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New Video-card for Antec Aria

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gool

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I'm the happy owner of a heavily modded Antec Aria - blow holes, sidefans, PSU-fan replacement and so on. It's based on a MSI Micro-ATX 939 motherboard, AMD 64-3200 (Clawhammer), 1 GB DDR-SDRAM, Liteon DVD-CD combo, a 160GB 7200 Maxtor disc, an external (USB2) Maxtor 250 GB disc and a Nvidia 6600GT card. The latter is the one I wish to replace, but I'm uncertain if I'm able to draw enough juice from the standard Antec 300W psu for this purpose? Seen people with a similar setup who uses a 7800GT card without problem. What are you guys advice - could I go down this road?

Cheers,
Svend
 
I just upmodded my Aria with a XFX 7600GS card -- no fan, dual-DVI since I want quiet (brings extra heat though) and the possibility down the road of a second DVI-driven LCD.

Not sure if you're replacing the 6600GT because it's dying, or you want to upgrade. The 7600GS is not a huge improvement over the 6600GT, but it plays most games adequately for me at 1280 or 1024 rez.

I'm the happy owner of a heavily modded Antec Aria - blow holes, sidefans, PSU-fan replacement and so on.
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Have you got any pictures or guides for this posted on the web? I'm interested in putting a top blowhole (like the new NSK variants of the Aria) and maybe a sidefan in mine.
 
Please post pics!! My good friend has the Aria with a 6200 in it. He really wants to upgrade, but most cards require more than 300w.
 
Your external HDD should have its own power supply right? I think a 8600 would be fine for an efficient 300W PSU, though your PSU would produce more heat due to higher stress. Worst case replace PSU with a regular PSU and place it ouside behind the case, then you'll have a cleaner interior for more modding.
 
Spicy! I like it! Have to see what the mid/low 8 series looks like for power requirements. External PSU could be a great way to keep that case alive. Cabling could be interesting though.
 
Hi' all. I await the Nvidia 8600 with great expectation, but still I have not found a solution to my PSU-problem - if there is a such? Mooncancook you write that I would be ok with the 300W, but when I try to enter my setup into one of the online voltage calculator I get out with a demand for more than 300W. Still, I'm eager to know if anyone has solved this with an external PSU, a modded one or maybe there's a MicroATX-PSU that will fit?

Cheers,
Gool
 
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