[Mason151]

im stupid when it comes to computer hardware and custom building your comp thats why i am here maybe one of you nerds can help me out. i mean that as respectfully as possible. heres my problem i am buying a computer from cyberpower i dont know if all of the components will work properly together(without straining anything) i think they test it before they send it out but i couldnt find where they wrote that at. another thing is my power supply will a 420 run this?

CASE: ($10 off Mail-in Rebate) New! Raidmax Kuroshio Mid-Tower 420W Gaming Case w/ Side-Panel Window (Black Color)
CPU: (Socket AM2) AMD Athlon™64 X2 4200+ Dual-Core CPU w/ HyperTransport Technology
MOTHERBOARD: (Socket AM2)MSI K9N SLI Platinum nForce 570 SLI MCP Chipset DDR2/800 SATA-II RAID MBoard w/ Dual 16x PCI-Express
MEMORY: (Req.DDR2 MainBoard)1GB (1x1GB) PC6400 DDR2/800 Memory (Mushkin Brand)
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8400 GS 512MB 16X PCI Express (Major Brand Powered by NVIDIA)
VIDEO CARD 2: NONE
LCD Monitor: NONE
HARD DRIVE: Single Hard Drive (160GB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 8MB Cache 7200RPM HDD)
Data Hard Drive: NONE
Optical Drive: NONE
Optical Drive 2: NONE
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO???

and last is my OS im not going to pay 90 dollars for xp again last time i tried to use this computers hard drive in another one it would work right..this harddrive starts up with an e machine logo maybe that has somethign to do with it?? maybe i can transfer the os? or use them both? i tried the both together and withen minutes i turned off my comp and felt the hard drives and they were hot..i mena real hot burn my finger hot. any suggestions or whatever is aprreciated .. thanks for your help

o yea and can i hook up my ati radoen 1600xt 512ram and have that nvidia and have them work together ?

[kevinescallan]

Is the Power Supply you are getting or have already got a 420W ATX Power Supply Unit?
The reason for me asking is that you could probably do with upgrading the PSU to over 500W as it may become unstable and start crashing your system so i would upgrade the PSU to over 500W to make a great base for future upgrades without having to change you PSU again.

If you tried you Hard Drive out of your old pc in the new PC your building there is the risk it might not boot the O/S up due to hardware changes especially if your using a different motherboard.

I dont know if you can hook up 2 graphics cards and get them running together, you will have to ask someone else for assistance on that part but im sure that you can't get them both running together.