I wanted to upgrade my 5 year old pc instead of buying one because I think the i5 processor is still pretty good. So I bought a new graphic card and a new PSU to support it from newegg. Replace the PSU then GPU, but after I connected to my monitor, no display is showing. To make sure I did not plug in any wrong connections from the million things in the PSU, I put my old graphics card back and it worked fine. Then I tried updating my BIOS (can only update to A06), looking for somewhere to switch to PCIE and things like that but nothing has worked so far.
And I have researched on how to switch to PCIE display in BIOS, but my BIOS does not have that option and I have looked everywhere for it. Same after I updated it from dell support.
So I'm doubting now maybe my GPU is too advanced for my pc, though I have checked the requirements and only sees that it needs 500W.
Here what I have:
Dell XPS 8300 bought in 2010
windows 7 home premium
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @3.00GHz, 3001 Mhz, 4 CORE...
BIOS version: Dell inc, A06, 2011/10/17
RAM 6.00G
PSU: EVGA 600BRONZE
+5V, +3.3V, +12V, -12V, +5Vsb (I have no idea what these mean)
Old GPU:
AMD Radeon HD 6450
1GB ram
New GPU:
SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9-380
4GB 256-Bit
PCI-E 3.0 ATX DUAL-X OC VERSION
So is my PC capable of handling this graphic card or there's something else I have missed?
This is my first time opening the back of my PC, so as a newb I really need some help. Thank you very much.
And I have researched on how to switch to PCIE display in BIOS, but my BIOS does not have that option and I have looked everywhere for it. Same after I updated it from dell support.
So I'm doubting now maybe my GPU is too advanced for my pc, though I have checked the requirements and only sees that it needs 500W.
Here what I have:
Dell XPS 8300 bought in 2010
windows 7 home premium
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-2320 CPU @3.00GHz, 3001 Mhz, 4 CORE...
BIOS version: Dell inc, A06, 2011/10/17
RAM 6.00G
PSU: EVGA 600BRONZE
+5V, +3.3V, +12V, -12V, +5Vsb (I have no idea what these mean)
Old GPU:
AMD Radeon HD 6450
1GB ram
New GPU:
SAPPHIRE NITRO Radeon R9-380
4GB 256-Bit
PCI-E 3.0 ATX DUAL-X OC VERSION
So is my PC capable of handling this graphic card or there's something else I have missed?
This is my first time opening the back of my PC, so as a newb I really need some help. Thank you very much.
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