I have a Dell Dimension 4700. It has a P4 520 which is the Prescott 2.8 GHz CPU with 1GB DDR2 RAM. It has just the Intel GMA900 on board video. I would like to upgrade the video so I purchased a Sapphire ATI X800-GTO2 video card. On the newegg website under system requirements it says a minimum of a 300W power supply is required. I looked through the manual for the computer and it states that the power is a 305W model. The only items installed are a WD 80GB SATA hard drive and a NEC 16X DVD burner. Will this power supply be enough to power the system with the new video card. If its not and I need to upgrade the PSU does anybody know if a standard PSU will work in my Dell. I know at one point Dell mobo's didnt use standard plugs, they had a proprietary plug setup. Thanks for your help.
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Question about my power supply
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| System Name | Jimmy 2004's PC |
|---|---|
| Processor | S754 AMD Athlon64 3200+ @ 2640MHz |
| Motherboard | ASUS K8N |
| Cooling | AC Freezer 64 Pro + Zalman VF1000 + 5x120mm Antec TriCool Case Fans |
| Memory | 1GB Kingston PC3200 (2x512MB) |
| Video Card(s) | Saphire 256MB X800 GTO @ 450MHz/560MHz (Core/Memory) |
| Storage | 500GB Western Digital SATA II + 80GB Maxtor DiamondMax SATA |
| Display(s) | Digimate 17" TFT (1280x1024) |
| Case | Antec P182 |
| Audio Device(s) | Audigy 4 + Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speakers |
| Power Supply | Corsair HX520W |
| Software | Windows XP Home |
I would think your PSU should be ok to handle that card... but as for upgrading, I've heard stoires of people frying their motherboards using normal PSUs rather than dell ones.