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Well, one could always buy the 250W P/S!
 For reference, I am using a Pentium 4 "Mobile" processor in my SB51G. The up-side: I get the increased throughput of the Northwood Core, the "downside": Since the FB51 mobo does not support "speed step" technology, I can't jump to 2.8 GHz, and am runnng at 1.6 GHz. The "Up side", the 1.6GHz Northwood is still faster than a 1.8 GHz Willamette! And at 1.6 GHz, it is less of a drain on the 200W Power supply! Hit that combo quite by accident, but it works, and works well. Stable and solid as a rock. If you are running at faster speeds near the upper limit of the motherboard like 2.8 or 3.0 GHz, then you may well need to beef up to the 250W P/S. Only one way to find out for sure!  Keep up posted on what you do and how it goes. hth On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:05:55 -0500, sjc <> wrote: >Thanks for the info! I checked out the card at Newegg....and it is >only $39.00 (US) after a $15 mail in rebate! Wow....that sounds like >a deal. The eVGA website says the FX5500 needs a 250 watt PS...which >makes me a little nervous. I would think if I works in your, it will >work in my little SB51. > >http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130197 > >Any other recommendations out there? > >sjc > > > >On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 21:01:09 -0800, NewMan ><> wrote: > >>My daughter was using the ATI 7500. It was OK with Sims2 University, >>but when Sims2 Nightlife came out, it hit the wall. >> >>The upgrade I got was an nVidia GeForce FX5500 with 256MB of RAM. This >>card can do 4X and 8X, so it was an ideal choice for an upgrade. The >>capper was that it was only $89 CDN$ at London Drugs in Canada. Here >>is a link for product info: >> >>http://www.evga.com/products/moreinf...3-LX&family=13 >> >>With a card that good and that cheap, it is just hard to beat. And >>nVidia to boot. Sorry to all the ATI users out there. I have been >>computing for decades. 99% of all problems I have had with video cards >>has been with ATI cards! They play the "OEM" game, and frequently do >>not support a card if it was not "built by ATI". What horse ****. This >>is the same thing that turned me off of US Robitics modems. >> >>The kicker for me was a few years back. We upgraded a number of >>Win98se machines to WinXP. These machines had ATI Rage IIC cards in >>them. The Win98se drivers made full use of the cards capabilities. But >>the onyl driver for WinXP was the Micro$haft one! And it only support >>ed 800 x 600! What collaosal BULLSHIT! We were forced to upgrade our >>cards because of non-existant support for WinXP at the hands of ATI. >>ANd I can assure you, not one ATI card did we purchase! All ATIs were >>replaced with nVidia. I get to spec new systems, and I wont have an >>ATI card, period. >> >>Just my personal experience, your mileage may vary. But I highly >>recommend the nVidia cards. >> >>BTW, our SG51 has the 200W supply as well. No problem running the >>FX5500 card with 256MB of memory at all. It is fast, and cool. >> >>hth >> >>On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 10:34:22 -0500, sjc <> wrote: >> >>>I have had a SB51 for a few years for the kids computer. >>> >>>What is a good AGP video card that I can upgrade to that works well. I >>>am not looking for anything SUPER, but just a little enhancement. Just >>>looking for something that runs a litte faster, and runs cool, and >>>doesn't use much power, as I only have the 200Watt Power Supply. >>> >>>I am considering cards like: >>> >>>Geforce MX4000 128MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card >>>Radeon 9250 256MB 64-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X >>>Radeon 9600 256MB 128-bit DDR AGP 4X/8X >>> >>>Any other recommendations would be GREAT! >>> >>>Thanks! |
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