Hello, I have purchased a Dell Inspiron 3847 (i5 4440, 8gb RAM, I don't know the PSU, 240 GB SSD, 1TB HDD) and I want to put a Zotac Geforce GTX 960 in it. The problem is... the Inspiron is a mini tower (The case I mean) Will I be able to fit it in there? And also... if anyone knows the Inspiron's PSU... Will it be able to power everything? Or will I have to buy a better one...? And maybe even a bigger case? I wouldn't want to buy anything new. In fact I want to buy the least amount of things possible. Can someone please let me know what they think? Thanks! -HunterNet
GTX 960 in Inspiron 3847?
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Barty1884
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I believe that particular Inspiron comes with a 300W PSU.........likely not a very good one either.
Given that, I wouldn't be comfortable recommending anything beyond a 750ti (which doesn't require a 6pin power connector - you likely don't have one anyway).
Should fit, especially if you get a single fan version (6-7" I believe).
Some Dell PSUs/motherboards have proprietory connections, so you want always be able to use a "normal" PSU as a replacement (which you'd want to do if you moved cases).
Given that, I wouldn't be comfortable recommending anything beyond a 750ti (which doesn't require a 6pin power connector - you likely don't have one anyway).
Should fit, especially if you get a single fan version (6-7" I believe).
Some Dell PSUs/motherboards have proprietory connections, so you want always be able to use a "normal" PSU as a replacement (which you'd want to do if you moved cases).
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The MT usually uses a standard ATX power supply.
It's OEM sized around
Dimensions
5.5" x 5.9" x 3.4"
What windows are you running?
It's OEM sized around
Dimensions
5.5" x 5.9" x 3.4"
What windows are you running?
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The PSU will be likely be standard sized, but the motherboard connections for power are frequently proprietory - making it difficult (and in some situations, impossible) to move everything to a new case.
That card is just over 8" long and, looking at the case by eye, I'd be optimistic it'll fit.
That being said, I don't know what the spacing in the case looks like, and you may have some problems.
A Zotac GTX 960 can consume up to 120W at max load (it's unlikely you'll ever be running it at 100%). Even so, 120W is a huge additional load on a 300W PSU.
Personally, I wouldn't do it (even if it would physically fit in the case).
That card is just over 8" long and, looking at the case by eye, I'd be optimistic it'll fit.
That being said, I don't know what the spacing in the case looks like, and you may have some problems.
A Zotac GTX 960 can consume up to 120W at max load (it's unlikely you'll ever be running it at 100%). Even so, 120W is a huge additional load on a 300W PSU.
Personally, I wouldn't do it (even if it would physically fit in the case).
Yeah, I watched a video earlier, there's 9 1/2 " of space there, so I'll be fine... So now I just need to find a better PSU... Do you have any recommendations? Also, can anything bad happen if you put everything together while on a PSU that can't handle it? I may consider returning the 950 and buying a single fan gtx 950 2gb- I could do just fine with that.
I'm not planning on buying a new case now. I just need to find the right PSU that's pretty silent and can support everything I need. If anyone knows of one then please let me know. I'm pretty sure the PSU that comes with the Inspiron is 24-pin, but it may be 20-pin. I couldn't make sense of this: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19579639
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