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Hey Guys ,
i have Dell T3500 workstation with xeon w3530 processor,Dell X58 (0XPDFK) Motherboard with 4gb of ram ddr3 and amd hd 5850 gpu installed ...So the Problem i m faceing is that i want to change its power supply which is 525W because it is made up of some cheap material and consumption of electricity is alot while playing games ... i was low on budget so had to buy a workstation instead of a gaming pc and installed a gpu...
So can u guys suggest me any gud 550watt Psu like asus or corsair that can physically fit into my casing and has that the plugs that are needed for motherboard and has same voltages like this psu because i dont want to burn my pc with heavy psu ....i m also low on budget so it should be in between 25$ to 30$.....
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Uj56,

The T3500 has a lot of potential as they are really a bit over built for reliability and can use 24GB of DDR3-1333 RAM. As mentioned, I think the PSU is of very high quality and unless it is showing signs of unreliability or is over-stressed, personally I'd leave it. Dell are careful about the Precision PSU quality because the CPU's could be very expensive- a Xeon W3690 6-core 3.46/3.73GHz cost about $1,600 new (- today $250). Today E5's can cost up to $4,700.

If it's important, there's a good chance that you substitute a T5500- 875W PSU as the cases are the same size and it's likely to have the same range of connectors. Not expensive as...
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I'm not sure that you'll find much. A 30$ budget is pretty much replacing one "cheap" psu for another. You're honestly looking closer to 40-50$ unless you grab something on sale (black friday IS soon). Even then you've scraping the barrel with something like Sentey being the cheapeast and EVGA bronze rating and Corsair being closer to 50-60$.

"Cheap options":
http://www.ncixus.com/products/?usaffiliateid=1000031504&sku=92643&vpn=100-W1-0500-KR&manufacture=eVGA&promoid=1368
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-PCPartPicker,%20LLC-_-na-_-na-_-na&cm_sp=&AID=10446076&PID=3938566&SID=
 
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I dont know much about power supplies ....is there any special psu that will fit into my pc or a normal psu like to mentioned above will fit into my psu ....?
Will a asus P-55GA ,A-55GA fit into my pc and maintain the voltages ....?
Can u mention some more psu .... i will manage money somehow.....
Is it risk to buy a used psu???

 
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Used parts in general are risky. I personally stick to open boxed parts and stay away from craigslist and ebay when it comes to discounted parts.

There's some discussion over PSUs here, but the jist is that any of these other PSUs should work/fit just fine. http://commweb-ps3.us.dell.com/support-forums/desktop/f/3514/t/19517787

I would suggest looking for at least a bronze rated PSU, something like http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-BRONZE-Continuous-Warranty-100-B1-0500-KR/dp/B00DGHKK7M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1446134192&sr=8-1&keywords=evga+bronze Again it's more than what you were budgeting, but I would feel more comfortable with it. That said, if you click on Used on the amazon site, the Amazon Warehouse Deals (seller) is the openbox like I was just talking about. It's a little cheaper than brand new but could be returned/exchanged if there was an issue like DOA.
 
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Will a asus a55ga a gud upgrade from my current psu for 20bucks...?
my current psu:http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Precision-T3500-525W-Power-Supply-W-Cables-0G05V-FREE-S-H/171814217606?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D33873%26meid%3D3b40e96886ba4a828b451a0736570506%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D321774169250
THe asus psu:https://www.asus.com/Power-Supply/A55GA/
 
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Uj56,

I have to first question the reason for changing the PSU in the Precision T3500. These were expensive workstations designed to run under full load continuously like servers. I once ran a dual Xeon T5400 continuously for tree weeks. The power supplies were always a bit oversized- my T5500 has an 875W and a T7500 has an 1100W, and Precisions have long been considered to have very reliable PSU's. The efficiency is not to current standards, the Xeon W3530 is 130W whereas a new i7-6700K 4/4.2Ghz using only 91W.

Given that the criteria for changing are. "it is made up of some cheap material and consumption of electricity is a lot" the effort and expense fitting a new PSU to a 4 or 5-year old system seems unnecessary. If you had signs of failure or not enough power, yes, but it's a luxury.

