AMD or dell? Help!!!

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AMD
AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 4GB DDR2
AMD Athlon 6000+ Dual Core CPU
Frequency: 3 GHz
4GB DDR2 800Mhz RAM
160GB SATAII HD
Nvidia GeForce 6150 Graphics Controller, shared 224MB
20x Dual Layer SATA DVD-RW

Dell Dimension 8300
Pentium 4 HT 2.8 GHZ
512mb ram
nvidia 5200 fx

Is the amd better then my dell i have now? my friend wants to sell it to me. please help.

oh and will the AMD run counter strike source on high?
 
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Yes, definitely. Quite a lot better.

EDIT: I'm positive everything, but the GPU can run CSS on high, I'm not sure about the GPU... I can't find much of anything about it on the internet, but my guess would be that it can't handle it. You could fix that by upgrading to a non-integrated GPU though.
 
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thanks i believe this is the power?

Power Consumption: 125 W
Power Connector: 1x 24pin Main Power; 1x 4pin CPU Power
 
You need to know the size of the power supply at the very least, for the one Mr. Johanssen posted it needs to be at least 400W, although that is not the only contributing factor, I dont know much about power supplies so someone else will explain it. Also check what motherboard it comes with cos you will need one with a PCI-e slot too.
 
My bad no it is 480W PSU is that correct?

Yeah that sounds better. That should run that card fine but the only thing is the max current matters (eg. 24A) but I know very little about this so someone else will have to explain it. I doubt it will be a problem with that card though.
 
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there should be a table like this on the powersupply. can you tell us how many Ampere it has on the +12V? the one in this Picture has 20A on the +12V as you can see (it also says +12V is using the yellow wires too on this one). :)

(I dont think the powersupply will have a problem running that card tough to be honest. :) )
 
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Thanks Archangel, I've learnt something today too, I wasnt sure if it was the +12V or one of the others you had to check :)
Like you said though, probably wont matter for that card.
 
yea, its the +12v you have to look for. El cheapo PSU’s usually have a really high amperage on the 3.3V and the 5V rail. (basically where you don’t need it.) making the total (theoretical) power output of the PSU appear big. But since the 3.3 and the 5v will never be loaded up that much, so the practical output would be lower, since the 12V, where the power is really needed is small.
I’ve had a 550 Watt power supply once, which only had 14A on the 12V... (that’s 14x12 = 168Watt on the 12volt rail. My current one has 620Watt total rated power, of which 50A on the 12V rail. (12 x 50 = 600Watt) much better Power supply. :) )
 
yea, its the +12v you have to look for. El cheapo PSU’s usually have a really high amperage on the 3.3V and the 5V rail. (basically where you don’t need it.) making the total (theoretical) power output of the PSU appear big. But since the 3.3 and the 5v will never be loaded up that much, so the practical output would be lower, since the 12V, where the power is really needed is small.
I’ve had a 550 Watt power supply once, which only had 14A on the 12V... (that’s 14x12 = 168Watt on the 12volt rail. My current one has 620Watt total rated power, of which 50A on the 12V rail. (12 x 50 = 600Watt) much better Power supply. :) )

Cool, thanks.
Hey I've got the same power supply as you and was wondering how you got the 50A? The only thing I can see is that it has three +12V rails each with 18A so do I just add them all together? But then I get 54A :confused:
 
Cool, thanks.
Hey I've got the same power supply as you and was wondering how you got the 50A? The only thing I can see is that it has three +12V rails each with 18A so do I just add them all together? But then I get 54A :confused:

Sometimes with split rails, the power isn't 100%, so you'd get 54A, but to be safe they mark it as 50A.

Also, if you know your motherboard, I'd get the card i suggested, i'm sure it won't be an issue.
 
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