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April 29th, 2020 00:00
Inspiron 5680 adding additional drives question?
Hi all,
I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 5680 with an i7 – 8700 an RTX 2060, with 8GB’s of RAM, along with a 128GB M.2 SSD drive and a 1TB HD inside.
I’d like to also add an additional "Samsung 1TB 7200 RPM HD" and a "Samsung 840 EVO 120 GB SSD" to this machine which I have spare. As I understand it this Inspiron has a 460W PSU and I just wanted to check if adding these two additional drives would be okay power wise?
Long term I would like to upgrade the PSU, but for the moment it would be handy if this PSU is capable of powering these 2 additional drives alongside the original/existing components without any problems.
Many thanks in advance for any help/advice anyone can offer.
redxps630
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April 29th, 2020 08:00
The hdd and ssd take very little power from psu. Your main concern is whether current psu can support the gpu. RTX 2060 recommended system power supply is 500W. I would suggest upgrade to 550-650W psu.
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April 29th, 2020 09:00
Hi redxps630,
Many thanks for your reply.
As you mention in your post the RTX 2060 recommended power supply is 500W.
The RTX 2060 came with this computer when I ordered it, but unfortunately Dell has only installed a 460W PSU to power it. Which has left me wondering whether to install an additional 2 drives in this machine, when the PSU may already be working overtime just powering the RTX 2060.
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April 29th, 2020 12:00
No I do not think you need to be concerned about that. One, the gpu and sata are on different power rails of psu, two, hdd/ssd take very little power. If you are not pushing for peak gpu performance you may get by w 460W driving the RTX. If you begin to experience sudden shut down then you know it is time to upgrade psu.