Okay, I'm looking at the following Dell Inspiron system:
Components
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E8200 (6MB L2 Cache,2.66GHz,1333FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1
3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Integrated Sound Blaster®Audigy™ HD Software Edition
Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
And I'm hoping I can upgrade with a Diamond Viper Radeon HD 3850 512MB Dual Slot GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDMI HDTV Out Video Card.
Is this feasible? I know there is power supply issues, withe the 530 running at 300 or 350 watts and the 3850 wanting 400 to 450. Are there any other issues anyone knows about? Is there a major difference in processors over the Intel® Pentium Conroe Dual Core Processor E2200 (1MB L2 Cache, 2.2GHz, 800MHz)?
I guess if I had to sum it up: is there even a point in trying to combine the 3850 with an Inspiron 530?
Thanks for any help, it's greatly appreciated.
Components
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E8200 (6MB L2 Cache,2.66GHz,1333FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Service Pack 1
3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Integrated Sound Blaster®Audigy™ HD Software Edition
Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
16X DVD+/-RW Drive
And I'm hoping I can upgrade with a Diamond Viper Radeon HD 3850 512MB Dual Slot GDDR3 PCI-E Dual DVI-I HDCP HDMI HDTV Out Video Card.
Is this feasible? I know there is power supply issues, withe the 530 running at 300 or 350 watts and the 3850 wanting 400 to 450. Are there any other issues anyone knows about? Is there a major difference in processors over the Intel® Pentium Conroe Dual Core Processor E2200 (1MB L2 Cache, 2.2GHz, 800MHz)?
I guess if I had to sum it up: is there even a point in trying to combine the 3850 with an Inspiron 530?
Thanks for any help, it's greatly appreciated.