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Dell inspiron 531 capable ATi 4670 with power upgrade?

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colash123   05-10-2009 at 06:01:03 PM

Hey i have a dell inspiron 531 with a 300 watt power supply and i want to get the ATI 4670 graphics card and i was wondering if anyone knows if a dell inspiron 531 can upgrade to 400 watt? If so, i just install both the 400 watt and the card and everything runs fine? or is there another component with i could be missing which would not allow me to use the card?, my dell supports pci express cards too. Thanks

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japnoise99   05-10-2009 at 07:50:00 PM
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The 4670 runs off the power from the PCI-E slot, so chances are it would run without the power supply upgrade. I installed in my wifes computer, a athlon x2 system with a 350 watt PS, and I haven't even seen a hint of power issues. As far as I know though dell ditched proprietary power supplies on on there standard desktops when the pentium 4 came out. I replaced the power supply in my old P4 2.8 GHZ dell years ago with no problems. GOOD LUCK!

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AKM880   05-10-2009 at 08:01:20 PM
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Should be fine, however if you do in the future want to upgrade the PSU make sure you get a high quality unit. Because if the PSU it could take some components with it. Quality brands are like Corsair, Antec, PC Power Cooling, SeaSonic, etc.

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