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Darkness
June 28th, 2007, 11:29 PM
I have a emachines T3418.(i know its shitty but upgrades are cheaper than a new one)
I am going to upgrade the ram to 2gb.
but I'm wondering if it can take a 8600 or if I can even change the vid card.
TPE
June 28th, 2007, 11:40 PM
8600 i heard runs H2V pretty good
Mr Buckshot
June 29th, 2007, 01:15 AM
do you have an open 16x PCI-express slot?
InnerGoat
June 29th, 2007, 01:17 AM
http://www.emachines.com/products/products.html?prod=T3418

Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® 6100 GPU
Up to 128MB of shared video memory
PCI Express (PCIe x16) slot available

Yeah, it'll work, if it doesn't blow the PSU up.
Mr Buckshot
June 29th, 2007, 11:26 AM
ah yes, the PSU. If you have a low wattage PSU, then it might be a good idea to upgrade that as well otherwise the video card may not even power on.

No need to get a super crazy PSU, though. Check out my specs - 500 watts is already overkill for those.
Darkness
June 29th, 2007, 04:42 PM
Im getting 300w or 400w its just $30-50. It's pretty cheap at Frys
Patrickssj6
June 29th, 2007, 04:48 PM
My comp is 1 year old and runs on 450W
Darkness
June 29th, 2007, 05:08 PM
mines 3-4 years old i believe and i dont know the curent psu but 500w is too much they say. Also can some one find me the Watts on my current psu? Oh found it its 300 watts, so should i get 350 or 400?
Patrickssj6
June 29th, 2007, 05:08 PM
oh ok :)
Amit
June 29th, 2007, 05:28 PM
mines 3-4 years old i believe and i dont know the curent psu but 500w is too much they say. Also can some one find me the Watts on my current psu? Oh found it its 300 watts, so should i get 350 or 400?

Who says 500W is too much? Probably peopel who don't want you to have the best experience.
Mr Buckshot
June 29th, 2007, 10:44 PM
no no, 500W is absolutely required for super setups with dual video cards and stuff.

But for MY setup, 500W is too much.