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Old November 5, 2009, 07:38 PM
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Well I'm thinking of upgrading my families Dell for christmas so was looking at buying a new CPU, MB and using an old gpu. Would the stock dell 305w be able to handle the load? It would not be oc'd
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Old November 5, 2009, 07:45 PM
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I wouldn't in all honesty.

Dells are good for being fairly beefy in the PSU..but 305...no too low.
Get a VX450.

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Maybe it would work, but I definitively wouldn't take the chance. The 3870's minimum system requirements are higher than that, I believe the requirements are 450W and 26A for the GPU.
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you can probably boot the PC, but as soon as your load the CPU or GPU the PSU might fry.
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Old November 5, 2009, 07:52 PM
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damn ok I'll get a better one
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since it's an old PSU you need 348 watts according to the Antec PSU calculator ( base on max aging capacitors. ) anyway I guess this PSU do not have a PCIe connector
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don't risk it. not worth taking the chance that it takes some thing with it ( unlikely but you never know )
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You'd be much better off with a newer low end GPU, and even then you're pushing it.
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Old November 5, 2009, 08:10 PM
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GPU doesn't matter really. All my family would do is play youtube videos or some game like farmville. Damn, this project is turning more and more expensive
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Old November 5, 2009, 08:35 PM
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Just a question,,,, your Dell have a ATX board I hope,,,, if it's a BTX , can...no it will be a problem to upgrade.
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