X51 Graphics Possibilties?

[Phantompanda]

I have a alienware x51..I know a lot of the community have issues with this pc due to the power..Including my self..Im running i5-4440 3.10ghz..8gb ram..NVidia gtx 645...240 psu....I contacted Dell and they told me the highest card I could go was a gtx760 without upgrading psu...im curious if this card will work properly and if I could jump into the overclocked version from EVGA running with 2gb on board...Still very new to the pc gaming market but not stupid...lol...just wanna know that this is possible!? thanks

 

[ewok93]

You can get a new PSU for about $40 and get any video card you want. The 760 would work well though. The overclocked version would work.

 

[bignastyid]

I highly doubt a GTX 760 will run on a 240w PSU. When you configure a X51 on their website when the 760 is added it uses the 330w psu option for that unit, which IMHO is still kinda low for a 760. If you want a 760 you'd need to buy atleast that 330w PSU. The X51 uses an external PSU brick, so you'd need to but the 330w adapter from Dell or modify the system to use an internal PSU and leave it sitting outside the case.

 

[RaiCoss]

Will you be running Empire: Total War? -.0

 

[ewok93]

What does that have to do with this?