I'm looking to upgrade my graphics card but I'm limited to an external power supply that comes with the x51. Since my power supply cannot be upgraded without modification, I'm looking for a card that can run with the power that I have. I'm not sure if my card is oem or ti or just regular and I'm not sure where to find out what my current power supply is. I'm afraid getting a 970 or something similar would require power that my system doesn't have. I have a fairly large budget but I would prefer to just spend money on the best card that can run without modification to the rest of my system's hardware.
Looking to upgrade alienware x51 with a gtx 660 to newer card
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What's the full specification of the PC and the ampere rating for the +12V rail(s) on the power supply? There should be a label on the power supply itself that tells you this.
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max is gtx 960 for the older version of the x51 with the 330w power brick
the newer revision r2 or higher i believe, can run stock non OC'ed reference gtx 970's
but you risk black screens and other temp/power related issues
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We don't need the complete dxdiag, just what CPU, RAM and motherboard (if possible) the PC has. The reason being is that it's important to balance all the components to avoid creating a bottleneck.
As for the power supply, there will be numerous ratings (+3.3V, +5V, -12V, +12V, etc.) with an associated wattage and ampere. All the major components draw power from +12V, so we need the wattage or ampere rating of that to calculate how much power your PC has to use.
Take a look at the picture below if you still aren't sure.
You can see that this power supply has 50A and 600W on a single +12V rail. Some power supplies may have multiple +12V rails with different amps and wattages.
As for the power supply, there will be numerous ratings (+3.3V, +5V, -12V, +12V, etc.) with an associated wattage and ampere. All the major components draw power from +12V, so we need the wattage or ampere rating of that to calculate how much power your PC has to use.
Take a look at the picture below if you still aren't sure.
You can see that this power supply has 50A and 600W on a single +12V rail. Some power supplies may have multiple +12V rails with different amps and wattages.
That is a link to the specs of the psu.
http://disctech.com/Dell-PA-9E-Family-240-Watt-3-Prong-AC-Adapter?partner=1011&utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=product&gclid=Cj0KEQiA0-GxBRDWsePx0pPtp4sBEiQACuTLNmXsSriv5CNZUxvZ2dMApke05r7ynKAmQyqxwtClzDYaAjSB8P8HAQ.
My motherboard is designed for an x51 r1 i7 3770
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB GDDR5 is my current graphics card.
I have 16GB of ram
Ultimately this next link is the full range of specs that come with a x51 R1
http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN296867
http://disctech.com/Dell-PA-9E-Family-240-Watt-3-Prong-AC-Adapter?partner=1011&utm_source=GoogleBase&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=product&gclid=Cj0KEQiA0-GxBRDWsePx0pPtp4sBEiQACuTLNmXsSriv5CNZUxvZ2dMApke05r7ynKAmQyqxwtClzDYaAjSB8P8HAQ.
My motherboard is designed for an x51 r1 i7 3770
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 660 2GB GDDR5 is my current graphics card.
I have 16GB of ram
Ultimately this next link is the full range of specs that come with a x51 R1
http://www.dell.com/support/article/us/en/19/SLN296867
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