Upgrading Power Supply? K450

I recenly bought a IdeaCenter K450-57315521 it comes with what looks like a 280watt Power supply would it be safe to upgrade this to a 500 or 600watt power supply just to be safe or if i wanted to add an aditionnal 250gb internal hard drive?
Specs
i7-4770
2TB Hard Drive
Gtx 650
12gb ram
Dvd-rw
Solved!
Go to Solution.

hi Fort3,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
If your Planning on an upgrade, Yes It is definitely safe to upgrade the Power Supply even to a 600w or 500,
But Judging on the K450 Casing, this is somehow like the K410 which also may have one connector that you will not find on a replacement PSU
this is the Connector From the Lenovo OEM PSU
This is For powering up the Case feature such as light and the performance switch on top of the case,
Other Users with k410 who did an upgrades said that they just let the light and the switch off without the connector and there were difference in performance,
Some Did an Upgrade like on this thread,
http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/IdeaCentre-Desktops-Home-Servers/K410-graphics-and-power-supply/td-p/111...
Hope this Helps,
Cheers!
Did someone help you today? Press the star on the left to thank them with a Kudo!
If you find a post helpful and it answers your question, please mark it as an "Accepted Solution"! This will help the rest of the Community with similar issues identify the verified solution and benefit from it.
Follow @LenovoForums on Twitter!

Similar Messages

Adding drives, proc upgrade: Power Supply? Heat?

Hello All,
Thinking of installing a total of 4 Internal Hard Drives, and a dual 1.6ish processor. Wondering if there are any Power Supply and/or heat issues I need to consider.
Current set-up:
PM G4 QS 867
1.5GB RAM
Power Supply is original: AcBel APlPC12..."Total 344W MAX."
Video Card is original AGP GeForce2 MX 32MB VRAM
Apple 17" Studio Display
Thinking of adding:
2 Maxtor Ultra ATA/133 200GB drives in the U-Carrier
2 Hitachi Deskstar SATA 500GB drives, 1 in each of the remaining bottom bays
All controlled via a Projovian "2-Port SATA and ATA133 Dual Connection PCI Host Adapter Card"
and further down the line a dual processor in the 1.6 to 2.0 GHz range.
Intended use is primarily FCP and some Photoshop.
Any thoughts or warnings?
Thanks so much,
Patterson
Power Mac G4 Quicksilver 867 Mac OS 9.2.x 17" Studio Display, 1.5GB RAM

That should be fine, in regards to power. As for heat, well it could get a little warm in there once you upgrade the CPU. You might want to get a PCI slot exhaust fan once you put the new CPU in there.

Replacement upgrade power supply hp e9140f

I have a HP e9140f that has a Bestec ATX0300D5WC power supply that needs replaced. I would like to upgrade to a higher watt power supply. What would be a compatible replacement?

I prefer the Rosewill 630W, but I would never disregard the CorsairCX 600W. Both are exact fit.
I am a volunteer. I am not an HP employee.
To say THANK YOU, press the "thumbs up symbol" to render a KUDO. Please click Accept as Solution, if your problem is solved. You can render both Solution and KUDO.
The Law of Effect states that positive reinforcement increases the probability of a behavior being repeated. (B.F.Skinner). You toss me KUDO and/or Solution, and I perform better.
(2) HP DV7t i7 3160QM 2.3Ghz 8GB
HP m9200t E8400,Win7 Pro 32 bit. 4GB RAM, ASUS 550Ti 2GB, Rosewill 630W. 1T HD SATA 3Gb/s
Custom Asus P8P67, I7-2600k, 16GB RAM, WIN7 Pro 64bit, EVGA GTX660 2GB, 750W OCZ, 1T HD SATA 6Gb/s
Custom Asus P8Z77, I7-3770k, 16GB RAM, WIN7 Pro 64bit, EVGA GTX670 2GB, 750W OCZ, 1T HD SATA 6Gb/s
Both Customs use Rosewill Blackhawk case.
Printer -- HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 Plus

