Graphics Card Upgrade

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ASUS GeForce GTX STRIX 950 is not tested by Dell.

Following are the cards that are tested and are sure to work.

NVIDIA, GeForce GT 730

AMD, Radeon R9 360

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While it may fit in the case BARELY the stock power supply is too small.  Some have overcome this Limitation by removing the tiny power supply completely and running the wires for a standard EPS12v supply in the back thru the hole left by removing the power supply and using an adapter.

This requires an adapter.

http://www.moddiy.com/products/Dell-Inspiron-3650-PSU-Main-Power-24%252dPin-to-8%252dPin-Adapter-Cable-%2830cm%29.html

Inspiron 3650 [Intel] Service Manual,    

  http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-3650-desktop_Service%20Manual_en-us.pdf

Inspiron 3650 Specifications,

 http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-3650-desktop_Reference%20Guide_en-us.pdf

Note: Dell has not published the wattage of the Inspiron 3650 power supply.

Inspiron-3656 [AMD] Service Manual,

  http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-3656-desktop_Service%20Manual_en-us.pdf

Inspiron 3656 Specifications,    

 http://downloads.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_inspiron_desktop/inspiron-3656-desktop_Reference%20Guide_en-us.pdf

Note: Dell has not published the wattage of the Inspiron 3656 power supply, plus this model has a BGA motherboard, that does not allow you to upgrade the processor, without replacing the motherboard.

What about this card?  Will it fit?

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What about this card?  Will it fit? www.newegg.com/.../Product.aspx

Please re-read the complete reply from SpeedStep above.

I'm wondering if it will fit, not if there's enough power.

Also, the other graphics card is a low wattage card, so I'm wondering if it even needs external power.

Asus GeForce 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 Graphics Cards (STRIX-GTX950-DC2OC-2GD5) is NOT a low power card nor is the other card  EACH of those is OVER 75W and therefore needs a SIX PIN PCI-E aux power connection.  Some overclocked cards need 2 X 6 pin or 1 X 8 pin power.

The itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow poka dot power supply in the 36XX series is under 200w and DOES NOT USE standard power supply connectors and has ZERO 6 pin 150w PCI-E power connectors.

I've read many articles saying that the Amd RX 460 only needs 75watts.

"With a sub-75 watt power draw in its reference configuration, the RX 460 can draw all of its power from your PC’s motherboard, no extra power connectors required. That makes it an ideal option for giving a prebuilt “big box” PC beefed-up gaming capabilties."

Here's an article measuring the watts

www.tomshardware.com/.../amd-radeon-rx-460,4707-5.html

Here's another:

"The RX 460 draws less than 75W, which enables it the card to draw all of its power via your motherboard’s PCI-E slot—no addition 6-pin or 8-pin power connectors required."

www.pcworld.com/.../full-details-revealed-amd-radeon-rx-470-and-rx-460-specs-and-release-dates.html

Are the above articles true?

tech youtuber austin evans bought a Dell Ins 3650 just to see if it could run an RX 460

Thanks!

If it only needed 75W there would not need to be a PCI-E 6 pin adapter.

Some RX460's USE MORE THAN 175W.

i believe some of the 4gb overclocked rx 460 need the extra juice hence the 6pin cable

I'm looking at that exact card, but according to this:

www.notebookcheck.net/XFX-Radeon-RX-460-4-GB-Double-Dissipation-RX-460P4DFG5-Review.171256.0.html

It only takes around 170W on intensive games.

Could it still work? (I'm not playing intensive games, just a few e-sports.

According to dell, my power supply is 240W, so will it work?