Hardware tech info needed please

[GreatCrippler]

For an OS over 10 years old, XP still does the job fine. I agree, its out of date, but it is still supported, and still runs well. Advice to treat it like it has the plague is just silly.

 

[Originality]

Don't treat it like the plague, treat it like an old, obsolete OS. It's fine to use, but there's now better in the market.

 

[BlazerX]

I would be using Xp for more of capability,but with dual booting with windows 7 would be good for the the more features implemented into the OS

 

[Rydian]

Hm, what won't work on XP? Given the power of modern machines, virtualization (especially hardware-assisted) or emulation would provide a good way to run your old programs without the hassle of restarting. Running XP in a modern VM is a great idea in my book, since you get easy access to all sorts of old stuff without the major security risks.

 

[raulpica]

For an OS over 10 years old, XP still does the job fine. I agree, its out of date, but it is still supported, and still runs well. Advice to treat it like it has the plague is just silly.

I still install Win98 on OLD machines, but that's only because they can't run XP.

Same goes for XP. I install it only if they can't run Win7, otherwise Win7 it is.

 

[Lanlan]

For reference, one PC in my house has an E8500 (higher-end Core 2 Duo than the one in your PC) and an AMD 6770, and it's running just fine on the stock 300 watt PSU. So if you wanna just pop in a decent low- to mid-ranged card and leave it at that, you'll save a bit of money. It runs Battlefield 3 on medium at least, at 1080p.

 

[raulpica]

For reference, one PC in my house has an E8500 (higher-end Core 2 Duo than the one in your PC) and an AMD 6770, and it's running just fine on the stock 300 watt PSU. So if you wanna just pop in a decent low- to mid-ranged card and leave it at that, you'll save a bit of money. It runs Battlefield 3 on medium at least, at 1080p.

300W? Man, that thing's going to blow up soon I mean, I threw out two 500W PSUs just some months ago (my first one lasted 1 year, the second one just one month) because my E8400/GTX260 blew it :/

Now I have a 750W with 4 12V rails

 

[BlazerX]

Ok im going to buy a Geforce 9800gt was considering of buying 260/270 but read they where basically a 9800gt.The GPU im buying is a PNY NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 9800GT 512MB GDDR3 PCI-e XLR8 Performance Edition,Which Doesn't needs any power Connectors from what i seen now im going to be using the stock psu for about 2weeks

My Question is what PSu should i get for my PC

EDIT::My Stock PSU Can Run at 24A and 12V rating

 

[Rydian]

No, the GTX 260/270 are a good bit more powerful than the 9800GT... this is from looking at benchmarks, not looking at something like "re-used architecture" and jumping to conclusions.

Not needing any power connectors means it doesn't draw enough power to, which means it doesn't need as much, which points to a weaker GPU.

If you have to upgrade one before the other, upgrade your PSU before the GPU. If the PSU dies it could take other parts in the computer with it, do not risk it.

 

[BlazerX]

Ok looking into my System i needs to look for a SATA PSU the whole MB is SATA Connections
Im deciding to buy the one with 6Pin Connector




i see most people using the PNY Geforce9800GT EE running on 250 watts or 300

EDIT: Here are My Specs for my Stock HP PSU
INPUT/ETRENDA
100-240V ~ 5A 50-60Hz

OUTPUT/SALSA
365 MAX
+5.08V-- +3.33v-- +12V
19A 24A 12A

+12Vcpi-- -12V--- +5.08aux
14.5A 0.15A 3A

Maximum combined power of 5.08V
and 3.33V is 160W

I Have
1 MultiDVDRW/Lightscribe/DL Drive
3 1GB DDR2 RAM
1 320GB SATA HDD

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[BlazerX]

small bump