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[Faaz__]

SO i recently thought of building my own rig a simple yet decent i3 with gtx 550ti.So my Question is will a Dell OT656F support a gtx 550 ti graphics card & for the i3 processor ill get a compatible mother board later since right now i am only buying the gpu (also right i have a geforce 210 in it)its a core 2 duo E7400 Chipset is G31/G33/G35.thanx for any help its all appreciated!

 

[bignastyid]

550ti yes(if the psu can handle it).

 

[dontlistentome]

I hope I am not misunderstanding you. You have this Dell, with a core 2 duo in it. You are going to buy a 550 Ti now, and an i3 and motherboard later? First consideration, that model Dell comes in Mini Tower and Desktop versions. The mini tower is the one you can upgrade, is that what you have? Next, power, what kind of power supply does it have? Open the case and read the label. That card requires a 400W PSU with a 6 pin power connector, I doubt that Dell has that. So you might have to buy a new power supply.

 

[King_V]

The TDP is 116W for the GTX 550Ti.

If this manual is correct:
http://www.dell.com/downloads/emea/products/optix/Optiplex_brochure_360_en_new.pdf

Then the power supply is only 255W, and likely doesn't have either a 6 or 8 pin connector for the video card. If my assumption about the power connector is correct, then this isn't going to work.

 

[Faaz__]

I hope I am not misunderstanding you. You have this Dell, with a core 2 duo in it. You are going to buy a 550 Ti now, and an i3 and motherboard later? First consideration, that model Dell comes in Mini Tower and Desktop versions. The mini tower is the one you can upgrade, is that what you have? Next, power, what kind of power supply does it have? Open the case and read the label. That card requires a 400W PSU with a 6 pin power connector, I doubt that Dell has that. So you might have to buy a new power supply.

sorry for the late reply but i don't if its a mini tower i mean its quite big to be honest & the i think its the psu any way it says 100v-127 & below that it says 200v-240v Does that mean that it supports 550 ti or if put it in its not gonna work

 

[Faaz__]

I hope I am not misunderstanding you. You have this Dell, with a core 2 duo in it. You are going to buy a 550 Ti now, and an i3 and motherboard later? First consideration, that model Dell comes in Mini Tower and Desktop versions. The mini tower is the one you can upgrade, is that what you have? Next, power, what kind of power supply does it have? Open the case and read the label. That card requires a 400W PSU with a 6 pin power connector, I doubt that Dell has that. So you might have to buy a new power supply.

& idont know how to check if its a 6 pin connector but its PCI-E x16 if that helps at all & no the moter board is not upgradable for the i3 however ill buy a new better one later !

 

[Faaz__]

I hope I am not misunderstanding you. You have this Dell, with a core 2 duo in it. You are going to buy a 550 Ti now, and an i3 and motherboard later? First consideration, that model Dell comes in Mini Tower and Desktop versions. The mini tower is the one you can upgrade, is that what you have? Next, power, what kind of power supply does it have? Open the case and read the label. That card requires a 400W PSU with a 6 pin power connector, I doubt that Dell has that. So you might have to buy a new power supply.

And it has a CRT an HDMI & a DVI Port & currently i have a geforce 210 in it

 

[King_V]

I hope I am not misunderstanding you. You have this Dell, with a core 2 duo in it. You are going to buy a 550 Ti now, and an i3 and motherboard later? First consideration, that model Dell comes in Mini Tower and Desktop versions. The mini tower is the one you can upgrade, is that what you have? Next, power, what kind of power supply does it have? Open the case and read the label. That card requires a 400W PSU with a 6 pin power connector, I doubt that Dell has that. So you might have to buy a new power supply.

sorry for the late reply but i don't if its a mini tower i mean its quite big to be honest & the i think its the psu any way it says 100v-127 & below that it says 200v-240v Does that mean that it supports 550 ti or if put it in its not gonna work

There should be an indication somewhere of total watts the power supply can produce, as well as a listing of several voltage levels, and amperages next to them.

Something like:
+12V --- 18A
+5V --- 3A

and so on. There will be a few of them, and 12V may be listed multiple times with the same or different Amp values. That will help determine how much power the power supply can produce, particularly on the 12V rail.

 

[Faaz__]

U know what iam buying a mother now & GPU later and get all the other contents one by one but thanks for the answers sorry for the crap ending of it all yeah thats pretty much it (!-_-!) (!-_-!)