dell inspiron 660 cpu and graphic card help

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Hi im looking at an i5-3330 processor to upgrade the dell inspiron 660 stock processor. I also am looking at a radeon 7870 graphic card. Will these two work together fine or will it bottleneck? if you suggest a higher cpu what kind of a power supply would you suggest? All help appreciated Thanks!
 
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That PSU is too small for the HD 7870. It only has a 22A +12V rail. It is only the equivalent of a 300W 'real' PSU. Some manufacturers use "poetic license" to rate their power supplies. You need a 'real' 600W PSU to move up to that card. But your motherboard seems to be a 1155 socket if you now have a Pentium G2020. So you should be able to move to the i5.

But whichever card you end up choosing, measure the distance from the expansion cover at the back of the case to the drive cage. It looks like you might be limited in the length of card you can fit in there.

And to answer your initial question, the i5-3330 will not bottle-neck the HD 7870.
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http://microcenter.com/product/407267/Inspiron_660_Desktop_Computer
This is the computer

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sapphire-AMD-Radeon-HD-7870-GHz-EDITION-OC-2GB-GDDR5-2DVI-HDMI-DisplayPort-/200891132239?pt=PCC_Video_TV_Cards&hash=item2ec60b694f

this graohics card

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Intel-Core-i5-Processor-i5-3330-3-0GHz-5-0GT-s-6MB-LGA1155-CPU-Retail-3-2GHz-/160896503009?pt=CPUs&hash=item25762dcce1

this processor
http://www.ebay.com/itm/KENTEK-650-Watt-120mm-Fan-ATX-600W-650W-Black-SATA-PCIE-Power-Supply-Quiet-/280882247024?pt=PCA_UPS&hash=item4165e2f570

This power supply?
 
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That PSU is too small for the HD 7870. It only has a 22A +12V rail. It is only the equivalent of a 300W 'real' PSU. Some manufacturers use "poetic license" to rate their power supplies. You need a 'real' 600W PSU to move up to that card. But your motherboard seems to be a 1155 socket if you now have a Pentium G2020. So you should be able to move to the i5.

But whichever card you end up choosing, measure the distance from the expansion cover at the back of the case to the drive cage. It looks like you might be limited in the length of card you can fit in there.

And to answer your initial question, the i5-3330 will not bottle-neck the HD 7870.
 
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