Thermaltake GPU dedicated PSU.

Recently, I bought a Radeon HD2900PRO graphics card, which used all of my power supply wattage, so instead of ordering a new power supply, I decided to save money and get a Thermaltake Dedicated GPU.
The unit itself, fits in a 5.25" drive bay, and is totally silent, even at full load, supplying 350W to the video card as dedicated wattage, it has taken a huge load off the power supply, and resulted in a quieter computer.
To connect the dedicated power supply, you plug it into the 24pin ATX connector, with a provided socket. Priced at $55.99, this is a cheap add on to your power supply if you need to supply more wattage for your power supply.


Pro's

• Cheap
• Thermaltake Name
• 350W Dedicated wattage
• Silent

Con's

• There are no cons for this product.

It can be purchased from www.newegg.com

MSI nVidia 6200 AGP - Review

I got a delivery in the mail today, it was an MSI Nvidia 6200 AGP X8 Graphics card, to replace the FX5700 in the blog below. As usual, with new hardware or software, I write a little review on them, with a pro's and con's list. So here is the MSI nVidia 6200 review.

This card is fast enough for watching live television and recording live television, it drops the processor load down from 100% to 27%, which is a much needed sigh of relief, after thinking id need to get a more beefier processor to replace the Sempron 3100+. The card is quite small in comparison to today's bad boys, and has no fans on it. Supported with Windows Aero, it scores a 2.0 for performance.
2.0 for Aero, 2.6 for Gaming.

Here are the pro's and con's list

Pro's

• Cheap
• 256MB GDDR2
• AGP X8
• Vista Premium Support
• Silent

Con's

• Requires 350W
• 4 Pixel Pipelines
• Cannot handle older games unless you set the graphics to real low.

All in all, this is a much needed card if you want to get a cheap card for watching television on. Again it is an MSI AGP X8 Nvidia 6200 256MB GDDR2 and it can be bought at Newegg for $34.99



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