Computer Questions (once again)
 

Well I finally found a card that might fit my needs, But I dont know what power supply I have and I dont wanna open my case unless I absolutely have to so there tricks I can use to find( I looked on my model specs online, but this is custom I think so..) Im also gonna get 512mb of RAM to make it a gig


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1130987962366 (The card) yes its crapy but I can finally run hl-2 mods if I get it and other shit like that lol ,found it for 68 bucks on ebay to

so what's your question?

How do I find out the Max out put of my power supply with out opening my case

Or the Power supply for this

well since you gotta open it up to put the card in.. why not open it up now to see the power supply..

just open the damn thing lol.. otherwise theres really no way of knowing exactly what the power supply is

isn't it a dell or something?

yes that what the picture says, I dont know lol I just dotn wanna fry it or anything with the touch of a finger lol, should I wear rubber gloves:D

open it up... takes 4 secs MAX. Anything longer then 4 secs, will consider u retarded.

dont worry bout frying anything

Dont I need a grounding strap

yes and put the fire dept on notice

lol not to open it up...

really only need (or should use) one when changing hardware and stuff.. but i usually dont use one myself, as long as youre touching the metal of the case with one hand youre fine.. and even if you dont lol, you'll most likely be fine

Should I wrap my room in plastic lol , well right now Im waiting on some guy who supposedly has the same situation as I but actually did it, But ill look anyway soon enough

just dont use rubber gloves

Well I found out that best buy made a typo and the power supply requirement is 250W so Im saved woohoo:D

You can look up your service tag (serial number) at support.dell.com and it can tell you what your original configuration is and it can also scan your current hardware to tell you what it is.

Wow I forgot about that lol , I think I dit it one time to find out what type of buses I had well thanks but I guess I dont need to now lol:D

i'll come to it for you hawkeye....

but im bringing redrocket cuz he wants to MEAT you.

um gay?:-O

yes he is.

Should be fine without the grounding strap. Haven't used one in 15 years and only once lost a part...

p.s. Thanks to whoever fixed whatever the problem was that prevented me from accessing the forums.

i updated the forums finally and it had some security token fixes :)

which one is better?

http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Bfg-Tech-GeF...=1218508589875

or

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/nVidi...oductDetail.do

well since theyre both 6200's, the overclocked one would be the faster of the two.. but being completely honest, since 6200 are sorta low end and old (but i understand its not easy finding PCI cards lol and anything is usually a nice step up from onboard) you very well might not even notice a difference ingame between the 2 since the speed difference really isnt all that much..

personally i prefer evga for videos cards, but i dont think it would make any difference in this case... plus what completely throws that argument out the window is the fact that the BFG one you linked has active cooling and the evga has passive.. if you plan to play any games, you should stay away from passive cooling..

my backup card (a cheapo 7300 i believe) has passive cooling and it works fine for everyday stuff but it gets real warm when playing games or doing anything that pushes it..

so if it was my decision i would get the 6200 OC

Alright thanks , appreciate it

woohoo its here:D, oh and what type of RAM do i get? , just saw 512 mb of ddr ram for 20$ ,dont know what my mobo needs tho

support.dell.com

wow that was simple enough ,thanks

yeah ddr and even ddr2 ram is really cheap now.. tho ddr3 is still way over priced but its starting to come down a bit and the timings are getting a little better too :P