Help me upgrade my system please!


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In looking for a better video card, it was recommended that I upgrade my PSU. After reading and researching, I suspect that this is what led my last computer to stop functioning and eventually ruining the other parts in it. So I want to find a better card and also a better PSU to prevent that from happening again

My mobo: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c02560084&lc=en&cc=ad&dlc=en

Specs:

AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

16GB DDR3 RAM (1333 MHz)

Two DVD-RWs

120GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD

1.5 TB HDD

I currently have a 300W factory PSU. I'm very unfamiliar with finding out how many amps I have on the 12V rail. I am familiar with taking out the PSU if need be, checking the BIOS, etc.

I am looking to find a card that does up to four monitors. I don't do gaming and honestly the most graphic intensive thing I'd ever do is run an N64 emulator with high-res textures. I have two 23" Acer monitors (1920x1080) with VGA and DVI.

I thought I'd ask the knowledgeable folks here first because I don't want to buy something and then realize it's not compatible or more than I need. Thank you!

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You have a few problem:

Yes you will need a better PSU but the case you have may have problems fitting it less use you know it will fit ATX size plus room for cables.

Then you have to fit a card in that case if there is enough room.

And lastly up to four monitors on one card...not sure that?s going to be cheap.

I think the NVidia is the best right now. You'll want a 500 watt PSU though.

NVIDIA won't get him 4 screens...

And I think a 650W will be better for him.

In looking for a better video card, it was recommended that I upgrade my PSU. After reading and researching, I suspect that this is what led my last computer to stop functioning and eventually ruining the other parts in it. So I want to find a better card and also a better PSU to prevent that from happening again

My mobo: http://h10025.www1.h...en&cc=ad&dlc=en

Specs:

AMD Phenom II X6 1045T

16GB DDR3 RAM (1333 MHz)

Two DVD-RWs

120GB Kingston HyperX 3K SSD

1.5 TB HDD

I currently have a 300W factory PSU. I'm very unfamiliar with finding out how many amps I have on the 12V rail. I am familiar with taking out the PSU if need be, checking the BIOS, etc.

I am looking to find a card that does up to four monitors. I don't do gaming and honestly the most graphic intensive thing I'd ever do is run an N64 emulator with high-res textures. I have two 23" Acer monitors (1920x1080) with VGA and DVI.

I thought I'd ask the knowledgeable folks here first because I don't want to buy something and then realize it's not compatible or more than I need. Thank you!

Get a corsair psu 500 or more and you will notice a huge improvement in stability! I messed around will all the top brands and wattages with a daul card setup and the corsair has worked the best for more then ten custom built systems.

That card will not play PD..

Use 3 monitors on your 6450 (It allows it with two DVI/HDMI and DisplayPort (which has adapters) and use a USB to DVI adapter.

From the reviews everywhere, the card looks like some caca. I have a Radeon HD 6450 now but it looks like it's a gimped version as mine has one HDMI and one DVI. I found a pretty cheap version of it that has two DVI ports and an HDMI and supports triple monitors out of the box (several Newegg reviews confirm it doesn't need the Eyefinity dongle).

Now I just need to plug my stuff into a PSU calculator to see how much I'd need.

Alright, any good recommendations based on the Mobo? I know I need to make sure I have the right amperage and that was my main reason for wanting to use one. Extreme PSU Calc seems to be the only one that people recommend at Tom's Hardware.

Also, can you tell what type of pin connector I have?

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf-JAVA/Doc/images/761/c02560806.jpg

I count 24, but I'm not sure if they're all "active".

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