<td>How can i upgrade my emachine model EL1333G-01W so that i can run some PC games? I can not afford a new PC but i was hoping that the upgrades won’t amount to a brand new one. I just want to run mainly RTS games and some MMORPGS. Nothing like Skyrim or MW3 on full quality settings. <p>I got this PC from walmart because my old one was just filled to the brim with viruses.<br><a href=”https://web.archive.org/web/20160121174658/http://www.walmart.com/ip/eMachines-320-GB-EL1333G-01w/13352324″ target=”_blank” rel=”nofollow”>http://www.walmart.com/ip/eMachines…</a><br></p></td>
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Whats your budget?
First upgrade to dedicated graphics.
And you will need to upgrade the 220W power supply to at least 400W.
Any video card you get for it has to have (a) Low profile bracket(s) (shorter) for it, or both that (those) and a regular bracket (higher).
It has an oddball very small sized power supply.
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I searched for replacements for it, but the highest wattage capacity I’ve found so far for it is 250 watts.
E.g.
The following product(s) are recommended based on the information you provided for Emachine EL1333G.
http://www.atxpowersupplies.com/pow…
http://www.atxpowersupplies.com/250…
A regular sized power supply will NOT physically fit inside the case, although if you don’t mind it being outside the case, you couild use one, if you make a hole in the case for it’s wire bundle or leave the side panel off the case. .
I found no iinfo that indicates it has a PCI-E X16 slot, so I searched for the motherboard for it and found that it has one PCI-E X1slot and one PCI-E X16 slot (no PCI slots)
Printed on the mboard : MB DA061/087L – it’s also used in some Acer models.
There are two generic manuals in the downloads for the EL1333G series on the Emachines web site.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/eMachines-E…
Printed on the mboard : MB DA061/087L – it’s also used in some Acer models.
Here’s some examples of PCI-E X16 video cards that work in a Shuttle XPC system, which also has an oddball tiny power supply, with a 250 watt capacity PS
http://global.shuttle.com/products/…
Click on the Support List tab, then the Graphics card Support tab
However, to make sure they’ll work with a 220 watt power supply…
Your power supply must have at least the minimum capacity required to support a system with the graphics card you are using installed, or the max graphics card you might install in the future.
(Onboard video – video built into the mboard – IS NOT A CARD ! )
If that info is not in the ad for the video card, you can go to the video card maker’s web site and look up the specs for the model – often under system requirements – the minimum PS wattage, and, more important, the minimum amperage the PS must supply at 12v is stated. If you don’t find that, any card with the same video chipset including any letters after the model number has very similar minimum PS requirements. Some power supplies have two or more +12v ratings – in that case, add those ratings to determine the total +12v current capacity, OR, if the max total amperage or watts at +12 v is stated, go by that instead (max watts at +12 v divided by 12 = the max amperage at 12 v).
Geforce GT 520
Requirements
Minimum of a 300 Watt power supply.
(Minimum recommended power supply with +12 Volt current rating of 18 Amps.)
Your computer may not even boot with that installed – if it does, the power supply will probably fail eventually because it’s being overloaded.
Try looking up the power requirements of cards on the web that have the same video chipsets as on the Shuttle graphics card list.