I'm buying a desktop

[Visage]

That's not bad at all. If you're going to be upgrading the gpu, make sure that the power supply has a PCI-e port, otherwise you'll need to go with either a weaker card, or a new power supply aswell. Generally most psu's do now a days, but I'm not sure how it is with pre-builts, I've never bought one.

And in terms of ram, you shouldn't really need to upgrade, 4 gigs will be good for damn near anything you throw at it, unless you plan on going from 1066MHz to something else.


Also, I hope you know the case is going to be pretty small, but I'm assuming you've seen the actual computer.


But yeah, for that price, good find, and have fun with it. [:

PCI-E is a mobo slot, I am not sure if you made a typo or you mean some other connector. All GPUs just use the standard 4 pin connectors though and there is always 100 on each PSU. i5 750 is the best bang for your buck CPU if you really wanted an intel, i5 750 is what I got. As for PSU and GPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102873&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-873-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171046

And if you are going to ask.... No, you will not have problems having an AMD card with an intel CPU.

But monocle was right to make sure it has a PCI-E slot, just it's on the mobo not the PSU. Looking at your computers specs on dell.com it has a pciex16 which isn't as good as a pcie 2.0. I am not really sure how much of a problem that is as I can't find any good comparisons relative to the power of your card. I am pretty sure it should be just fine.

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[Monocle]

PCI-E is a mobo slot, I am not sure if you made a typo or you mean some other connector. All GPUs just use the standard 4 pin connectors though and there is always 100 on each PSU. i5 750 is the best bang for your buck CPU if you really wanted an intel, i5 750 is what I got. As for PSU and GPU

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102873&cm_re=5770-_-14-102-873-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171046

And if you are going to ask.... No, you will not have problems having an AMD card with an intel CPU.

But monocle was right to make sure it has a PCI-E slot, just it's on the mobo not the PSU. Looking at your computers specs on dell.com it has a pciex16 which isn't as good as a pcie 2.0. I am not really sure how much of a problem that is as I can't find any good comparisons relative to the power of your card. I am pretty sure it should be just fine.

I meant to make sure that the psu has the cable to plug into the PCI-e slot.

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Monocle, I need you to review my post!

[Visage]

I meant to make sure that the psu has the cable to plug into the PCI-e slot.

PSU cables don't plug into a PCIe slot. The PCIe slot is the giant slot that a GPU locks into.

[Monocle]

PSU cables don't plug into a PCIe slot. The PCIe slot is the giant slot that a GPU locks into.

Yes, I know this. But it's the PCI-e power plug. The cable you plug into the PCI-e card.

I guess I shouldn't have been so vague in explaining what I meant...



That's what I'm talking about.

[Visage]

The PSU I suggested has 1 and the 5770 requires 1.

[Monocle]

The PSU I suggested has 1 and the 5770 requires 1.

Yeah, I know this. I'm just trying to figure out what to call those ports, I've always called them the PCI-e power ports :x

[Visage]

Yeah, I know this. I'm just trying to figure out what to call those ports, I've always called them the PCI-e power ports :x

6-pins is what I call them. 6 pin atx auxiliary power connector to be precise.

[Monocle]

6-pins is what I call them. 6 pin atx auxiliary power connector to be precise.

Alright, cool. Thanks :D

[Bones4]

I'm now looking at this:

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=281588&sku=B69-1316

[Monocle]

I'm now looking at this:

[url]http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=281588&sku=B69-1316[url]

not much of a bargain considering you'll have to buy a graphics card for this one too.

[Bones4]

But it's a Sandy Bridge processor at 3.3GHz.

[Monocle]

But it's a Sandy Bridge processor at 3.3GHz.

Totally didn't notice that, lol.

So yeah, that's a good rig too, either way you're getting a solid computer. But I would go with the barebone kit because then you don't have to deal with Dells bullstuff. Knowing them they poured tar over the components so that you can't change them around. ._.

[Bones4]

That, and I won't be paying for components I don't need.

[Monocle]

That, and I won't be paying for components I don't need.

Exactly.