Frankly, until there's an actual problem,you might apply apply the cost to a faster CPU- the W3530 is 2.8 /3.06GHz. LGA1366 has some fantastic choices, a T3500 can use the X5690 6-core 3.46/3.73. How about:

Intel Xeon W3580 3.33GHz 8M 6.40GT/s SLBET CPU Server Processor 3930A193 > sold for $52.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon-W3580-3-33GHz-8M-6-40GT-s-SLBET-CPU-Server-Processor-3930A193-/301770326872?hash=item4642e9c358:g:aAgAAOSwA4dWIVow

And that's 4-core @ 3.33 /3.6GHz and also 130W. Make sure your T3500 has the uprated heatsink with the Copper pipes.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

1. HP z420 (2015) > Xeon E5-1660 v2 six-core @ 3.7 / 4.0GHz > 32GB DDR3 ECC 1866 RAM > Quadro K4200 (4GB) > Intel 730 480GB (9SSDSC2BP480G4R5) > Western Digital Black WD1003FZEX 1TB> M-Audio 192 sound card > 600W PSU> Logitech z2300 > Linksys AE3000 USB WiFi > 2X Dell Ultrasharp U2715H (2560 X 1440) > Windows 7 Professional 64 >
[ Passmark Rating = 5064 > CPU= 13989 / 2D= 819 / 3D= 4596 / Mem= 2772 / Disk= 4555] [Cinebench R15 > CPU = 1014 OpenGL= 126.59 FPS] 7.8.15

2. Dell Precision T5500 (2011) > Xeon X5680 six -core @ 3.33 / 3.6GHz, 24GB DDR3 ECC 1333 > Quadro K2200 (4GB ) > Samsung 840 250GB / WD RE4 Enterprise 1TB > M-Audio 192 sound card > Linksys WMP600N PCI WiFi > 875W PSU > Windows 7 Professional 64> HP 2711x (1920 X 1080)
[ Passmark system rating = 3490 / CPU = 9178 / 2D= 685 / 3D= 3566 / Mem= 1865 / Disk= 2122] [Cinebench 15 > CPU = 772 OpenGL= 99.72 FPS] 7.8.15
 
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Uj56,

The T3500 has a lot of potential as they are really a bit over built for reliability and can use 24GB of DDR3-1333 RAM. As mentioned, I think the PSU is of very high quality and unless it is showing signs of unreliability or is over-stressed, personally I'd leave it. Dell are careful about the Precision PSU quality because the CPU's could be very expensive- a Xeon W3690 6-core 3.46/3.73GHz cost about $1,600 new (- today $250). Today E5's can cost up to $4,700.

If it's important, there's a good chance that you substitute a T5500- 875W PSU as the cases are the same size and it's likely to have the same range of connectors. Not expensive as NOS:

Genuine Dell 875W PSU Power Supply Precision T5500 Workstation Tower Systems > new without box, sold for $39.00

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Dell-875W-PSU-Power-Supply-Precision-T5500-Workstation-Tower-Systems-/291595138281?hash=item43e46cb4e9%3Ag%3AwhIAAOSwyQtV0m-v&nma=true&si=sHWwddK6tb4ijm%252FyhWRUz3KxOd0%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

The T5500 was potentially a dual CPU setup- you had a add a riser board for the CPU, memory, and fan, but the T5500 had two x16 PCIe GPU slots and since GPU then took more power, you could have 2X 175W (I think) GPU/s plus the 2X 135W CPU's.

As for CPU's, the LGA1366 was one of the great series- perfectly usable today and up to 6-core /12 thread. My suggestion for the best cost for cores and clock speed is the W3580- 4- core @ 3.33 /3.6GHz- $1,050 new and now about $60.Passmark CPU= about 5500-6500 in a T3500. The highest clock speed LGA1366 was the X5687 that was 4-core @ 3.6 /3.86GHz- and $1,650 new, and today more in the $100-130 range. Passmark for a single is about 7200-7700 in a T3500.. That's the fastest clock CPU for the T3500- very tempting. If you're gaming with a T3500, I'd say an X5687 would be a very good choice.

The other thing with a T3500 is the SATA II 3GB/s disk system. Adding an SSD will definetely liven things up, or you can add a PERC RAID controller which is 6GB's. I bought a NOS PERC H3310 for theT5500 for $60- it was about a $300 option new. I don't see any result for an H310 in a the T3500, but there are 4 systems with a PERC 6/i with disk scores of up to 4800- very good. The 6/i was sold with the T3500, T5500, and T7500 new and they appear to do very well. I couldn't get good performance out of it on a Samsung 840 150Gb,, and was told you have to use drives certified for the 6/i to have good results. These controllers are inexpensive to buy- $15 or so - get the one with the bracket not the server version, but they're a bit fussy to install though as they have their own BIOS to initiate the OS disk.

We didn't talk about GPU's but anyway, there's a couple of quick idea for the T3500.

Cheers,

BambiBoom

 
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