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sam_son83   12-19-2008 at 02:48:17 PM

Hi everyone,

Im fairly new to computers and stupidly bought a dell e520 a couple years ago...i wanted to upgrade my graphics from 7300 le to an 8600gts (as this is the only 8 series that will fit in my case without modifications or cutting) the problem is that my power supply unit is only 305 (i think) and now when i run vista it tells me not enough power is running to it so its running on basic.
What power supply unit would you recommend for a budget and i need one for a dell e520.

Any help would be great

Kind regards

Samuel

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IH8U   12-19-2008 at 03:05:20 PM
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I'd recommend at least a 350W, however a 400W would be optimal.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817338009
$28 400W unsure of weather it will fit
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817104953
$37 FSP 400W


A better idea would be to get a cheap case, and a good 550W PSU.

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Shadow703793   12-19-2008 at 03:26:17 PM
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^ NO! DO NOT BUY THE ATHENA PSU!!!

Get this:
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Buy: ST400 400W $30
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817256032

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sam_son83   12-19-2008 at 06:32:20 PM
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Will these fit the Dell Dimension ES20 ???

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Delluser1   12-20-2008 at 12:41:58 AM
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If you have a free molex connector, the adapter that is included with the card is all you need. Just hook up the one side.

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kpo6969   12-20-2008 at 05:31:28 AM
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sam_son83 wrote :

Hi everyone,

Im fairly new to computers and stupidly bought a dell e520 a couple years ago...i wanted to upgrade my graphics from 7300 le to an 8600gts (as this is the only 8 series that will fit in my case without modifications or cutting) the problem is that my power supply unit is only 305 (i think) and now when i run vista it tells me not enough power is running to it so its running on basic.
What power supply unit would you recommend for a budget and i need one for a dell e520.

Any help would be great

Kind regards

Samuel


I had a single-slot 8800GT in my Dell e521 which is the same BTX case with a Zalman VF900 cooler on it. I used a Silencer470 psu in it. Your 305w psu has 22amps which is plenty for a 8600GTS unless you didn't have the pcie connection to the card hooked up.

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff305/kpo6969/0d5032-2.jpg

------------------------------ P35-DS3L Rev 2 bios F9C l E8400 @ 3.6Ghz @ 1.232v l OCZ Vendetta 2 /LGA775 Bolt-Thru l 4GB G.Skill 8800PI@1000mhz 4:5 @ 1.87v l WD3200AAKS 320GB l Evga 8800GTS 512 l X-Fi Xtreme Music l Corsair HX520 l Antec Sonata III 500 l Vista32 SP2 l Win7 X64 7600
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ct1615   12-20-2008 at 07:25:37 AM
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what Delluser said or just get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 0Converter

no need to upgrade your PSU

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sam_son83   12-21-2008 at 08:12:48 PM
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Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply top this thread.

As stated above, my dell power supply unit did not come with any molex connector (if that's how you spell it) and as im planning on getting a few more things for it i decided to get a 500w power supply which came with the 6pin connector for the 8600gts card. It worked fine after installing and you can fit any standard psu in the dell dimension e520 with the psu model i had (see above) everything now working great and vista score jumped from 3 to 5 and games such as age of empires 3 and command and conquer play at full graphics setting which im really happy with.

Hope this thread helps other dell users who feel a bit stuck with the factory spec and layout inside :)

Merry crimbo everyone

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Anonymous   02-18-2009 at 06:07:49 PM
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What make/model power supply did you go for. I've read certain threads that say only certain PSU's fit Dell machines.


sam_son83 wrote :

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for taking the time to reply top this thread.

As stated above, my dell power supply unit did not come with any molex connector (if that's how you spell it) and as im planning on getting a few more things for it i decided to get a 500w power supply which came with the 6pin connector for the 8600gts card. It worked fine after installing and you can fit any standard psu in the dell dimension e520 with the psu model i had (see above) everything now working great and vista score jumped from 3 to 5 and games such as age of empires 3 and command and conquer play at full graphics setting which im really happy with.

Hope this thread helps other dell users who feel a bit stuck with the factory spec and layout inside :)

Merry crimbo everyone


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