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i have a asus m2a-vm series motherboard would this graphics card work for it? ]http://www.directron.com/ax54501gbk3sh.html need something else just ask thanks alot!!

Your Motherboard

Expansion Slots 1 x PCI Express x16
1 x PCI Express x1
2 x PCI

Card:

PCI Express 2.1

So yes.

Also, same card for $10 cheaper at newegg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131338

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100007709&IsNodeId=1&Description=Radeon%20HD5450&name=Desktop%20Graphics%20%2f%20Video%20Cards&Order=PRICE&Pagesize=20

Why not save up and get a sexier one?!

As long as the PCIe slot on your MoBo hasn't been taken up (it should be the blue one, but it may be black), then you're fine.

EDIT: Ninja'd…

got any recommendations? i would like at least 1 hdmi port

Recommendation:
Figure out how much you're willing to spend maximum on one.
Buy one that costs that much :D

mmk

From: jagsta21
got any recommendations? i would like at least 1 hdmi port

Depends on your price range. I'd recommend the ATi 6700 series, pretty reasonably for their price, and can support up to 3 displays out of the same card.

If you don't have quite as much, I'd suggest a nVidia 9 series.

also real quick will this work 2? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820103001&cm_sp=Cat_Memory-_-Daily_Deal-_-20-103-001

doesn't look like it absed on what yohojo said

also based on that it's AMD2 era which CPU's probably wouldn't be able to handle the card anyway

you can get a $40-50 motherboard with some ddr3 ($20 around) and a good duo, triple or quad core prrocessor (athlon)($50-100) that will out perform your current machine a great deal.. along with that graphics card or a different one

From: grats
doesn't look like it absed on what yohojo said

also based on that it's AMD2 era which CPU's probably wouldn't be able to handle the card anyway

you can get a $40-50 motherboard with some ddr3 ($20 around) and a good duo, triple or quad core prrocessor (athlon)($50-100) that will out perform your current machine a great deal.. along with that graphics card or a different one

so basically my cpu couldnt handle it?

From: jagsta21
so basically my cpu couldnt handle it?

your motherboard is capable of it, I read yohojo's post wrong

your CPU could struggle though, what exact CPU do you have?

if you go for this card, I do recommend grabbing some older hardware (that's still newer than what you have and much faster) it'd be a good budget deal

and your motherboard is not capable of DDR3 memory, so no that stick you linked isn't compatible.

when you get a chance could you link me to some "older hardware"?? lol and idk how could i find out what cpu i have? i cant boot it up as my current graphics card is crapped out

besides taking off your heatsink idk, if you don't have a monitor :P


this motherboard is pretty good, made a machine for my little brother with it:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157204
works damn good for its price

this is a good triple core:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103886
you can also get it refurbished for cheaper.. idk how much money you have

I'd grab two of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820148221


the blue slots in the motherboard are for the DDR3 I believe, the book says on like the front page so just refer to that.. you don't really want to put it in the wrong slots.

the graphics card you picked out would be fine..

you can reuse your hard drive from your old computer (you'll have to do a fresh install as windows doesn't like new motherboards) and your power supply I assume can handle all of this? do you know its wattage?

and you should be able to reuse the case






hahaha your current motherboard doesn't even support usb 2.0.. I highly suggest upgrading everything :P

450 watts and thanks so much also could i use my old heatsink or will it come with a new 1?

yea you should be good, that processor and graphics peak together is a little under 300, which leaves you enough room for other crap (which all of your other stuff probably doesn't even go over 10watts total with hard drive + ram)

also real quick i had windows xp and upgraded to windows 7 64bit and it was really slow would this help speed it up lol?
and im thinking about a new solid slate drive recomendations? 100g will do

From: jagsta21
also real quick i had windows xp and upgraded to windows 7 64bit and it was really slow would this help speed it up lol?
and im thinking about a new solid slate drive recomendations? 100g will do

solid state drives would need a better motherboard to perform well, they're also expensive compared to what hardware I linked.. if you want a machine that's like $700+ then we can build that too, but it really isn't worth it with the stuff you have

and yes this build will be a good deal faster than your current machine, I mean it really depends if you were using just the AM2 or the AM2+ capability of your old motherboard, but it can be anywhere from 2 to 10 times faster lol

you do have windows install disks correct? because you'll need them.. of course you can run linux which simba does work well on with wine, but if you game you'll have problems with that.

mmk thanks alot and yeah i have disks what is a recomended harddrive to install windows on because i dont really like mine

From: jagsta21
mmk thanks alot and yeah i have disks what is a recomended harddrive to install windows on because i dont really like mine

unfortunately with thailand flooding hard drives nearly quadrupled in price and still haven't gone down..

any hard drive will work

http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=14&name=Internal-Hard-Drives&Order=PRICE

as long as it's sata (which all those are) you can use it for your install, I'd recommend just dealing with your current drive now and getting an upgrade in the future

unless you have the money for it, which I'll gladly assist you with picking something out..

thank you soo much for all your help im adding you ill let u know if i ever want to upgrade:)

np GL with the new setup, that should be pretty happy with it.. a lot more power than you have

if you want to go quad core go ahead, grab a athlon quad.. that will work with all the other stuff too

but if you're planning on getting a super beast computer in a few months or so that's a better idea, then you can keep this computer for botting on and use your new one for botting + everything else and you got more bots!

feel free to PM me with any questions you got, I can't guarantee I always see threads

THAT VIDEO CARD WILL NOT WORK.

you have a pcie x16 v1.0 slot! that card has pcie x16 v2.0 minimum requirement! I KNOW FOR A FACT. IT DOES NOT WORK IN MY HTPC. Try something from nvidia or the 4xxx series from amd/ati. You're welcome.

SOURCE: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/295351-28-5450-detected-mobo

if you get the new mobo, it will work so no biggie.

From: dweg
THAT VIDEO CARD WILL NOT WORK.

you have a pcie x16 v1.0 slot! that card has pcie x16 v2.0 minimum requirement! I KNOW FOR A FACT. IT DOES NOT WORK IN MY HTPC. Try something from nvidia or the 4xxx series from amd/ati. You're welcome.

SOURCE: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/295351-28-5450-detected-mobo

if you get the new mobo, it will work so no biggie.

oh, so I did read it correctly originally lol..

thought I saw v1 somewhere

From: dweg
THAT VIDEO CARD WILL NOT WORK.

you have a pcie x16 v1.0 slot! that card has pcie x16 v2.0 minimum requirement! I KNOW FOR A FACT. IT DOES NOT WORK IN MY HTPC. Try something from nvidia or the 4xxx series from amd/ati. You're welcome.

SOURCE: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/295351-28-5450-detected-mobo

if you get the new mobo, it will work so no biggie.

yeah im getting the new mobo ram and cpu so yay!!:thumbsup::spot: