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Dell XPS 8300 with 460 PSU and the Single AMD Radeon™ HD 6870
I have a system (below) I would like to purchase, but, I am concerned with the PSU of 460 on the 8300. When I go to the ATI website it tells me that a PSU of 460 is inadequate to run the AMD 6870. The AMD website system requirements are: 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors. I have talked with Dell Sales Rep and he has checked with 2 different TS guys @ Dell. They say this will not be an issue, but when I read posts in these forums I see where it is recommended to use a much larger PSU for this and other larger video cards. I do not want to create my own problems right out of the box if I purchase this system. Please advise if this will work or not. I like the smaller size of the 8300 case vs. the 9100 tank.
Intel® Core™ i7-2600 processor(8MB Cache, 3.4GHz)
Kelbear1
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July 12th, 2011 07:00
The bigger the case the better. Just more room for everything to breathe especially when you heat it up with gaming. I personally dislike small cases. It makes it really difficult to get your hands in there to do any upgrades.
Anyway, this has been discussed many times. Your system will be fine with the HD 6870 provided by Dell. The OEM card is not the same as retail and guaranteed to work with your system. Your total power consumption of your entire system will be less than 300 watts under load so there should be no concerns. You cannot go by the AMD web site and what they say. Enjoy your new computer.