I Need Help Finding A Compatable Power Supply /Graphics Card For My Pc.

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OK in an attempt to be helpful this has been asked before:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2073991/dell-inspiron-3847-evga-geforce-560ti-thermaltake-tr2-600w-working.html

This will help you too:

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3156/kw/uefi

That board has a PCIe x16 slot so yes the video card you picked will work, you will want a 500 watt or more PSU such as:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438049&cm_re=evga_550-_-17-438-049-_-Product

These will both work but go ahead and read through that thread as well as the procedure I attached to be able to get it all to work. You should be fine, this isn't a hard upgrade, but Dell just makes things a little trickier.

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OK in an attempt to be helpful this has been asked before:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2073991/dell-inspiron-3847-evga-geforce-560ti-thermaltake-tr2-600w-working.html

This will help you too:

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3156/kw/uefi

That board has a PCIe x16 slot so yes the video card you picked will work, you will want a 500 watt or more PSU such as:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438049&cm_re=evga_550-_-17-438-049-_-Product

These will both work but go ahead and read through that thread as well as the procedure I attached to be able to get it all to work. You should be fine, this isn't a hard upgrade, but Dell just makes things a little trickier.



Really guy? It took me all of 15 seconds to find the info he needed, yes he could have found it himself. But someone experienced can sift through the chaff and get him to what will work in the first place. And the board has a PCIe x16 slot, theres no way it can exclude certain video cards and PSU's, theres always a way to get it to work.
 
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I agree that Dell support/forums would be a better place for this, but I will say this much first:

Any standard ATX power supply should be compatible. It will work with the motherboard and everything else. What power supply you would need would be determined more by what graphics card you get than anything really since your i7 doesn't use a whole lot of power.

Although any PCIe 2.x/3.x graphics card that fits in the case comfortably should also be compatible, as was said above, it is possible that Dell did not add BIOS support for it. That is unlikely, but it would be best to contact Dell to be sure about it.
 
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Unfortunately, there have been issues in the past with graphics cards, mostly with PCIe 1.0a, PCIe 2.1, and PCIe 3.0 graphics cards having issues with certain motherboards, especially those found in OEM systems. It shouldn't be an issue with a current system like the Inspiron 3847 and a current graphics card, but not everyone knows why these issues happened, only that they did. tea urchin's caution might have been because of that, granted he could have been more polite about it. It was especially common when people first bought the Radeon 6800/6900 and 7700/7800/7900 cards and tried to use them in older systems. Sometimes it could be fixed, sometimes it was simply impossible.
 
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I will say this, from personal experience. It's a Dell. Not all ATX psus are a compatible fit, some will require case modifications as mounting is not standard. Dell cases can use wierd tabs in wierd places that will need to be removed or bent out of the way. Some Dell mobo's have Sata ports located right at the end of the pcie x16 slot, so many of the 2x slot, very long gpus interfere with Sata operation.

It's a Dell. It's got proprietary written all over it from bios to Windows to even hardware connectors.

Dell pc's are by no means average pc's. Depending on exact specs of both case and mobo, upgrades can be problematic and contacting Dell support isn't a bad idea.

And jfyi, not all pcie x16 slots will run any pcie x16 gpu. Maxwell gpus don't work worth a crap with legacy bios (unless they have a hybrid bios switch) and AMD/ATI pcie 2.2 or better cards don't work on pcie 2.1 or below mobo's as the power architecture is entirely different. Even nvidia cards are only backwards compatible to pcie 1.1, to run pcie 1.0 you have to have a pcie 1.0 card, either nvidia or AMD/ATI. An x16 slot is no guarantee of compatability.
 
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I agree with both of you guys regarding Dell et.al. systems, I in fact got into a solid argument with a moderator here over this very thing as someone was asking for help and my answer was in the opposite direction (Dells are proprietary you may be screwed, etc). My point more so was if you're going to be answering questions here being so hostile about it isn't the way to go. For a newbie getting an answer like that is a turn off to the community, and if I see a question that seems like there should be a simple answer I don't think its out of the realm to just help the guy vs telling him to go to dell support forums (which can be a minefield filled with folks who have no clue sometimes).
 
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I can somewhat agree with that, except in one detail. The question isn't near as important as the answer. The answer given will quite often result in op spending money, so it's very important that this be taken into consideration. Sometimes simple answers like it's got a x16 slot, so get a decent psu and it'll all work, while mostly correct, sometimes have extenuating circumstances. You may think an lga 1155 h61 mobo would be good for a 750ti, except most h61's run legacy bios, so a normal 750ti will not work. Many don't understand this, so answer 'sure, it'll work, your psu is big enough and it's got x16 slot'. That would be money wasted and a frustrated op.
 
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I agree with that of course which is why I research these things before responding when it comes to proprietary systems.
 
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