GPU and PSU upgrade on older PC

[kevh]

Hi

 

After kinda answering my own previous thread , have come to conclusion that i may as well invest in new PSU and more compitent GPU for Crysis :D

 

http://uk.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gts-450

 

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/prods/components/powersupplies/corsair/cmpsu-430cx.html

 

Do the above seem a sensible upgrade for my old home Dell Inspiron 531 desktop listed below , or is CPU too old and PCI Exp x16 v1.0 restrict it too much??

 

Any advice would be great :confused:

 

Cheers Kev :cool:

[MrLAFLAFLAF]

Hi kevh,

 

First off, by 'Crysis' do you mean Crysis 2 or the original Crysis? The two have VERY different requirements.:p For now, I'll assume you mean Crysis , seeing as it recently came out.

 

I think the GTS can run Crysis 2, but I am a bit worried about the wattage of the PSU you have selected. I know that the graphics card only requires 400W (by the way it will probably require most of that power while playing Crysis 2), but there are other things in a computer that require power, like the CPU and HDDs. They may not be the most sophsticated around, but I highly doubt they can survive on a mere 50W of power. Just suggesting, but you might want to look for a larger wattage. Then again, if your interested, I recently bought a 750W PSU to replace my old 250W, and the 250 ran Crysis 2 fine until I realised that the wattage was so low.

 

I would also add that your CPU may be a little behind the times for a game like Crysis 2, but I don't know your budget, or even if it is Crysis 2 you are interested in, but you might want to look at that too.

 

Also, to answer your PCIE issue, I know the GTS 450 uses a PCIE 2.0 x16 slot, but this problem has been anticipated, and the 2.0 has been made backwards-compatible with the 1.0. That is, any PCIE 2.0 x16 component is backwards-compatible with a PCIE 1.0 x16 slot on a motherboard. However, be warned, they tend not to run at full potential.

[kevh]

Thanks for reply have done the upgrade see below here :-

 

http://extremetechsupport.com/threads/11744-Is-DDR3-ram-in-GTS450-OK

 

Played Crysis with 300watt and 8600gt before :D (low settings of course but very playable FPS)

 

Cheers Kev

[kevh]

Just to double check extreme psu calc recomends 311watt minimum for sys as is so hopefully should be fine :)

 

Cheers Kev :cool:

[MrLAFLAFLAF]

Well I don't usually trust those websites, I prefer to do the maths instead, and the minimum the website says could mean the ABSOLUTE minimum that your comp can run on, rather than on what it should, I believe there is a difference. :)

 

Anyway, you have already replaced the PSU? So this is just about what GPU you want now? And is it Crysis 1 or 2 that you intend to play?

[kevh]

Minimum was even less ;) very basic system really that i have.

 

Both hopefully already have Crysis 1 but have lent it to relative for the moment and hope to get crysis 2 shortly :D

 

Cheers Kev :cool:

[MrLAFLAFLAF]

OK, fair enough with the wattage. So basically all you are looking for is help choosing a suitable GPU? (Seeing as you seem to have already replaced your PSU) Edited May 31, 2011 by MrLAFLAFLAF

[kevh]

Have got new Palit GTS450 1gb ddr3 and installed it this weekend and after installing slightly older driver from cd seems to be working great.

 

Thanks for help.

 

Cheers Kev :cool:

[MrLAFLAFLAF]

I'm sorry I don't understand what the problem is - your thread name asks for assistance in choosing a PSU and GPU, but you seem to already have done both.

 

Has your problem been solved?

[kevh]

Yes this is older thread have done both previous thread is newer ;)

 

Cheers Kev :cool:

[MrLAFLAFLAF]

Oh OK sorry about that...

[kevh]

No worries ,thanks very much for looking ;)

 

Cheers Kev :cool: