New SFF pc upgrade
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Pic shows the +12v rail output on PSU is 17 Amps/204 W. Should be just about fine for the CPU and a 1050Ti 4GB (and RAM/drive etc).
The specifications for the 990 SFF state it has four DIMM slots. Did you verify there are four? Running 4 sticks of memory will increase power draw. Consider replacing with 2 x 8GB instead. Any 240-pin DDR3 will do. The Optiplex says 1333MHz but that Hynix RAM in it is capable of 1600MHz. Not sure what speed it's actually running. BIOS or CPU-Z may tell you.
And really, only increase the memory if you see you really need to. Not on the off-chance it might improve performance. It doesn't really work like that. You have to monitor real-time memory usage with HWiNFO64 or similar, and see if the system is assigning all the 8GB at times, or not.
The specifications for the 990 SFF state it has four DIMM slots. Did you verify there are four? Running 4 sticks of memory will increase power draw. Consider replacing with 2 x 8GB instead. Any 240-pin DDR3 will do. The Optiplex says 1333MHz but that Hynix RAM in it is capable of 1600MHz. Not sure what speed it's actually running. BIOS or CPU-Z may tell you.
And really, only increase the memory if you see you really need to. Not on the off-chance it might improve performance. It doesn't really work like that. You have to monitor real-time memory usage with HWiNFO64 or similar, and see if the system is assigning all the 8GB at times, or not.
Much thanks for that I will check the ram speed details shortly, one other thing I'd like to touch on is I have made a USB recovery disk and there's is already a partition on the ssd, now while I am used to reinstalling windows and other OS in the past, and making fresh installs from recovery partitions, what's the best way to go about a drive swap and maintaining my licence? As Iv never actually had to change a main drive right from the off, I'm a bit old fashioned and usually used discs and keys. Thanks again
Oh and yes there are four ram slots
Oh and yes there are four ram slots
You're welcome.
Check this post and see if it's any help: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/30970607/
He had already tied it down with a digital license. Which you can do by following the instructions here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
Check this post and see if it's any help: https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/posts/30970607/
He had already tied it down with a digital license. Which you can do by following the instructions here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-US/help/20530/windows-10-reactivating-after-hardware-change
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Oh yeah I know that, the seasonic I had in my computer was a 520w, but only had 480w on offer via dual rail, was plenty for what i needed at the time, just I have had many dells and the psu has been crap, I had a big XPS tower with a monster of a 600w couple years ago, sadly the whole thing had issues so I dumped it.
But dell also limit their powers, in a optiplex 620 a Radeon 240 could run, but something like a GeForce 210 could or the 5450.
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Hi guys, I eventually got time time to sit down and set it up and decided to make a quick dash to a local Maplin and grab a graphics card while windows was updating. all they had on the shelf that would fit may case was a geforce gt 730. the box states a 300w psu is recommended but i thought id give it a try anyway, and it works fine i'v ran iracing for 6 hours with no issues.
all tho it does run fine it does not run full settings (for anyone familiar class 4 settings are a best compromise)
so the next step is could i a run a higher spec graphics card? or would more ram help with my current set up, when i went to buy the card i did have 2gb in mind but as i said that was all they had at the time and i just wanted to get up and running. ideally i would want to run the 4gb ti and have 3 screens.
i have also added photos of the ram chips hoping someone can help me pair up so i can upgrade to 16gb
photo of psu included too, thanks
That doesn't look too bad for a dell psu actually, but the 1050 will be the best you can get not just for your psu, but in general as like I said I don't think you can get the better models in low profile, mean I've seen mini itx systems with a 960m for example, but I'm not sure if that's just a soldered chip or you can get a card version.
so close now
iv seen a Zotac GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4 GB Mini Graphics Card i was wondering if anyone is familiar with them?
also just popped out but couldn't see a msi low profile 1050ti.
all that was on the shelf was an asus gtx 1050ti 4gb and a evga 1050ti superclock 4gb. (none actually in stock tho)
at this point now should i just ONLY be looking for a msi gtx 1050ti low profile card?
oh and to add will I also just be able to get a display port to vga/dvi adapter to make use of all 3 outputs
iv seen a Zotac GeForce GTX 1050Ti 4 GB Mini Graphics Card i was wondering if anyone is familiar with them?
also just popped out but couldn't see a msi low profile 1050ti.
all that was on the shelf was an asus gtx 1050ti 4gb and a evga 1050ti superclock 4gb. (none actually in stock tho)
at this point now should i just ONLY be looking for a msi gtx 1050ti low profile card?
oh and to add will I also just be able to get a display port to vga/dvi adapter to make use of all 3 outputs
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The Zotac is short, not low profile. So won't fit. You can't just buy any 1050 - it has to be a low profile card. Anything else won't fit in the case, or may require an additional connection from the PSU.
This is the card you're after. https://www.msi.com/Graphics-card/GeForce-GTX-1050-Ti-4GT-LP.html
The power requirement of the card isn't much more than the 730 you've got not, so should be fine.
To have 3 monitors, presuming they all have DVI inputs, you'll need:
DisplayPort to DVI adapter
2 x DVI to DVI cable.
HDMI to DVI cable.
I'm still on with this got side tracked. Iv just got the new card installed and just about to install the drivers then going to run it properly. Regarding the 3 monitors I wanted to have one hdmi (television) and 2 dvi, As when I was running the old card I had a normal dvi monitor on the desk and the second screen (or 1st screen I would swap) on my rig for racing. So if I was playing a driving same I could stream television or whatever on the other screen and browse
Well everything is working great 
much thanks for the help everyone. The only thing I can't do that was hoping for is triple screen for iracing I had a quick search and it seems I need nvidia surround and that is not available for the 1050ti if anyone could enlighten me that would be great, I'm just asking before I start looking into more ram and swapping the main ssd if anyone knows different that would be nice thanks again
much thanks for the help everyone. The only thing I can't do that was hoping for is triple screen for iracing I had a quick search and it seems I need nvidia surround and that is not available for the 1050ti if anyone could enlighten me that would be great, I'm just asking before I start looking into more ram and swapping the main ssd if anyone knows different that would be nice thanks again