Upgrading POWER SUPPLY

My Lenovo 3000 J110 (Type 7393) come with a Liteon 280W ATX power supply. Ther is no more option in Lenovo part list more than 280W. Can I change the power supply to a bigger one (like 400W)?

there is nothing wrong with just upgrading to a better power supply only thing is it might use a little more energy
but it is a good idea to get a good power supply since the one it comes with is small and most vid cards will ask for more power

Upgrading Power Supply hp pavillion p6744y

Need to upgrade the Power Supply. Just wondering if a 600 watt power supply would be too much for the motherboard to handle. Currently a 250 watt PSU is installed.
HP Pavillion p6744y
Windows 7 64-bit

It is highly unlikely that a 750 watt power supply will fit/work in your HP Pavilion 500-164 Desktop Computer. It is also completely unnecessary, as largest graphics card you can put in this computer will never use 1/4 of that power. Please consider the Corsiar CX500, CX500M, CX600, and CX600M for your power supply needs. These power supplies are the same physical size as the factory unit and are known to fit and work in most HP full-sized consumer desktop computers.
If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
Please click the White KUDOS "Thumbs Up" to show your appreciation
Frank
{------------ Please click the "White Kudos" Thumbs Up to say THANKS for helping.
Please click the "Accept As Solution" on my post, if my assistance has solved your issue. ------------V
This is a user supported forum. I am a volunteer and I don't work for HP.
HP 15t-j100 (on loan from HP)
HP 13 Split x2 (on loan from HP)
HP Slate8 Pro (on loan from HP)
HP a1632x - Windows 7, 4GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6450
HP p6130y - Windows 7, 8GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6450
HP p6320y - Windows 7, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GT 240
HP p7-1026 - Windows 7, 6GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 6450
HP p6787c - Windows 7, 8GB RAM, NVIDIA GT 240

Would this be a unnessasary upgrade (Power Supply)

Ok this is my power supply Rhycom 550W ATX Power Supply Dual Fans Gold I bought at the local Marketpro computer show for $25 bucks. NOw when I seen the 550 watts I said to myself thats more then enuff power.But then I found this great msi fourm page and see I am very rookie on the whole psu thing. I tried to use the power supply calculator but I would rather Have some expert advise on this and any help would be great I will upgrade if I have to I dont mind at all. So should I upgrade are is this just fine....
Link to the psu I have http://tekgems.com/Products/et-9619-pwr-atx550p4-nb.htm

I might be missing something on that website but I could not find the
Max output combined watts for the 3.3v and 5v rails. Don’t buy any
PSU that does not have at least 200 combined watts!
Also, if you add up the amps I come up with 532 amps @ 100%,
now if you take those 532 amps @ 70% you get 372.4 amps,
that’s not to good for a 550watt PSU!
Usually in PSU, you get what you pay for!
Take a look at this thread on “Choosing the right power supply” by
clarkkent57 its a very good read:
Choosing the right
power supply
Take care,
The H2O Guru
If You Build The Circuit, The Electrons Will Come, You Hope!
Enermax 550 v1.2 EG651P-VE PSU
+3.3V @ 36A / +5V @ 36A / +12V @ 36A
+5V & +3.3v = 200Watts
Nvidia MB Chipset Drivers v3.13
Nvidia VGA Drivers v56.72

I have a HP Pavilion a6603w. I want to upgrade power supply to run powerful graphic card. Suggest

I have a HP pavilion a6603w desktop model number FK555AA-ABA a6603w. I have a low to mid level graphics card, which is the most that my power supply will handle.
I want to get a stronger power supply to run a high end graphics card with a self cooling fan. Can anyone suggest an excellent, reliable power supply brand and model that will fit into my desktop case with minimum fuss? I am not tech savy but I have replaced my video card and hard drives with no problem.
Thanks,
Lugnut

