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traktori

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Hello everyone

I have a DELL OPTIPLEX 330

Specs

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400

2GB DDR2 RAM

500GB HDD

NVIDIA GT 420 2GB DDR3

So, my question is if my computer would handle a ZOTAC (NVIDIA) GTX 560TI 1GB because my dell pc has only 300watt powersupply ?

Thanks for any helpful answer
 
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hang-the-9
Your PSU will not run the 560Ti because it dual 6-pin power cables your power supply will not have, and you are well under the recommended PSU wattage. Plus it may not even fit in your case. Aside from the video card upgrade question, your CPU and RAM are too weak to keep up with even a low end gaming video card. Something like a GT 730 may be OK for you, it's low power and you can get a small form one.
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Your PSU will not run the 560Ti because it dual 6-pin power cables your power supply will not have, and you are well under the recommended PSU wattage. Plus it may not even fit in your case. Aside from the video card upgrade question, your CPU and RAM are too weak to keep up with even a low end gaming video card. Something like a GT 730 may be OK for you, it's low power and you can get a small form one.
 
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william p

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Here are the builds on that system.
http://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-OptiPlex-330/1996
There are Xeon swaps and GTX1050 series GPUs. Getting more than 4GB RAM can be expensive due to 2 RAM sockets needing 4GB DDR2 modules.
They seem to have an issue with newer than C0 stepping CPUs. So shopping by Sxxxx spec numbers is needed, and that's why you see Xeons instead of Q9650 CPUs.
You didn't say which size case you have. The MT can take a Zotac GTX1050 Mini. Any other case will require a low profile cardand the 1050s have a hard mounted DVI port in the 2nd slot that will be an issue. GTX750, or 1030 are next best choices.
With a 300W PSU you should have the Tower. It's a good PSU and can run a GTX1050Ti.
 
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