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Upgrading power unit
Hello all.
Have just joined the community and i have a tech question to ask.
I use a Dell XPS 720 for my flight simming and i wish to upgrade my power supply to a suitable 800 watt unit.
I currently have a Nvidia gtx 560Ti card installed and another 560 Ti card is waiting for installation. These two units will be connected to run
a triple screen setup.
Looking at the forums here i know i need an ATX power supply and i would like to buy a Corsair TX 850 Enthusiast series PCU.
Can anybody tell me please if this Corsair unit will be compatible with my Dell 720 motherboard as these units retail around the £ 100 mark and it would make an expensive doorstop if i got it wrong.
Hope that someone will be able to help me out and thankyou for looking at my post
All the best.
DELL-Sandeep P
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February 21st, 2013 04:00
Hi Firefly66,
Welcome to the community.
Please check the links for the similar post which would be helpful in answering your queries:
http://dell.to/11X7tUb
http://dell.to/YoFEfp
If you have any further queries feel free to contact us.
Thanks and Regards
Sandeep P
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kisianik
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February 21st, 2013 13:00
I found something interesting. You have choice of only 750 watt and 1000 watt proprietary power supplies - proprietary due to motherboard connectors 20 pin and 24 pin. Since you need stronger one, the only choice is 1000 watt. Original model is NPS-1000AB-1, another one which looks like the same and used for Dell Precision 690 (also 1000 watt with 24 pin and 20 pin connectors) is ND285.
So if you live in US, this is the places you can get it. NPS-1000AB-1 - Impact for $134.95 new,
Genuine Dell ND285 Precision 690 1000W at Amazon, used and refurbished in US $125 for used and and 129.99 for refurbished.
However it looks like you living in Europe (using £), so I took a look at England suppliers, found one, it is looks puzzling here due to the difference in price for two units which looks very similar: ND285 for $120.75 USD £78.92 GBP and NPS-1000AB A for $224.25 USD £146.57 GBP there is no direct link to the parts, so use search, both refurbished with 30 day warranty. May be there are more supplier choices over there, now you know part number, so go ahead.
Lets us know if need more help.