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Hello Tom's Hardware community, this is my first post! I currently own a Dell XPS 8500 with:
I render 3d scenes and am not satisfied by render times on my GPU. I want to upgrade my GTX 660 to a GTX 780 6GB. My CPU also reaches maximum temperatures of 80 degrees celsius when rendering, (even after cleaning dust). So, in addition to the GPU upgrade I plan to install a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler and apply Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste to my CPU. Lastly I intend to replace my 460W PSU with a SeaSonic 650W PSU.
Will the GTX 780 6GB be compatible with my current configuration? Also, will the new 650W PSU be enough to support the TGX 780 and be compatible with my current configuration?
Thank you for taking the time to look at my question, have a great day!
EDIT: After looking around more, (which I did prior to asking this but should have looked harder, sorry) I see that my CPU and motherboard would probably need to upgraded to avoid bottle-necking with this card. Is it even worth pursuing upgrading this pc or should I instead make plans to start from scratch?
256 GB SSD
24 GB RAM
I7-3770 3.4
GTX 660
460W PSU
I render 3d scenes and am not satisfied by render times on my GPU. I want to upgrade my GTX 660 to a GTX 780 6GB. My CPU also reaches maximum temperatures of 80 degrees celsius when rendering, (even after cleaning dust). So, in addition to the GPU upgrade I plan to install a Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO - CPU Cooler and apply Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Paste to my CPU. Lastly I intend to replace my 460W PSU with a SeaSonic 650W PSU.
Will the GTX 780 6GB be compatible with my current configuration? Also, will the new 650W PSU be enough to support the TGX 780 and be compatible with my current configuration?
Thank you for taking the time to look at my question, have a great day!
EDIT: After looking around more, (which I did prior to asking this but should have looked harder, sorry) I see that my CPU and motherboard would probably need to upgraded to avoid bottle-necking with this card. Is it even worth pursuing upgrading this pc or should I instead make plans to start from scratch?
JakeCuddihy
July 24, 2014 1:15:44 PM
JakeCuddihy said:
Is there any downside to having more wattage than necessary?
No,the pc will only draw what it uses (well a little more,efficiency still plays a role).The only thing with some psu's is that efficiency takes a dive under 20% load,but with a gold rated psu that's often not such a big deal,these are most of the times even on lower loads still quite efficient.
JakeCuddihy
July 24, 2014 12:03:02 PM
JakeCuddihy
July 24, 2014 11:57:23 AM
JakeCuddihy
July 24, 2014 11:56:45 AM
Vic 40 said:
If you don't mind that the psu isn't modular will the next already do fine,http://pcpartpicker.com/part/xfx-power-supply-p1650snlb...
at least if you can order from ncix.
For the same money as the evga could you get this gold rated 750watt seasonic (still very good),
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/seasonic-power-supply-ssr7...
Is there any downside to having more wattage than necessary?
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