Hello… just purchased a dell studio slim 540s a few months ago.Yes price was a consideration! I think this is a pretty sweet system as is for $700. Did a few upgrades at first (mainly processor upgrade), but now I am stuck on a video card. The Studio Slim only has a 250 watt PSU, which is where my search has stalled. There are simply no video cards that will work that are any better than the integrated x4500hd. Anyone tried moving this system to a new HTPC case with a bigger PSU? If so, how’d it go? I feel this would be the best solution, because I could get a full sized card instead of low profile, and it would look pretty slick in an HTPC case… Help!
My system:
Dell Studio Slim 540s micro ATX
Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q8200 (2.33GHz, 1333MHz FSB), 4MBcache
4GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHZ
Integrated Intel GMA X4500HD Graphics
500GB Serial ATA II Hard Drive(7200RPM)
3 1 TB WD MyBooks for media storage
URC MX-3000 control via vmc remote usb
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