Please help! Can I upgrade to this?

[nd3mayo]

I have a Dell Inspiron 580 (i580-6654NBC) core i3 550
I want to upgrade the graphics card that I already have to a evga gtx 780 6gb that I found for a great price
Problem is I don't know if it's compatible or if it will even fit in the case

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

I would suspect the power supply is insufficient.

*It has a 300W power supply. http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-580_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf

You would have to upgrade to a better power supply. Depending on the cost of the GTX 780 (+ cost of new PSU) you might be better off with a new GTX 1050 Ti and you won't have to upgrade your PSU.

 

[nd3mayo]

I did upgrade the power supply to 500w

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

What is the model of the 500W psu?

 

[nd3mayo]

Ark

 

[nd3mayo]

Atx p4

 

[OddyTrapKing]

since u have already upgraded the power supply open up two slots and fit the graphics card and dont forget the 8 pins cable.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

The only Ark 500w I see has no pcie connectors.

 

[nd3mayo]

Yeah well I'm considering just scraping it and getting a new pc eventually, don't want to waste the time building it up for it only to run older games on low to medium settings

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

I would think there would be a CPU bottleneck with that combo anyway.