Power supply, your thoughts please

[patchz]

I am about to order a GIGABYTE GV-R465D2-1GI Radeon HD 4650 1GB 128-bit GDDR2 AGP 8X HDCP Ready Video Card for $69.99 after $10 mail in rebate with free shipping. It has been suggested that I also upgrade my power supply. I know absolutely nothing about them. My son found these two for me. At 500W they are 100W more than it was suggested I need, but he had difficulty finding a 400W that was compatable with my system.
I'm running a Dell Dimension 8300 P4 2.60GHz with 3GB ram, XP SP2.

APEVIA ATX-CW500WP4 500W ATX
for $19.99 after $20 mail in rebate and free shipping
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817148027

vs.

XCLIO STABLEPOWER 500W 500W ATX SLI Ready Active PFC for $50.99 plus $9.65 shipping.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6817189014

Obviously, I would rather spend less money, but I also believe that most of the time, you get what you pay for. I have no idea which way to go here. Thanks.

[757200ba]

Happy New Year.

What power suply you have now?I see that you can have or the 250w or the 300w one according to Dell.I ask this because i have a machine running the same card you bought (but from XFX), in a P4  @ 2.4, 1gb ram, 2 WD hd 230 gb, and a dvdrw unit on a 300w PSU. And it works great, i didnt need to upgrade it.

But if you want to go for it, go for the 2nd one.At least it will be good, if you want to update your pc.

[patchz]

[quote]Happy New Year.

What power suply you have now?I see that you can have or the 250w or the 300w one according to Dell.I ask this because i have a machine running the same card you bought (but from XFX), in a P4

[The Snake 87]

In this case either power supplies would be perfect for your system.

[patchz]

[color=#333333]Well, it's a moot point now. Placed the order a little while ago for the PS and Video Card and added a Seagate 500GB 7200 rpm external USB drive for good measure. I had been moving files to disc every few days to keep free space above 10 gigs. This should remedy that situation for a good while. Thanks for the imput guys.

[Mazza]

Get Mine 

Corsair TX-750W 

Only $184.00, and shipping was $8  8-)

[Slotback]

I don't know much about power supplies for older computers.... but Mazza that's probably too much for a Dell 8300. 

[Mazza]

Pfft, IT CAN HANDLE ANYTHING MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 

[Fozzer]

I paid

[patchz]

[color=#000000]Well, it all came in today. I spent about an hour transferring files to the new drive, which I love. It's very cool and was a snap to hook up and start using. It is also pretty fast, so I am very satisfied with it, so far. It also has a very aesthetically pleasing face backlit with LED.
And it will power down if not in use after a while. But the time is adjustable, very neat.

As to the PS and card, have to wait until my son, Tech Support,

[patchz]

[color=#000000]Got the new card and ps installed last night. Both have a huge fan compared to what they replaced, but are very quiet. Both seem to doing great so far, just need to tweak the settings on the card.