Dell optiplex 780 motherboard compatibility.

[HYDNCM]

Hey, so for Christmas I got a refurbished Dell Optiplex 780 with a small form factor, nothing wrong with that, and a few weeks ago my brother offered me a new graphics card for it, of course I said yes, but there was one problem, the card was too big. So, I ordered a Deepcool Tesseract case off of newegg.com (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811853002) and it came in about 2-3 days ago now. But when waiting for a new POWER SUPPLY, I was looking at my motherboard on the Optiplex, and the motherboards components were BACKWARDS, Example: The spot in which the USB's and either-net plugs are, are on the right of the motherboard when on the CASE, the placement for the components were set to be put into on the RIGHT. What I am trying to ask is if I need to place a 50 on a new motherboard, or are there some ways around it? Thanks.

 

[Lutfij]

1| I think you're talking about the Dell OptiPlex 780 USFF or at least the version of the SFF that had a reversed motherboard layout

often seen on larger BTX boards.

2| Dell's OptiPlex's are notorious for being proprietary so for that form factor you have, you should look for half height GPU's.

3| To complicate things even further, the PSU on your prebuilt might not even be enough sporting a maximum of 280W output from the unit(assuming it's the same unit I've seen) so card selection is even further shortlisted. Beefy card options could be run but you're going to need to keep your ears and eyes as well as your wallet open should something bad happen to the system.

Speaking of system, what is your specs? Perhaps if you could shoot an SKU? Though we all know the specs will change internally since it's refurbished.

* Ethernet ports.

Long story short, keep the case and PSU for a new build, leave the OptiPlex as is.

 

[Lutfij]

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