lugnut1204 wrote: I have a HP pavilion a6603w desktop model number FK555AA-ABA a6603w. I have a low to mid level graphics card, which is the most that my power supply will handle. I want to get a stronger power supply to run a high end graphics card with a self cooling fan. Can anyone suggest an excellent, reliable power supply brand and model that will fit into my desktop case with minimum fuss? I am not tech savy but I have replaced my video card and hard drives with no problem. Thanks, Lugnut
Hello lugnut1204, I checked the specifications for your system and is appears the system shipped with a 250 power supply. The dimensions for this power supply are 5 15/16 inches wide, 5.5 inches long, and 3 3/8 inches tall. Since your system is a MicroATX version, you would be slightly limited to a power supply of the same size as the original power supply.
Here is a link to Newegg where a Corsair 600 watt power supply can be found with almost the exact same physical size as you original 250 watt version. The Corsair power supply dimensions are 5.9 inches wide, 5.5 inches long, and 3.4 inches tall.
If you get a power supply too long, it may interfer with the back of the CD\DVD drives.
You would need to locate a video card that you wanted and make sure the power supply requirements were less than the 600 watt Corsair model. Most of the mid to higher end cards require at leaset a 400 to 500 watt or greater power supply.
Please click the White Kudos star on the left, to say thanks.
Please mark Accept As Solution if it solves your problem.

Asus CG5275 Upgrade Power Supply

Hi,I bought this PC last night and a ATI HD 5750 vid card.. Now,my question is,which power supply do i need? I have the following PSU`s at my local Best Buy store..
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair+-+650W+ATX+CPU+Power+Supply/9358269.p?id=1218090911783&skuId=935...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Corsair+-+850W+ATX+CPU+Power+Supply/9358287.p?id=1218090909495&skuId=935...
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/BFG+-+450-Watt+ATX+CPU+Power+Supply/9175698.p?id=1218045946501&skuId=917...
Im thinking the 650w is more then enough,but is it the right kind for this pc?
I know a long time ago i bought a PSU and the thing didnt even fit my PC.. So thats why im asking (:
Ty

650 should work.

Upgrade power supply for K320?

This question has been asked and not answered multiple times, but I'll try again.
Are there any recommended replacement PSUs for the Huntkey HK380-12GP S2 ATX 280W that is installed in some of the K320 models?
If not, are any specs available to provide some guidance in purchasing a new power supply?
Thanks.

As I understand you need the detail on Power Supply unit.
I need to share with you this desktop comes with two kind to Power Supply
Some: 280 watts, universal, manual switch
Some: 450 watts, universal, auto-sensing
Best Regards,
Tanuj
Did someone help you today? Press the star on the left to thank them with a Kudo!
If you find a post helpful and it answers your question, please mark it as an "Accepted Solution".! This will help the rest of the Community with similar issues identify the verified solution and benefit from it.
Follow @LenovoForums on Twitter!

K450E Power Supply Upgrade

Hello I'm thinking about upgrading my K450e power supply because I plan to upgrade the video card to a GTX 960 at a later date. From what I've read the K450e supports standard ATX PSUs, but I want to be sure before I purchase anything. Here is what I plan on buying. Thank you in advance for your help. http://www.microcenter.com/product/406088/CX_Series_CX600M_600_Watt_ATX_Modular_Power_Supply

hi Genesis5o5o,
Welcome to the Forums.
The PSU that you linked should work on the K450e together with the GTX 960 as other users have also upgraded their K450e as much as a GTX 970 and a 750W PSU.
Threads:
Upgrading power supply in lenovo K450e - 57328803
You CAN upgrade a k450e gpu to gtx 970
Regards

