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May 5th, 2020 09:00

Dell Power Supply upgrade?

Hi all,

 

pick up another cheap dell optiplex 3010 DT and wondering was the biggest wattage psu I could fit in?

 

thanks.

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May 6th, 2020 11:00

Thank you,could I run my sapphire RX 570 4gb,I think it's 150w? Wouid the 420w psu,be ok? I have gt 1030 in my other one,but wanted higher fps in the dt one..... 

if not,which would you suggest? 75w 100w card?

thanks.

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May 6th, 2020 17:00

It's not just watts.  What CPU do have in your 3010 DT?  That way, we can check for bottleneck.

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May 6th, 2020 23:00

Official AMD recommendation on psu for RX570 is 450W. Another source said 350W is good.https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/radeon-rx-570.c2939  It seems AMD or Nvidia official recommendation tends to be a bit exaggerated to cover all possible builts.  Even Nvidia has disclaimer that prebuilt system may require less power.  I think 400 W is probably okay for your RX570.

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May 7th, 2020 12:00

Thank you again,this site should pay you,as you do all the answering lol.

 

kind regards dan.

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May 7th, 2020 12:00

Graphic card and processor will work great together

Intel Core i5-3470 (Clock speed at 100%) with AMD Radeon RX 570 (Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce only 1.49% of bottleneck.

you are correct. 

Your processor is too weak for this graphic card.

Intel Core i3-2130 (Clock speed at 100%) with AMD Radeon RX 570 (Clock speed at 100%) x1 will produce 36.54% of bottleneck. Everything over 10% is considered as bottleneck.

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May 7th, 2020 12:00

I think it's a i3 2130,which is too weak for that card so I will upgrade to i5 3470.

 

thanks.

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