Inspiron 5680, GPU upgrade

Hi @bmcowboy 

Thanks you so much for your answer and your time, also, im deeply sorrry for my belated answer. :smileysad:

In other news, i might possibly go for a GTX 1660 ti, since my CPU is a i5 8400 and i fear i might suffer a bottleneck. 

I don't really know if a  GTX 1080 could possibly handle it given the specs. 

Anyways. Thank you!

All up to GTX1080TI work fine in Dells with proper power supply.

RTX series and ATI R series dont work at all in older dells due to not supporting MSDOS VESA video mode 103.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa9b0TkTsLM

Interesting.

Hi @speedstep, @bmcowboy 

I truly appreciate all the info i can get, nonetheless, i would like to have a final opinion on what you guys think about this: GTX 1660.

In the GPU above the recommended PSU is a 450W, i don't think i will run into trouble with it, but just in case, i would like your opinion. 

Thank you so much both of you. 

Greetings.

P.S. (Or should i consider a 1660 ti? GTX 1660 ti) 

P.S. 2 (What's the difference between GDDR5 and GDDR6, is GDDR6 compatible with my 5680?)

Power supplies are not a single spec of Watts.

How much power is on each rail matters.

Non dell cards will require secure boot to be OFF.

In an older dell 1660 is a non starter.  Won't ever work. Same is true for R series Radeon Cards.  1660 TI has 8 pin connector minimum meaning its a 300W card.  Do you really think 460W is enough?

Delta N1WJD DOES NOT COME WITH CABLES.

Buyer Beware: do not purchase or confuse 'Area-51 850w cables', only buy Aurora case harness cables which are sized for your smaller computer case.

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I don't really get why it wouldn't work.

I saw a review of the GPU as well as the official page of the product and it says that a 450w PSU would work just fine.

Hi @EmptyPools ,

Let's have a look in Userbenchmark again, page 4 of Real-world benchmarks:

And you can find more successful cases in latter pages. I believe it should be fine with yours as well.

I'll give it a shot @bmcowboy, and i'll tell you how it went.

Thanks for the feedback.

Hey @bmcowboy 

[url=https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/18316392]UserBenchmarks: Game 94%, Desk 110%, Work 77%[/url]
CPU: [url=https://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Intel-Core-i5-8400/Rating/3939]Intel Core i5-8400[/url] - [b]91.2%[/b]
GPU: [url=https://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Nvidia-GTX-1660-Ti/Rating/4037]Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti[/url] - [b]92.8%[/b]
SSD: [url=https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/494033/Samsung-SSD-970-EVO-250GB]Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB[/url] - [b]226.6%[/b]
SSD: [url=https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/428560/Samsung-SSD-860-EVO-500GB]Samsung 860 Evo 500GB[/url] - [b]117.5%[/b]
RAM: [url=https://ram.userbenchmark.com/SpeedTest/683984/Unknown-HMA81GU6CJR8N-UH-01980000830B-KHX2400C158G-16GB]Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-UH 01980000830B KHX2400C15/8G 16GB[/url] - [b]65.1%[/b]
MBD: [url=https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-Inspiron-5680/77980]Dell Inspiron 5680[/url]

It did work, and like a charm.

Hey @bmcowboy 

It did work, and like a charm. 



UserBenchmarks: Game 94%, Desk 110%, Work 77%
CPU: Intel Core i5-8400 - 91.2%
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti - 92.8%
SSD: Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB - 226.6%
SSD: Samsung 860 Evo 500GB - 117.5%
RAM: Unknown HMA81GU6CJR8N-UH 01980000830B KHX2400C15/8G 16GB - 65.1%
MBD: Dell Inspiron 5680

Hi @EmptyPools ,

Nice dude! Wish you enjoy you new GPU.

Further suggestion: To make sure if your machine works fine with the new card even under high pressure, you may download 3DMark Basic Edition from Steam for free and do a performance test.

Thank you @bmcowboy !

I sure will enjoy it, btw, there's only a demo version of "3D Mark", will that suffice?

Greetings.

3D Mark results