What power supply do I need for a dead AGP G4 with upgraded processor

I recently upgraded my 400Mhz G4 to a dual 500Mhz board and a bigger, faster HD. I also replaced the internal battery but now the Mac... she is dead. No power, no lights, no nothing.
Will I need an upgraded power supply for the new board, or is it just old and time for a replacement power supply.
I found this on Ebay... will it work?
"This 237W Astec power supply (Apple part# 614-0108) is a clean, working pull from a revision 2 Power Mac G4 AGP Graphics/Sawtooth series computer (e.g. 350/400/450/500 MHz single processor) and will also work perfectly in previous models as well. "
Thanks!
AGP G4, Dual 500, 768Mb RAM Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi,
The AGP Sawtooth Mac can be switched to an ATX PSU. Later models (Gigabit G4, Digital Audio, Quicksilver and later) have a different power supply and motherboard that passes 28 Volts DC from the power supply to a connector for the ADC port graphics card. (28 VDC is passed to the Graphics card ADC port to power Apple's ADC monitors, introduced in Summer 2000 MWNY.) A standard PC ATX Power Supply does not have 28V DC and will not be pin compatible with the Gigabit G4 and later G4 systems.
Here are some DIY web pages, if you are interested in doing this:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/ATXG4_AGP_conversion/G4_AGP_to_ATX_casepg2.htm#next
http://www.amugsicilia.it/recensioni/sawtooth_ATX/index.html
http://bbs.xlr8yourmac.com/ubb/Forum27/HTML/000631.html
http://bbs.xlr8yourmac.com/ubb/Forum27/HTML/000639.html
http://strangedogs.proboards40.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread =1121532398
http://www.outofspec.com/frankenmac/wire.shtml
Regards,
Dave

P6-2387ea power supply

Hi, I would like to know what power supply to upgrade to on my pavilion p6_2387ea (currently 300w). I am looking to upgrade my Graphics card to a higher end geForce, have currently amd hd7570 but have to upgrade power supply, any suggestions and/or advice would be much appreciated.
Kev
This question was solved.
View Solution.

It looks like the Sony software has a free trial listed on their page.
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/moviestudiope
I would download the trial to see how it fares on the current card to use it as a benchmark. The Sony software doesn't seem to be not as resource intensive as others. They recommend just 4 GB of RAM. By comparison, Adobe recommends 8 GB of RAM. For the video cards, Nvidia is recommending the Quadro Cards. This was the lowest quadro card I could find but it is low on the vRAM side. However, this card from the consumer line would work just fine for this need. It meets all the requirements and has more cuda cores than the linked quadro card. The GTX 650 card also exceeds PowerDirector's requirements and is towards the top of the recommend listed (the GTX 600 series).
Just to note, the 7570 card the system currently has also exceeds the system requirements for both programs. It's not at the bottom and it's not at the top. I would say it's more at the top of the middle category.
↙-----------How do I give Kudos?| How do I mark a post as Solved? ----------------↓

Power supply upgrade HP Pavilion p7-1423w

Hello forum! I have an HP Pavilion p7-1423w. Looking for a power supply upgrade that can accomodate more than one hard drive and/or SSD and more than one DVD/BD player. Don't want to add any adapters. (Last inline adapter I got from HP literally caught FIRE and destroyed my previous PC!)
Anyone know any compatible power supplies I can use that come with plugs I'm seeking?
Also, if I do add an SSD, is there anyway of having it run the operating system? (Make it the primary drive?)
Thanks if anyone can help.
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Again, you are very welcome. It is my pleasure.
Signature:
HP TouchPad - 1.2 GHz; 1 GB memory; 32 GB storage; WebOS/CyanogenMod 11(Kit Kat)
HP 10 Plus; Android-Kit Kat; 1.0 GHz Allwinner A31 ARM Cortex A7 Quad Core Processor ; 2GB RAM Memory Long: 2 GB DDR3L SDRAM (1600MHz); 16GB disable eMMC 16GB v4.51
HP Omen; i7-4710QH; 8 GB memory; 256 GB San Disk SSD; Win 8.1
HP Photosmart 7520 AIO
++++++++++++++++++
**Click the Thumbs Up+ to say 'Thanks' and the 'Accept as Solution' if I have solved your problem.**
Intelligence is God given; Wisdom is the sum of our mistakes!
I am not an HP employee.

