780 DT, PCI-e slot wattage

Question

Hello. I was thinking of upgrading my 780 DT's graphics (again). Right now, the system is using a Radeon HD 7470. I overclocked it as high as it would go. I am still a little dissatisfied with the graphics performance, and want to know how much headroom I have for a GPU. I have a few ideas for GPU upgrades (one being a Radeon HD 7570). I unplugged the DVD drive because it was unnecessary for what I am doing. Would doing that give a little more headroom on terms of PCI-e slot wattage? And would something like a 7570 even work in my system?

Thanks.

JOcean · Accepted Answer

Optical drives consume just 1.5 to 5 Watts of power during idle, so they add very little to the total power consumption of PC components. And the wattage of the PCIe slot is 75W available. The 780 is starting to get a little long in the tooth, so I would not start looking at pushing a much higher upgrade in a video card. The 7570 should work. And the 7570 is a much higher performing card than the 7470 according to Game Debate stats. Keep in mind that both cards were released about 6 years ago, so the technology is getting up there is age.

https://www.game-debate.com/gpu/index.php?gid=678&gid2=2738&compare=AMD%20Radeon%20HD%207570-vs-AMD%20Radeon%20HD%207470

someperfectlynormalguy · Answer

Thanks for your reply. That's all the perfect amount information I needed on terms of GPU upgrades.

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