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Help!!!

Jan 10, 2011 1:16AM PST

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Oh no
Jan 10, 2011 4:23AM PST

You have nearly same model as mine.
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/379631/review/aspire_ax1301b1812.html

First of all, to do this would be almost like re-building your whole PC. You will need a new case to fit a relevant power supply. Slimline desktops are not very upgrade friendly. I would imagine you need the new supply to power a graphics card you are trying to install? Same issue here. 220 watt is terribly small. Try this site for good info on building pc from ground up. You do not need all the info there, but enough of it will apply to what you need to do>>http://www.mysuperpc.com/

Don't mind the sites cartoony look, it still has good info Wink I for one will never buy slimline again for this reason.

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Power Supply
Jan 10, 2011 10:44PM PST

Hi, you need to consider the size of case you have or will need and the power needs of the system. Example, the CPU power requirements and video card, which are 2 of the most important components on the motherboard. The usual recommended power supplies for say 1 GB video cards is minimum 600 watts. Recommended power supply would be 850 watts. These units are 85% efficiency+. This would be for a new computer build with say an i7 board 1366 or 1156 and equivalent AMD systems with 4core or 6 core CPU's. Prices are reasonable in the $130.00 to $250.00 range. It's a good idea to research your system power needs when you're ready to upgrade.

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It depends
Jan 10, 2011 11:54PM PST

As usual when it comes to some PSU's the need for a physical sizing has to be compared. These are provided by the specs, LxWxH. Your PSU will have a decal/label on it showing the model#. Use that to find the specs for a replacement PSU. I tried to view the links provided to see if anything readily was offered, but nope. It appears to be the basic std. PSU size(that's a guess). Thus, most generic that offer the ATX std. size will do. Of course, there are better brands out there besides generic models. You then pick the one you need plus add 100W to total for room to grow on or as demands require. Understand, cheap is cheap, if you plan to save on PSU, that is very poor planning. I strongly suggest, you buy a dual-fan PSU to better help cool the PC. If you plan to really upgrade the PC to higher demands besides power, like better video, etc., these cause higher heat output, so cooling becomes very important.

tada -----Willy Happy