marsilians Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Hi I have an emachines desktop (model W3623) with the Intel D945GCCRG1 MB and Intel 945GC (Lakeport-GC) chipset. I am planning to put in a video card. So wondering if VX450W is compatible. I am not a serious gamer - my son plays a few onlines games. Thanks -Raj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 Yes, you will be able to install that Power Supply in your machine. It will accept a standard ATX power supply. That's a very upgradeable machine by the way. It will take a Core2 with a 333Mhz FSB if you decide to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsilians Posted October 30, 2007 Author Share Posted October 30, 2007 Thanks very much Derek. I have already upped the memory to 2 GB from the default 512 and added another disk. Now I need to look for some decent video cards. Any recommendations for around 50 bucks? (sorry this may be off topic but I am very new to DIY for power and video accessessories) Yes, you will be able to install that Power Supply in your machine. It will accept a standard ATX power supply. That's a very upgradeable machine by the way. It will take a Core2 with a 333Mhz FSB if you decide to upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted October 30, 2007 Share Posted October 30, 2007 If you are looking to use a video card for gaming, then 50.00 is really not going to get you anything that will game even partially. If however, you are looking for good video playback and 2D rendering, I would look towards something like an Nvidia 8400GS as they go for something like $45.00 http://www.behardware.com/news/8862/the-geforce-8400gs-on-june-the-19th.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsair Employees RAM GUY Posted October 30, 2007 Corsair Employees Share Posted October 30, 2007 Or for about 80-100 USD you could go with a 8600 Nvidia card that would have better gaming performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsilians Posted November 3, 2007 Author Share Posted November 3, 2007 Thanks to you folks, the power supply was installed in less than 10 mins (and this is my first experience). Its a fantastic piece and very very quite. Thank you corsair. BTW, for those in Canada, CanadaComputers has a deal for all corsair PSUs. I got this for 65 bucks after 10 MIR. Also, I ended up getting the ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO 256MB PCI-E. It is a good card and serves the needs as flight sim X and Halo 2 play very well. Now the question. While installing the PSU I noticed that the previous power supply had 24 pin ATX as well as the MB had a slot that took 24 pins but only 20 were connected. I did the same as well. Is it OK to go ahead and connect the remaining 4 or should I leave it as is? I searched in the forums for an answers but could not find one. Not sure why Emachines/Gateway would do that. Thanks. -Raj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekT Posted November 4, 2007 Share Posted November 4, 2007 Neither am I. You may wish to contact Gateway on this as the system is theirs. I see no problem with installing the 24pin but check with them to be certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.