Dell T5500 installing Nvidia GTX 1070 card

[plchung3]

Hi,

I have a Dell T5500. I read the new GTX 1070 card seems using 8pin 150W power supply.
Is it possible to use this card on my machine?

I read the forum that some people having problems with older cards like GTX 960 which are using 6pin + 8pin cable and need to use adapters. But seems this new GTX 1070 only use 8pin would that be easier to install?

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Hi,

I have a Dell T5500. I read the new GTX 1070 card seems using 8pin 150W power supply.
Is it possible to use this card on my machine?

I read the forum that some people having problems with older cards like GTX 960 which are using 6pin + 8pin cable and need to use adapters. But seems this new GTX 1070 only use 8pin would that be easier to install?

adapters are very easy to use and a card comes with one
Your computer will have no problem to power the card. Though it's a bit overkill for for your computer IMHO.

 

[plchung3]

Thx. I just recently bought this machine 2nd hand very cheaply. It comes with two quadro nvs 295 which runs games super poorly and the new GTX 1070 looks a very worthy upgrade.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

What CPU and how much ram it has ?

 

[plchung3]

Two XEON 5650 2.66GHz 12GB ram.. but will add to 72GB later since the primary use is hosting VMs

But I also want to play some more modern games sometimes.... so I just hope a decent GPU would help catch up some gap.

 

[n0ns3ns3]

Your CPU (even two of them) will not be able to unlock the full potential of the 1070 in every game. In some games the FPS will be limited by CPU performance regardless of resolution and graphics settings (highest possible will be the same as lowest).
But if you are not living on tight budget, it's a good choice.

 

[maxskill]

Two XEON 5650 2.66GHz 12GB ram.. but will add to 72GB later since the primary use is hosting VMs

But I also want to play some more modern games sometimes.... so I just hope a decent GPU would help catch up some gap.

That computer will do just fine with gaming. people see that it is a few years old and just think is will not do very well.. but it will be fine. I have the even older precision t5400 with 32 gb memory and dual quadcore 3 ghz cpu's and it does just fine as long as I have a good video card... and by the way it would also do fine with a single quad-core and 8 gigs of memory

 

[n0ns3ns3]

C2D and C2Q are too old for modern gaming.
The minimum that id recommend is a true quad core (i5 or xeon on the same architecture). And if we are talking about gaming, 3-3.5GHz for those CPUs.
While first gen overclockable i5/i7 are fine, i'd not recommend to invest too much into a system with less than 2nd gen.

Have no idea what CPUs are in those Dell machines. You can understand from above if it's worth it.