Dell Optilex GX 280 Graphic card
- Thread starter Aliasif
- Start date
What do u mean by that ??
Oh ok but my computer`s psu is 250W and the card needs minimum 30W so any chance that it will work
30w is that a typo ?
think you mean 300w
300w is a recommendation, and they usually err on the side of caution, so it may well work depends on what else is in the system(but cant guarantee ),
is your a slimline pc ?
looking at dells parts list for the gx280 they offer a 4650 so you may be better buying one of them (not from dell though)
think you mean 300w
300w is a recommendation, and they usually err on the side of caution, so it may well work depends on what else is in the system(but cant guarantee ),
is your a slimline pc ?
looking at dells parts list for the gx280 they offer a 4650 so you may be better buying one of them (not from dell though)
There is a chance yes but most likely you put any stress on the GPU and things will come crashing down in a blue screen heap. You could replace the power supply as well.
its not a standard psu (if he has the slimline version) and dell had no 305w psu's available
p4 3.2 ghz uses a max of 82w
that leaves 168w
hdd's use about 10w
gt210 uses about 30w
he should be ok
(again no guarantees)
the 5450 uses 20w
"Footnotes: 1.As of January,2010 AMD Radeon™ HD 5450 Graphics cards are the only graphics cards under 20 Watts at full load to provide full support for DirectX® 11, AMD Eyefinity technology and AMD Stream technology"
p4 3.2 ghz uses a max of 82w
that leaves 168w
hdd's use about 10w
gt210 uses about 30w
he should be ok
(again no guarantees)
the 5450 uses 20w
"Footnotes: 1.As of January,2010 AMD Radeon™ HD 5450 Graphics cards are the only graphics cards under 20 Watts at full load to provide full support for DirectX® 11, AMD Eyefinity technology and AMD Stream technology"
I,ve three HDD`s btw thnks alot bro for the help i,ll check it out and tell
Blazkowicz
Legend
graphics card vendors always advertise "cover your ass" PSU wattage numbers that have a distant relation to reality. but you could say they publish a decent safe number considering the end user may have a very power hungry pentium 3.8GHz or pentium D, a low quality PSU etc.
if safety/reliability of the hardware is a concern it's pretty easy to test, you may run OCCT. this stresses the PC and gives you temperatures and voltages graphs.
you may want to clean up CPU heatsink, change thermal paste if you get insane CPU temperatures over 80°C.
my CPU went to 104°C a hour ago
then I closed that buggy chess game.
it's a common problem with the stock thermal compound on AMD CPU, after a few years of heavy use it becomes dry and is an insulator.
I've seen a couple Dell Optiplex which didn't have much of a problem with that, despite that very power hungry Pentium 4.
if safety/reliability of the hardware is a concern it's pretty easy to test, you may run OCCT. this stresses the PC and gives you temperatures and voltages graphs.
you may want to clean up CPU heatsink, change thermal paste if you get insane CPU temperatures over 80°C.
my CPU went to 104°C a hour ago
then I closed that buggy chess game.it's a common problem with the stock thermal compound on AMD CPU, after a few years of heavy use it becomes dry and is an insulator.
I've seen a couple Dell Optiplex which didn't have much of a problem with that, despite that very power hungry Pentium 4.
Similar threads
