Hello,
I have a Slimline s3300t and I would like to have dual monitors on it. As far as my research, I do have a 180 Watt powersupply which I will have to replace, and I still cant find a good video card that would fit in and be good on price.
So, I would like to know where can I find a power supply with more wattage to support a video card for dual monitor, Also what video card you recommend me that will fit in this slimline. Be aware that I am also putting 4GB of ram (currently 2)
This is my specs:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docum…
P.S. Does adding more wattage on the power supply will do harm to my processor or anything else on my pc?
Thank you.|||>I seriously doubt you will find a power supply above 350 Watts and that would take one heck of search. Those slimline boxes are just not made to put a standard ATX power supply into and that is what you are going to need to power two monitors - if you can find a half-height video card that accomodates two LCD's. The slimline computers are the next thing above a totall integrated all-in-one...this makes it extremely difficult to upgrade the parts to more powerful ones which require more physical space in the chassis. I don't think 350 watts will even be adequate to drive two monitors. Frequently, those slimline computers have a proprietary non-ATX compliant motherboard which makes them impossible to switch the internal parts out into a mid-tower case since the back headers won't align properly and the holes for the motherboard are non-ATX - so I think you are stuck with what you have.|||The 180Watt power supply you have now is not enough to power even a nintendo DS! Go to newegg.com and look for low profile video cards,you have plenty of options.About the power supply I doubt a standard ATX will fit this small case so you have to do a little search there too.|||@Computer ER Sorry, but 180W is nowhere near enough to power any low-profile video card.
You cannot upgrade your video card, ever, because your PSU is proprietary and will never supply enough power for a better video card. There is no replacement PSU that will provide enough power. Even the most basic GPU will require at least a 300W PSU (almost twice what you have).
You CAN use a USB video card to get additional monitors, but it's not a TRUE video card.
You could plug a 1500W PSU into that computer (if you could get it to fit) and it would function just fine. Your computer will consume as much power as it needs, regardless of how much power you supply. Think of it like this. In your house, you have a breaker box, with a lot of fuses, most of which will be rated at 20A (or so). If you plug one lamp into that circuit, is it pulling all 20A? No, it's just pulling the wattage of the light bulb(s).
If you got that 300w PSU, you MIGHT be able to make it work, if it's efficient enough, however, know that getting into that computer to replace it is a pain. With that 300W PSU, you can probably fit a GPU in that requires up to 400W of power.
If you do upgrade the PSU, keep in mind that not all PSUs are created equal. The watt rating of a PSU is a rating of how much power it CONSUMES, not now much power it outputs. For example, an OCZ ~600W PSU will provide MORE power to your computer than a Zion 800W PSU, because the OCZ PSU will more efficiently convert the power.
Check the amperage outputs for the 12v rails (there may be more than one listing for 12v), and add them together to figure out how much power it's putting out. Some of the PSUs have a stamp on there that says '80', with some other text nearby, meaning it's got a high efficiency rating.
Also, a 300W PSU could actually produce more excess power because those slimline PCs consume less power than your average computer, and the "Recommended requirements" are based off your average desktop's specs for power consumption.|||Don't listen to any of the others. I have a slimline box with a non-standardATX motherboard & have upgraded just about EVERYTHING.
I've added in:
a better CPU (was an Athlon x2 3800 - now a 6000)
a better GPU (was onboard, now an 8600GT)
& More RAM (4GB)
...all on a non-compliant 180watt PSU.
The truth is, all of these components are rated as using xxx amount of watts but usually use FAR LESS. As far as the manufacturer specs, what I'm doing is IMPOSSIBLE - but I'm not the only one out there doing it. There are thousands of peeps upgrading so-called 'un-upgradable' low-profile PCs, whether they're HPs, Dells, whatever.
Go for it & good luck!
zarathustra =]
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