Power supply needed for gts 250

[volt01]

My brother has a dell inspiron 530 could it handle a gts 250 or should he just go with a gt 240?

 

[lt_shiro]

CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail $55

 

[gwarren007]

Is he going to buy a GTS250?

 

[hossdaddy]

no stock psu from dell, hp etc will have enough beef for that card. I would suggest a corsair or antec 400w psu should be around $50 with free shipping.

 

[volt01]

no stock psu from dell, hp etc will have enough beef for that card. I would suggest a corsair or antec 400w psu should be around $50 with free shipping.

Thanks that's what I thought as well. I had him get the gt 240 instead. Not much but I'm trying to get him into pc gaming. I'm hoping that when it's time for his next pc I can talk him into building.

 

[lt_shiro]

Then you are making a bad suggestion in video cards

MSI R4770 CYCLONE Radeon HD 4770 512MB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail $100

XFX HD-575X-ZNFC Radeon HD 5750 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Retail $140

much better cards for the money.

 

[gwarren007]

Then you are making a bad suggestion in video cards, there are much better cards for the money.

I agree.

 

[hossdaddy]

those gt 240/220 series cards are bad value as mentioned here. If you do not want to get into too much upgrade but want to play decent games @ 1280x1024 ish, then grab one of these

HIS H467QS1GH Radeon HD 4670 1GB $79.99 + free shipping

or

HIS H567Q512 Radeon HD 5670 (Redwood) IceQ 512MB $94.99 + free shipping.

A nice bonus here is that it will vent the heat out of the case instead of dumping into an already barely adequately ventilated case.

 

[HardwareGuru]

yeah, the GT 240 for the price/performance is not a good gaming card. You're better off getting the Radeon HD 5670 or HD 4770 video cards for the same price and performance is faster.

 

[volt01]

The GT240 was $60 and being the gddr3 model, I'm assuming it's slightly worse than the 9600GT so for someone with an e5200 locked at stock 2.5GHz playing at low res most likely he might be using a 720p tv I don't feel that the gt240 was that bad a choice. It was cheaper than all cards suggested and of those suggested I think only the ones suggested in hossdaddy's post would actually run in in the dell.