Need help with power supply & graphics card upgrades

I have a HP Pavilion p6320y that I bought 8 months ago. AMD Phenom II x4820 Quad Core processor. I play WoW and since the last big patch, have been suffering with low fps. I updated drivers and followed all the advice given to me by Blizz and finally figured out that my Nvidia GeForce 9100 (integrated graphics) isn't good enough anymore.
I checked my computer and discovered that I have a 300w power supply (12V) and read on another post here that something stronger than 300w is needed to run a decent graphics card.
Now for my questions:
How much of a power supply can I upgrade to without hurting my computer, but will be enough to run a good card?
What would be a good graphics card for this computer?
I've been looking at the Nvidia GeForce GTX 460 1GB GDDR5 PCI Express graphics card and wonder if that will work on my computer. Most of the nicer cards seem to be the PCI Express and I'm not sure if that will work.
Any advice will be most helpful. I have some experience with the inner workings of my PC and would like to fix this myself instead of running to the closest computer shop and paying someone else to. Thanks!
This question was solved.
View Solution.

Well, you are starting out from a fairly low baseline with the integrated graphics. It will not cost much to have a substantial increase if all you want to do is run WoW without error messages. Yes, the 300w power supply is an issue and rules out any card that will require its own power (i.e. needs its own power cord like a hard drive) but there are several mid-grade cards that can run off bus power alone (i.e. just from the pci-e slot itself). Just taking a quick look at newegg.com I see the following:
GeForce 9400 under $50
Radeon HD 4650 under $50
GeForce 9500GT a little over $50
Any of these should get you where you want to be and not require a PS upgrade. The slot you have available is a PCI Express x16 slot so don't look at AGP cards; they will not work. If you want to install the card you mention you need to get a better PSU.

Help! I need to upgrade my Dell Optiplex GX260 (tower) power supply!

Hi,
I plan on taking a trip to Best Buy today to purchase a video card and power supply for my Dell Optiplex GX260 (tower). I am looking to get at least a 500W power supply. Can you tell me the BEST power supply that will work/fit that Best Buy sells? Thanks very much.

I see that you posted back in March of 2009 so I hope that you haven't already fried a motherboard or PSU while learning the hardway, as I feel that I almost did. We have a Dell GX260 that my daughter wants to play some games on but I found out that the Graphic Card (ATI Radeon 7500 series) was not good enough for the games that she wants to play so I decided to upgrade the graphic card, unfortunately I found out that a lot of newer cards have PCI-Express connectors and not the PCI I need. As well, I found out that most of the PCI cards above what I have need more than the 250Watt power supply that I have. So I thought, why not just upgrade my my PSU and then I found out that Dell actually rewires their PSU differently than the industry standard ATX connectors but I see a lot of post and recommendations from people that say that you can use any store bought PSU to upgrade your Optiplex GX260 but BEWARE that if you bought your system after late 1998 then you have a Dell system that has their own proprietary wiring configuaration and even though you can buy a standard ATX PSU at bestbuy and it will seem to fit properly, it will either fry your new PSU or worse yet, it will fry your motherboard as well. In fact, I went to bestbuy three days ago and bought a graphic card and the salesman told me that if my PSU was not at least 300Watt, which is what the card required, that I can come back and buy a standard PSU from them and that would fix the problem. The salesman even knew that I had a Dell System so I wonder if BestBuy would be willing to replace my motherboard if I had fried it based on what the bestbuy salesman told me to do???? Anyway, read this link http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=339053 and see what you think!! I am glad I stumbled across the information and plan on upgrading my PSU with a compatible Dell PSU or look for a Dell Converter (if there is such a cable) or just replace both my PSU and Motherboard as directed. I also think I might actually build my next PC from scratch with all industry standard parts, as I was very ignorant up until now that Dell was doing this to their products and I have 3 of their systems in my house....but no more!!! I did find a Dell compatible PSU 500 Watt on PCPower.com but it comes with SATA drive connectors and my Optiplex GX260 has IDE connectors so I don't know if I can get a SATA to IDE conversion or not but as you can see I am still researching my options. I might actually find it will be cheaper to just buy a new system or build the one of my dreams!!
I know I wrote a lot but I hope that this information is helpful to someone else out there who is in the same boat as me.

Upgrading Power Supply? K450

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for