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Dell Fx Card Upgrade

Zorin

Zorin

Zorin

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Hi
First post here !!

I have a dell 9100 specs are

P4 3.60Ghz 800 Fsb 2Mb L2 Cache
2 Gig DDR2 Ram 533Mhz
Ati x600 (not very good :( )
375 stock psu

What card can i buy from overclockers that would work on my system and the current psu cos i don't think i can upgrade the psu easily here in the u.k

any help would be great
cheers

Zorin
 
welcome to the forums :)

i would say that the psu would be pushed by the X1800XT, but it depends on how good the dell psu is really
 
yeh ive read a couple of places that they are almost as good as the likes of antec enermax in terms of power etc, well not as good but still v good for what it costs. i reckon it probably would
 
Hi, you might want to check if you've got a PCI-E 6 pin connector on your psu or how many molex's you've got spare. I had a 4700 last year and it only had 3 molex connectors on it. If you've got 2 optical drives you may need a splitter cable if it doesn't have native PCI-E connector as you'll need a cable for either of those cards.
 
Legionaire68 said:
Hi, you might want to check if you've got a PCI-E 6 pin connector on your psu or how many molex's you've got spare. I had a 4700 last year and it only had 3 molex connectors on it. If you've got 2 optical drives you may need a splitter cable if it doesn't have native PCI-E connector as you'll need a cable for either of those cards.
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pretty sure the dell., 9100,s 9150,s xps gen 4,5,s and 600,s have the PCi express connectors.
 
The dimension 9100 is sold with graphics cards up to the GeForce 7800GTX, while the PSU's used in all the 9100's are the same. I'd place a wager that the 9100 does have a 6pin PCI-e cable. A vote for the 7900GT here. The X1800XT is fantastic for the money but you'd need to keep in mind the thermal design inside this case, where if I recall there is only 1 case fan which is simply attached to a duct leading to the CPU's HSF only.

Mul
 
Yup - someone on here asked about this about a week ago - same 375W PSU. I went to search for him and found someone on another forum with a X1900XT in his system running fine - no reboots or anything.
Get either the X1800XT or 7900GT.
 
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