Greetings to you all,
I've had a dell XPS 8700 for two years already, and its graphic card isn't too actual at the moment (Gtx 745).
I researched quite a lot about possible upgrades that wouldn't be too expensive (less than 300 euros) and found 2 possible winners: GTX 970 and RX 480. Both of them offer pretty similar features/benchmarks.
The thing is, I only have a prebuilt 460w Dell PSU (with unknown connectors) that doesn't meet the minimum requirements of both suggested GPU (500w is the minimum recommended).
I know that these requirements aren't always that specific and let room for some lower wattage, but considering my build with a Intel core i7-4790 3.6GHz CPU and running on a 64 bit Win 10, I'm afraid that it might be too risky. I don't mind changing the PSU for something under 70 euros, but I'm not sure I have enough room for it. Same for the graphic card.
So First question, is my 460w enough for one of these cards ?
Is the rx 480 compatible with the current BIOS of the XPS 8700?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9QBFDcJfOAU3VZNXdYbXBWaGc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9QBFDcJfOAR1IxWWZibFdSNE0/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9QBFDcJfOAUDZfbG1mMG5UVVk/view?usp=sharing
Here are some pictures of the PSU and GPU room ( to show how little room I have to change either of them).
I know that I'm asking a lot of questions, but I'm trying to be as complete as possible.
Thank you for your help
I've had a dell XPS 8700 for two years already, and its graphic card isn't too actual at the moment (Gtx 745).
I researched quite a lot about possible upgrades that wouldn't be too expensive (less than 300 euros) and found 2 possible winners: GTX 970 and RX 480. Both of them offer pretty similar features/benchmarks.
The thing is, I only have a prebuilt 460w Dell PSU (with unknown connectors) that doesn't meet the minimum requirements of both suggested GPU (500w is the minimum recommended).
I know that these requirements aren't always that specific and let room for some lower wattage, but considering my build with a Intel core i7-4790 3.6GHz CPU and running on a 64 bit Win 10, I'm afraid that it might be too risky. I don't mind changing the PSU for something under 70 euros, but I'm not sure I have enough room for it. Same for the graphic card.
So First question, is my 460w enough for one of these cards ?
Is the rx 480 compatible with the current BIOS of the XPS 8700?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9QBFDcJfOAU3VZNXdYbXBWaGc/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9QBFDcJfOAR1IxWWZibFdSNE0/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-9QBFDcJfOAUDZfbG1mMG5UVVk/view?usp=sharing
Here are some pictures of the PSU and GPU room ( to show how little room I have to change either of them).
I know that I'm asking a lot of questions, but I'm trying to be as complete as possible.
Thank you for your help
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