I have an NVIDIA 8600GT in my E510 and I've seen posts where an 8800GT will work with the stock power supply.
The 8600GT does not require the "PCIe" extra power connection.
However, if you are going to upgrade the Video Card, with the huge number of E510/5150 power supplies that have failed in the last year you should also consider upgrading the power supply. The E510/5150 uses a standard ATX style power supply, get one that is at least 450 watts. You need one that has a 24 pin or a 20 plus 4 pin connector for the motherboard, a 4 pin Molex for the motherboard, two IDE (PATA) power connectors for the CD/DVD drive(s) and two SATA power connectors for the hard drive(s). Most have these connectors plus others such as the PCIe power connector. If you do upgrade the power supply, avoid the cheap power supplies (e.g the $29.95, $39.95, etc models).
Looking HERE at your system spec it list one PICe X1 slot and one PCIe x16 slot.
For a graphis card you will want to look for a PCIe x16 card.
Now the problem becomes your power supply looking at the pin out there is no 6 pin PCIe power connector. most of the newer cards require this power connector to power the card.
So you will more than likely be looking at upgrading your powersupply.
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I have an NVIDIA 8600GT in my E510 and I've seen posts where an 8800GT will work with the stock power supply.
The 8600GT does not require the "PCIe" extra power connection.
However, if you are going to upgrade the Video Card, with the huge number of E510/5150 power supplies that have failed in the last year you should also consider upgrading the power supply. The E510/5150 uses a standard ATX style power supply, get one that is at least 450 watts. You need one that has a 24 pin or a 20 plus 4 pin connector for the motherboard, a 4 pin Molex for the motherboard, two IDE (PATA) power connectors for the CD/DVD drive(s) and two SATA power connectors for the hard drive(s). Most have these connectors plus others such as the PCIe power connector. If you do upgrade the power supply, avoid the cheap power supplies (e.g the $29.95, $39.95, etc models).
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November 20th, 2008 14:00
Looking HERE at your system spec it list one PICe X1 slot and one PCIe x16 slot.
For a graphis card you will want to look for a PCIe x16 card.
Now the problem becomes your power supply looking at the pin out there is no 6 pin PCIe power connector. most of the newer cards require this power connector to power the card.
So you will more than likely be looking at upgrading your powersupply.