dell xps 8300 with gtx 580?

The GTX580 was never tested/validated on this PC so I cannot know if it will "fit". The 3rd party power supply would be fine. But, before you spend any money, why not test the PC as is and see if it meets your needs?

Thanks Chris...But do you have any idea about the HD 6970 or HD 6950? Will they go with the XPS 8300?

I have the dell xps 8300 now also, and finding it doesn't cope ideally with battlefield 3 at 1900x1080. I need to upgrade to the hd 6950 I believe. Has anyone tried this and able to verify that it works well, ie fits ok, power supply copes etc

Appreciate any responses on this

ps, it looks like this pc has been sold by dell with this gpu, although this one has an issue, but I assume they are generally ok.with size and powersupply, must have been tested by dell..?

en.community.dell.com/.../19395756.aspx

Dell sells models with the same model number and different power supplies.

HD6950 would REQUIRE a New Power Supply.  And seeing that its 10 inches long it may not fit into the case.

Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products

Corsair TX850 V2 for example.

If you got a low end model you also got the low end power supply.

GCJ42 Radeon HD5770 P120A
Area-51, 1.2KW OR 1.1KW power supply
Aurora-R2, 875w or 525w power supply
Aurora, 875w or 525w power supply
XPS 8300, 460w power supply
Studio XPS 9100, 525w power supply
Studio XPS 8100, 350w power supply
Studio XPS 7100, 460w power supply
Studio XPS 435T, 475w power supply

DW5CW Radeon HD5970 E120A
Area-51, 1.2KW OR 1.1KW power supply
Aurora-R2, 875w or 525w power supply
Aurora, 875w or 525w power supply
Studio XPS 9100, 525w power supply


Area-51
KGTGV 1.2KW, 240VA, Flextronics (NOT Interchangeable with Y915P)
Y915P 1.2KW, 216VA, Flextronics (PSU-J297R including Bracket)
G821T 1.1KW, UPC, Hipro
R622G 1.1KW, UPC, Delta (Interchangeable with W301G)
W301G 1.1KW, UPC, Hipro (Interchangeable with R622G)
TK034 1KW
U662D 1KW, PFC, HiPro
UR006 1KW, PFC, Delta

Aurora-R3
HNRP3 875w
J556T 875w, UPC, Hipro,
W299G 875w, UPC, Delta (Interchangeable with U595G)
W85G8 525w

Aurora-R2
W299G 875w Delta 85% EPA UPC
J556T 875w Hipro Silver UPC
0G05V 525w Hipro 85% EPA UPC
U597G 525w Delta 85% EPA UPC

Aurora
W299G 875w Delta 85% EPA UPC
J556T 875w Hipro Silver UPC
U595G 875w Hipro 85% EPA UPC
X008G 525w Hipro 85% EPA UPC
0G05V 525w Hipro 85% EPA UPC
U597G 525w Delta 85% EPA UPC

XPS 8300
2Y8X1 460w Delta
7P3WV 460w Huntkey
WY7XX 460w Acbel

Studio XPS 9100
7JVXX 525w, PFC, Delta7 (Cannot Support ATI Radeon HD 5970 - DW5CW)
28W2K 525w, PFC, Chicony (Cannot Support ATI Radeon HD 5970 - DW5CW)
M1J3H 525w, PFC, Delta7 (Support ATI Radeon HD 5970 - DW5CW)
V4NC2  525w, PFC, Chicony (Support ATI Radeon HD 5970 - DW5CW)

Studio XPS 8100
J130T 350w, NPFC, Delta
K159T 350w, NPFC, Liteon

Studio XPS 7100
7YC7C 460w, PFC, Acbel
8FC6W 460w, PFC, Bestec
DGX9R 460w, PFC, Delta

Studio XPS 435T/9000
F217J 475w

hi i really need advise !!

i have a dell xps 8300 and i wanna upgrade my graphic card to a gtx 580 with a xigmatek cpu cooler plus one extra hard drive will the 460W be enough??

No

and what about the gtx 560ti? would the dell psu be enough

Did you search the forum for similar discussions? Like

en.community.dell.com/.../20008701.aspx

hi my Intel dp67de wont start the led on the motherboard and gtx 560 are on when i press the power button the fan start for a few sec then stop i have a delta 460w power supply help please

My XPS 8300 came from Dell with a oem 560 ti and worked fine with the standard 460 watt PSU.

I have just tried to fit a GTX580 which there is plenty of room for, but I just get a black screen so I wonder if the bios issue that prevents the use of the 600 and 700 series is at fault here? Or maybe I was just sold a duff card?

Regarding the PSU, I also fitted a Corsair CX 750 M

Apart from being a bit longer so that the stops no longer operate, it bolts in just the same as the Dell and is working fine, the only thing I had to so was the CPU lead P2 has an 8 pin block whereas the Dell Motherboard uses a 4 pin, the 8 pin block though snaps easily into two parts so you are then left with 2 4 pin connectors and you just use one of them.

Does anybody now if the high end AMD cards work ok in the Dell XPS?