Dell XPS 8700 GPU Upgrade- Some Questions

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Hey guys- first post here and first upgrade of my PC.

I have a Dell XPS 8700 with an Intel Core i7-4790 CPU, 16 GB of RAM, BUT an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 745.
I want to upgrade my GPU, and my friend offered his GTX 970 for $200.

I'm horrible with computers but I'm pretty sure I have to upgrade my PSU if I'm going to make such a large jump. I want to know what PSU I should purchase and if anyone who has done a similar change with their Dell XPS 8700.

thanks :)
 
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A 970 for $200 is overpriced, you can get a new 1060 3GB which is newer and as fast or faster for less https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487263&cm_re=1060_3gb-_-14-487-263-_-Product

$120, maybe $130 is more of a reasonable price for a GTX 970 now, or you may as well spend $160 on a new card.

If you were going to buy a card for $200, you may as well get a new 1060 3 GB instead for $160 over a used 970 since it uses a lot less power, is newer, has a warranty and is not any slower, no need to worry about a new power supply either. Just make sure you get the latest BIOS for your system and it may be a good idea to check with the card vendor to make sure it will work in your motherboard. OEM systems have issues...
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A 970 for $200 is overpriced, you can get a new 1060 3GB which is newer and as fast or faster for less https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487263&cm_re=1060_3gb-_-14-487-263-_-Product

$120, maybe $130 is more of a reasonable price for a GTX 970 now, or you may as well spend $160 on a new card.

If you were going to buy a card for $200, you may as well get a new 1060 3 GB instead for $160 over a used 970 since it uses a lot less power, is newer, has a warranty and is not any slower, no need to worry about a new power supply either. Just make sure you get the latest BIOS for your system and it may be a good idea to check with the card vendor to make sure it will work in your motherboard. OEM systems have issues running newer high end video cards.
 
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Thanks :)
 
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I have a Dell XPS 8700. I am using a Radeon R9 285 with the stock PSU. The R9 285 is rated at 190W TDP, whereas the GeForce 970 is rated at 145W TDP. I've been using my card for a few years now - you will definitely be safe using the 970 with your existing power supply.
 
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Personally I would go for the gtx 1060 6gb card. I had some contact with 970 and the 1060 is faster. The 6gb version is nessesary (depending on where you live in) the usual price difference between the 3gb and 6 gb is not more than 60 usd. You can get it for even cheaper. Don't take the 970 for 200 $ , it's well overpriced. If you want to buy it tho , you can suggest buying it for 100 usd. Anything more than that is not worth. Take the 1060 , because Nvidia has a very short gpu driver support , so in next year or two the 970 will be no longer supported and for less than 200 usd (160) you can get 6gb version of 1060 which is newer and faster :)
 
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There is no 6GB version of the 1060 under $200, the cheapest I see is this at $220 after rebate https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137053&cm_re=1060_6gb-_-14-137-053-_-Product

Not a bad price but 80 over a 3 GB version at $160 after rebate https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814137037&cm_re=1060_3gb-_-14-137-037-_-Product

For that much of a price difference and considering how much faster the 3GB version will be over the current 745, I would not buy the 6 GB version if there was a budget.
 
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