I found information at Best Buy's website and it says that you need a 400w
or greater power supply.  So this Asus should work.  I also compared it to a
less expensive card XFX ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB DDR@ PCI express card.  What
do you think of the Radeon card?  It's $45 less expensive.

I have used Newegg for reviews and have bought from them before.  Actually
just bought my new printer from them.  No tax or shipping on the printer.

Yeah, I have to buy a complete system, not confident to put one together on
my own.  I do like to upgrade, but not start from scratch.

Diane


On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:27 AM, Dean Kukral <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I went to:
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&Description=NVIDIA+Geforce+9800+GTX+
>
> and looked at the power requirements for the cards listed.  Two did not
> say, one said 450w, another said 500w.
>
> Newegg.com is a good place to go to find specs and reader opinions quickly.
>
> Newegg and other places offer "combo deals" and "bare-bones kits."  They
> compete better with the mass-marketers on price, and,
> hopefully, the system pieces will work together.  But, if you aren't
> comfortable building your own, you probably shouldn't.  It is
> always scary that you'll mess something up or that it won't work.  It is
> fun, though.
>
> Dean Kukral
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Diane
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 6:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Video Graphics Cards
>
>
> Dean,
>
> I plan to pick their brains at Best Buy.
>
> I don't know enough to build my own computer.  I don't understand how you
> came up with $750 combo deal.  And what kind of warranty do you have if you
> build it yourself.
>
> I'm having trouble finding the system requirements for the graphics card.
>
> I don't plan to run the computer from an external drive.  I would use the
> external for backing up.  Looks like I can put another HD inside.
>
> Diane Kroeckel
>
> <snip>
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