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Dell Studio 540 to Gaming PC
Hi, I recently bought a little older dell studio and I’m wanting to upgrade some parts to play fortnite (and hopefully stream fortnite) please help me figure out what I need to upgrade and what to leave. I have a decent budget but don’t want to spend a lot if I don’t have to especially. THANKS
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June 29th, 2018 06:00
540 is well below minimum requirements for Fortnite.
Q9650 and 350W power supply would be the place to start.
Dell G848G 350w Power Supply PSU For Inspiron 530, 531 Vostro 200, 400 Studio 540 Part Numbers: FU909, FU913, G739T, G846G, G848G, G849G, J130T, K159T, K692G, P111G, P112G, Compatible Model Numbers: DPS-530YB-1A, PS-6351-2, DPS-350XB-2 A, ATX0350D5WA
https://www.amazon.com/Q9650-Processor-3-00Ghz-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B07DLHBXJC/
https://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Dell-Supply-Inspiron-Numbers/dp/B003CO04CU/
Followed by GT 1030 GDDR5 Video Card.
GIGABYTE GeForce GT 1030 GV-N1030D5-2GL
https://www.amazon.com/GIGABYTE-GeForce-GV-N1030D5-2GL-Computer-Graphics/dp/B071DY2VJR/
Then 4 sticks of ram
DDR2 PC2-6400 • CL=6 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR2-800 • 1.8V • 256Meg x 64 •
Total cost will end up being more than a new system.
VictorShikhman
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December 26th, 2019 11:00
Hey there,
Related question: I picked up a free Dell Studio 540. It's 10 years old, but the specs don't seem that bad - Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q8300 @ 2.50GHz, 2499 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 6GB of Physical RAM.
I loaded up Davinci Resolve (free popular video editor), and it installed fine, but during startup, it threw up an error, "DaVinci Resolve could not find any OpenCL capable GPUs." Would the GPU you mentioned above be capable enough for video editing and compatible with this OpenCL standard? It would be nice to put this machine to use, but I don't want to invest more than building a decent new system.
Also, would I need to upgrade the power supply to run that graphics card? Out of curiosity, I see others installed 500W PS and above on this same system. Why did you chose this 350W? Is there a benefit to a higher rated PS?
Thank you!
-Victor
speedstep
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December 26th, 2019 13:00
https://developer.nvidia.com/opencl
OpenCL™ (Open Computing Language) is a low-level API for heterogeneous computing that runs on CUDA-powered GPUs. Using the OpenCL API, developers can launch compute kernels written using a limited subset of the C programming language on a GPU.
OpenCL support is included in the latest NVIDIA GPU drivers, available at www.nvidia.com/drivers
You DO NOT WANT a DDR4 version only GDDR5 card
https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-1030/specifications
https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-gt-1030.c2954