Ram & Graphics Card Help

nani17

I recently bought a nvida 8500 gt and i'm wait for it to arrive im also looking into buying ram i just need to know if it's the right one for my pc also would like to know if the graphics card fits

I got a Dell Dimension C521.

This is the ram i want to buy. THANKS

http://cgi.ebay.ie/1GB-PC4200-DDR2-533MHz-1-GB-PC-4200-PC2-DESKTOP-RAM-MEM_W0QQitemZ140269981265QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140269981265&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1301%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308

TerrorFirmer

It will only fit if you bought a Low Profile version, otherwise for it to work you'd have to take off the backplate and have the side panel off all the time.

The card should look like this height wise:



If it looks like this you're out of luck.



Ram should work without issue.

nani17

Thanks for the reply it looks like i may be out of luck .

This is the one i got.



Inside i'm crying.

Can someone help me find a graphics card for my PC 80 euro worth pleas

Externally Accessible
Video: 1 DVI, VGA and 1 S-Video (with add-in PCI-Express video card)
USB: 6 Ports (2 Front, 4 Back) + 2 internal
Audio: Audio – six back-panel connectors for line-in, line-out, microphone, rear surround, side surround, two front-panel connectors for headphones/microphone, integrated 7.1 channel sound
Network: Integrated Ethernet
Integrated 10/100 network interface


Expansion Slots
PCI: 1 Slots
PCIe x1: 1 Slot
PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 Slots

Chassis
280 Watt DC Power Supply

* Backup battery: 3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell

3.5" Bays: 2 bays (one external; one internal)
5.25" Bays: 1 bays
Memory DIMM slots: 4 available

Dimensions & Weight
H: 15.8" (40.13 cm)
W: 4.5" (11.43 cm)
14.2" (36.07 cm)

TerrorFirmer

The 8500GT is crap anyway, very slow card. Can you return it to where you got it? Look at the 4550, excellent low profile card, much, much faster then the 8500GT and well under 80 euro - this one comes with a low profile plate as well so you can use it straight out of the box, some low profile cards require the seperate purchasing of that plate.

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=388728

nani17

Again thanks a lot for your help are you sure i can use PCI-Express 2.0 on my system + it's a DDR3 i thought i was DDR2 . I also heard the MSI GeForce 8600GT was good
Yes i can send it back and again really thanks very much for your help.

TerrorFirmer

The video memory on board a card has nothing to do with the actual motherboard, any decent card uses DDR3 memory and has done for several years now. DDR2 features on cheap, budget or media center parts, basically anything not ideal for gaming, or aimed at those on extreme budgets (or, at times, to those who don't know anything about the different memories). It's far slower then DDR3.

The 8600GT is also quite good and as long as you got the DDR3 model it would be about the same speed as the 4550 but - the 4550 is a little cheaper, and also has a lower power consumption and, as far as reviews are saying, less noise.

2.0 is backwards compatible, so don't worry about that.

nani17

I would a appreciate if you could help me find a graphics card suitable for my pc that can play COD 5 Gears of wars 2 etc. Seriously thanks for taking time to help



EDIT: I Found this one.

also the SAPPHIRE HD 4550 512MB DDR3 needs

300 Watt or greater power supply (350 Watt for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode) is recommended.Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products

http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/products_overview.php?gpid=260&grp=3

TerrorFirmer

What size is your monitor? And you're welcome.

The only thing is that the C521 is a low profile machine - and the fastest low profile card, as best as I'm aware, IS the 4550 or DDR3 8600GT. No better card would fit unless you removed the cards backplate and the side panel of your case, but that's hardly convenient.

It's not a killer gaming card but it's capable. If you're using a 17 or 19" monitor, either 1280x800 or 1440x900, Gears of War 2 and COD5 should run at decent settings, medium-ish - The games will look decent, in any case.

For example here are a few pictures of Call of Duty 4 and Gears of War running on my old Mobile 8600GT with DDR2 memory - the 4550 would be about a 10-20% improvement on this, give or take a percent or two. So this is more or less what you'd be achieving, with some improvement:

TerrorFirmer

And don't worry the 4550 will work fine on your machine. It's not demanding power wise, the power requirements are always grossly over-stated on boxes by companies to cover themselves - added to that, Dell power supplies are always stronger then advertised anyway.

Your only choice is the 4550 and 8600GT - I'd advise the 4550 as it's cheaper, and comes with the LP backplate in the box - it's win win.

Forget the 8500GT though, you are looking at 50% the performance of the 4550/8600GT for a similar price.

nani17

19" medium graphics would be perfect IMO. No way would i leave the side panel off my pc your right about that .

All i want is to be able to play the latest games if you need more info the best i can give is the dell specs

http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/dimen_c521?c=us&cs=22&l=en&s=dfh

I got the AMD AthlonTM 64 X2 dual-core


Jesus man your a saint for helping lol