Dell Inspiron 530 PSU upgrade?

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thecrazyman

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Hey guys,

I currently have a Dell Inspiron 530 with a pentium processor @ 1.8 GHz, with 4 gigs of ram and it's all running Windows Vista. I've often thought about upgrading to a graphics card since intergrated graphics really suck (I can't even watch a youtube video in 1080p without closing everything else out) but I've been told that I can't upgrade the power supply in my system (300W) because it's a proprietary PSU.

Thoughts or tips?

Thanks
 
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I second it, just make sure that new PSU has 24 or 20+4 main power connector and ancillary 4 pin power conector and at least 4 SATA power connectors plus other connectors. If it is only videos you worry about you can stick 7750 video card - it doesn't require PSU upgrade.
It's not proprietary. Others have upgraded their Dell Inspiron 530 power supply with no problem:

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I second it, just make sure that new PSU has 24 or 20+4 main power connector and ancillary 4 pin power conector and at least 4 SATA power connectors plus other connectors. If it is only videos you worry about you can stick 7750 video card - it doesn't require PSU upgrade.
 
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thecrazyman

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Thank you for that! I knew that Corsair was pretty good and I figured CM was good too.
 
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