power supplies (or their motherboard connectors maybe) were proprietary and could not be replaced by generic ones !

M

netman · 02-10-2003 4:41pm

i won't pretend i know what a dell dimension 4400 looks like, but all the dells i've seen have their own proprietary cr*p in the box.

make sure you can put a standard ATX2 power supply in that case before spending your money.

SouperComputer · 02-10-2003 5:01pm

Dell usually have their own proprietary which litterally "squeal" when you try to run another mobo with them. Some of the models do have an ATX shaped PSU, so it will fit fine, as for the way it powers the board, it seems to be a bit different.

CombatCow · 02-10-2003 7:30pm

whats the deal with the q-tec bashing,

iv got 2,a silent 300W for a p4 system and a 450W for an amd 2800+ 2HDD + HDD coolers,CD-RW,GF FX 5900 Ultra,4 Cold cats,stable as a.....well it's extreamly stable.u guys had bad experience's with em?

CombatCow

Creamy Goodness · 02-10-2003 7:32pm

Originally posted by Combatcow
whats the deal with the q-tec bashing, iv got 2,a silent 300W for a p4 system and a 450W for an amd 2800+ 2HDD + HDD coolers,CD-RW,GF FX 5900 Ultra,4 Cold cats,stable as a.....well it's extreamly stable.u guys had bad experience's with em?

CombatCow

i got a 400w one for a p4 system and it kept cutting out on the windows install i then went and got me mates 400w cheiftec and it installed first go. since that i've hated q-tec and bought a cheiftec 420w.

Giblet · 03-10-2003 12:24am

I have a Q-Tec 400W Dual Fan, runs everything great, and voltages are perfect.

Power supply and new graphics card.

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