12-27-2014, 04:27 AM
(12-26-2014, 11:45 PM)swirly Wrote: My takeaway from that is to recommend they buy a new comp instead of upgrading that one.
Here's the skinny on it, and is something I ran across while trying to retrofit a dedicated videocard into a machine with integrated graphics - you will need to upgrade the PSU, and add additional fans. The 250w PSU will not power any kind of decent gaming videocard, and any kind of decent gaming videocard will generate a whole lot of heat inside the case which will need to be vented somewhere.
You will be looking at about $100 minimum for a videocard, another $50 or so for a power supply, and $20 for cooling fans - plus the labour to install all of it.