will there be a heat problem??

[Sniper1432]

if i wanted to get this http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pa...oductDetail.do
or this:http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/HP-Pa...oductDetail.do

would there be a heat issue if i put a 7950 GT 512mb into one of these??? i plan on getting a big PCI fan to put under it as well...

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=AA51180&RSKU=AA51180

[Venomous]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

no there wouldnt be a issue as long as the card fit in the cases

[Nadokings]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

i would never even buy a prebuilt they are worthless and pos.
Have a freind build you one or build one yourself one.
I dont know if you could because when i clicked the link it only showed the basic info and i was to lazy to actually look.
go to www.newegg.com
and look for the 7950GT, and make sure you have enough power.
You probobly wont have a problem.

[Sniper1432]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

how about this...but it wont be until march lol..

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/skusearch.hmx?SCriteria=AA52400

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA30169

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22887

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/Skusearch.hmx?scriteria=AA25370

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=4185516

http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?pfp=cat3&product_code=319347&Pn=Centurion_5_ATX_Mid_Tower_Case

[megawhompertoo]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

the biggest issue would be whether or not those computers had a PSU powerful enough to drive your shiny new graphics processor, and the PCI fan you're installing, etc.

[kenof2142]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

Most prebuilt pc's come with sufficient cooling but what's to say you can't add a front intake fan or a side fan or a faster exhaust fan...I've added 2 fans on mine and my graphics card idles at 38C and at load is no more than 50C (7800gt oc'd) and my cpu never sees anything over 42C (athlon x2 3800 oc'd).

Cooling is THE best thing you can do to add life to add both performance and longevity.

[Munk_Madness]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

only an 80gb hard drive??? and i dont know about the case but do know that antec are building better and better heat controled cases plus i cant complain about the antec neo 550W power supply

[kenof2142]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

Both links in the original post say 250gb hdd.

[Munk_Madness]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

yeah but in 4th post down he has listed some parts to build a pc

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=4185516

[Arupian666]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

Hi guys, new to the forum, just HAD to register to share my tale of woe with an HP Pavilion a1410n...

If you're thinking of upgrading AT ALL, don't buy a pre-built.

I got an HP a1410n, Athlon 3800+, 1GB RAM, 200GB HDD, Lightscribe DVD, etc for what seemed to be a good price. The PSU was a worthless generic 300w job that I pulled and installed an Ultra X-Finity 550w, to power my (then) 7900GTX. All was well until I got a good deal on a FX-55 chip. Tried to swap the CPU's out but...Asus locks the BIOS on the mobo (the mobo is built by Asus, specifically for HP. It's not listed anywhere on Asus's website) AND the BIOS is linked to the CPU, it'll only fully recognize a 3800+ on that board. CPUZ reported that my new shiny 2.6Ghz FX-55 chip was running at 850Mhz. So, I figured, I'll just swap out the board. No can do. The OEM version of XP will only boot to the BIOS of the original mobo !!!! So, I figured, buy a copy of XP and install it fresh. Put in the order for a mobo, XP and some thermal gunk. When the box came, I excitedly striped out the board from the machine and... the old board is NOT a standard form factor... it's only about 3/4 the size of my new ATX mobo and even if I could have fit it in, the connectors at the back were all in the wrong place. So, I ended up getting a new case.

Asus won't support the board in the HP cos it's not retail. HP want buckets of cash for support cos the machine is no longer in it's original state.

All in all, HP make their machines impossible to upgrade to get more bucks from us, the consumer. Upgrading involves buying new, basically.

My advice, build yourself, or have a friend do it.

Cheers...

[Sir. S.A.S]

Re: will there be a heat problem??

there is one company which is different, there called evesham technology (www.evesham.com). I do work experience for them and i say they dont lock the bios they use publicly availible parts, 3 year warrenties, just beeten Dell in the UK polls for a magsine forgot which one, cases are cool and normal and you may upgrade your pc with outvoiding the warrenty!!!

But other than that build is your best option!