290W PSU with GTX 1050?
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Barty1884
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84W CPU, 90-100W for the balance + a 75W GPU = 259W.
It would be really close, if new. Given the setup has to be at least 3 years old, that's 3 years of the PSU degrading.
The only way to know 100% would be to try it. Dell's Optiplex PSUs are usually decent-enough that it should work, or it won't. Not likely to damage anything else in the process.
It would be really close, if new. Given the setup has to be at least 3 years old, that's 3 years of the PSU degrading.
The only way to know 100% would be to try it. Dell's Optiplex PSUs are usually decent-enough that it should work, or it won't. Not likely to damage anything else in the process.
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You can usually upgrade a Dell with a low power GPU like that without problems. Luckily it does not require external power so you're fine there. However sometimes people do have issues with the BIOS because many Dells do not have UEFI until later on. So I would say its worth trying, but if Dell offers a BIOS update you may want to do that first to be sure.
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With Dell nothing is ever definite, but I would say probably. Their PSUs are generally decent quality units made by Delta and other good OEMs.
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