Computer Upgrade questions

[Portuguese Godfather]

OK so I have a Gateway GT4022 Desktop.

I want to upgrade it because right now the video card sucks ass and the memory is only at 1gb.

I want to get a GEFORCE 8600 GTS video and like 2gb of memory with it..

My question is this... I know I'm going to need a bigger power supply... And I may even need a new motherboard. What type of power supply would work best with what I have? And.... Will I need a new motherboard?

right now i have geforce 6100 in there which isnt even the minimum requirements for gears of war.. world in conflict... or COD 4


so computer geniuses please help me out here.

 

[Portuguese Godfather]

and is this a good power supply because its hellla cheap...

 

[Superfly Snuka]

add memory and video card first, then see if u need all that extra shit, if u bump up to 4gb memory and a sicc video card you system will be extremely faster

 

[Portuguese Godfather]

yea but my power supply is only 320W and I wanna get a GEFORCE 8600GTS which requires a 400-450W power supply

 

[Portuguese Godfather]

whats a good but not super expensive power supply?

 

[MrFedEx503]

www.tigerdirect.com, they got deals homie, this is where I got all my computer shit from

Going hard with the video card i gotta nvidia Geforce7600GT 256MB and its a beaut.

 

[|GOD|||ZILLA|]

when is the new 9000 series comin' out?.. i want to cop one of the 8800gtxoc but they still like 5 bills.. wtf?

 

[InfamousICON]

add memory and video card first, then see if u need all that extra shit, if u bump up to 4gb memory and a sicc video card you system will be extremely faster

Don't upgrade to 4GB of RAM unless your running 64bit Windows Vista and upgrade to an 8800 video card. If your running a 32bit operating system you won't even be able to utilize anything over 3GB of RAM even if you have 4GB installed. But dude is right though 4GB of RAM and a 8800 Geforce would be sick as fuck.

 

[Portuguese Godfather]

im tryna get an 8600GTS and 4gb ram upgrade from XP to Vista Ultimate and Ill probably need a bigger power supply

 

[Carnage187]

Most likely you'll need a better power supply, I used newegg last time to build my pc, and they have reviews on almost every single item. This one right here comes out to like 40 bucks, and goes down to 24 with a rebate, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153023 . 1500 reviews also.

 

[Portuguese Godfather]

i seen some on GEEKS.com and they were like 15$ but i was wondering if they were legit... anyone know