Going to be upgrading my graphics card soon...

[Kacen]

I'm a bit skeptical if the PSU will handle it, going from an 8500 GT to a 9500 GT(Which will be coming in the mail in 5 days or less) on a 350w PSU. I've heard from a friend who's a computer tech it should work from personal experience, but if something goes horribly wrong, you'll know why I'm not posting any more...or at least with as much zeal, my old comp is slow as all hell.

And I'm not sure if Delta Electronics PSUs have a fail-safe where they just don't turn on when too much power is being taken from them.

According to a watt calculator site the wattage jump from the graphics card replacement should only be 9-10w...but I'm the paranoid type.

So just a heads up if I suddenly disappear.

[-Kosh-]

Nvidia is still trying to fool the consumer. That new card is barely faster than your old card.
You should have bought a 9600GT (which is really a 8600gt), about 2x as fast as the 9500gt (which is pretty much a 8500gt with a bit faster memory/ clock).

350w PSU is on the low end, hope you do not have too much stuff with that.

[Kacen]

9600 GT requires a six pin connector, which I do not have, sadly. In fact 9600 GT was going to be my original choice.

[BulletMagnet]

don't bother; keep your monehz in teh bank.

then tech your mexes to T2, and eco. whore it up like a 2x Seton's noob (speaking from experience here). oh by the way, we got a patch.

then rush a fast Lynnfield .

[Kacen]

I'm pretty sure as of now that it shouldn't damage my PSU.

http://itwinkle.stores.yahoo.net/hp35posu51.html

Short Circuit Protection, In-Rush Current Protection, Thermal Overload Cutoff Protection, Over-Temperature, Over-Voltage, Over-Current, Under Voltage

Assuming this means it has safety measures against short outs, I have nothing to loose by trying the video card.

It should be a at least twice as good as my old (not only that it has 1 gig of ram as opposed to my 8500 GT's 260ish megabytes).