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New Vostro 430 Video Card Needed! Please Help
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I have a Vostro 430 i5 with a 350W power supply. I installed a GTS 450 two years ago that recently fried. I need to get a new graphics card because the factory one isn't good enough. I am wondering if I should get another GTS 450 or upgrade my power supply and get something better? Does anyone have any advice? I primarily use this computer for gaming. I know nothing about what power supply or video cards would be compatible. I would be willing to spend up to $350.
Here are my specs:
| Vostro 430 Mini Tower | ||
| 317-2278 |
1 | Intel® Core i5-750 w/VT (2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache) |
| 330-6043 330-6228 421-0320 421-1552 |
1 | Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, with Media, 32-bit, English |
| 905-3527 906-2620 986-5320 988-7279 989-3449 |
1 | 1 Year ProSupport for End Users and 1 Year NBD On-site Service |
| 317-2762 |
1 | 3GB DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz - 3DIMMs |
| 313-8887 330-6179 421-1188 421-2080 |
1 | Single Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner Drive |
| 341-0711 |
1 | 500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ |
| 320-8831 |
1 | 512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® G310 (DVI + VGA + HDMI) |
| 320-7116 |
1 | No Monitor |
| 420-7281 |
1 | No Pre-installed Productivity Software |
| 410-1737 |
1 | Trend Micro Internet Security, 15-months |
| 313-5469 |
1 | No Modem Option |
| 341-0736 |
1 | No Dell 19-in-1 Media Card Reader Selected |
| 311-8792 |
1 | No IEEE 1394a Adapter Selected |
| 310-9321 330-5306 |
1 | No Keyboard or Mouse Selected |
| 313-8482 |
1 | No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system) |
| 330-1570 |
1 | Mouse included in Bluetooth selection |
| 313-8480 |
1 | Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio |
| 330-1600 330-1718 330-1719 |
1 | Vostro 430 Documents and 110 Volt Power setting |
| 410-1858 |
1 | Adobe Acrobat Reader |
| 330-9516 |
1 | Resource CD and DVD contains Diagnostics and Driver for Dell Vostro Systems |
| 900-9987 |
1 | No Onsite System Setup |
| 330-5391 |
1 | Vostro System Quick Reference Guide |
| 430-3246 |
1 | Integrated PCIE 10/100/ |
DELL-Hari R
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July 31st, 2012 18:00
Hi jwpenegor,
Welcome to the Dell Community.
With reference to your post regarding upgrading the Power Supply and for a GTS 450 Video Card, I would suggest you to upgrade it to a 600 W Power Supply. The minimum Power Supply for a GTS 450 Video Card is 400 Watts, but we recommended, you upgrade it to a 600 Watts Power supply for a better performance
Please let us know if this helps.
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