75W video card in 7010 even mini tower is not recommended. The 7010 ONLY has 275W power supply.
@DELL-Chris M could weigh in on that but even NVIDIA recommends 300W power supply. 75W card uses 3AMPS on 3.3V rail and 5.5 AMPS on 12V rail to provide 75w slot power. There is more than 1 slot so the 2nd X16 slot says 25w max.
Power supplies are not a single spec of WATTS and you cannot use max current on every rail simultaneously. Max combined power for the 12V rail is 240w on this unit. Overloading a power supply can cause it to die. 5VSB on this unit is 20W so this unit is less than 255w total for the video card use. You cannot use max power on all rails at the same time. Total power used should not exceed the max output or max combined power for a rail. 240w for 12v means 20 Amps max for the 12v rails.
DELL 7010 MT 275w MAX 240w 12V RAILS
EPS12v spec specifys 150W or more combined for 5v/3.3v rails.
It also increases 5VSB to 4AMPS and 6AMPS for larger units.
Me and the other one weigh in differently due to YouTube videos. The videos not only show 75w cards being ran on 275w PSU's, but they're also ran in SFF's on 240w PSU's, and DT's on 250w PSU's. I have yet to have negative feedback from users telling me that both the YouTube videos and I were wrong.
So something about those numbers may need reviewing, even if this sentence gets used in a quote and I'm told I'm wrong. According to the videos using stock PSU's, obviously, the power is there.
One can always refute the videos with the people that made them, but there's quite a few of them as there's quite a few Optiplex's.
I've used YouTube videos as an example many times before when checking to see if a particular model, with stock PSU, could run a particular card. I've made sure it shows what PSU they're running.
Another example I've used is one did try a 120w GTX 1660 ti on a stock 275w or 290w PSU. Guess what, it didn't work. So the videos aren't lying.
I'm also aware of the Nvidia recommendation. The videos show what people have been successfully running.
And of course, there's videos of higher than 75w cards in Optiplex's with upgraded PSU's.
One thing is for sure, I would not steer somebody wrong with purposeful intent. On a positive note, I get kudos and "accepted solutions," as does the other one.
The 1050 Ti is a good choice (MT form factor for full-height card, DT, SFF for low profile cards).
Another choice, as what I've seen, is the 1650. The 1650 is a lot more recent (2018-2019 card) and runs at around 50% better than the 1050 Ti and is pretty good for the price. However, you may want to run it on a different PSU since the stock power supply may not have the right wattage to push the card through certain tasks, and more wiggle room for wattage is better than no wiggle room. The PSU I recommend is the EVGA BR Series 400W (or 500W if there's no difference in physical size, can't check currently since some shops decide to not give correct width and size).
Hopefully this helps!
Also; be careful if you pick the 1650 or the 1650S (Super), since I don't know if the Super works in the 7010 and it's best to be safe with expensive components.
From what @Optiplex-Main said, the 1650 (75w) is the better choice. Either that or the 1050 ti iwill work with your CPU without bottlenecking. Remember, not the 1650 ti or SUPER, as they have higher tdp's and require higher watt PSU's. Chances are then you're CPU would bottleneck them.
power draw is PER slot so if you have 4 slots thats an issue for the combined 3.3v/5v rails as well as the 12v rails. The reason 90 to 130w combined 3.3v/5v is a problem is that the slots are NOT the only place power is being used. 5VSB on these dell power supplies is 3 to 4 AMPS aka 15 - 20W
30AMPS 3.3v 32 AMPS 5v 225W Combined.Dell 460W 142W combined for 3.3v/5v railsX1 is 10W slot X4 is 25W slot X16 is 75W slot. The BLUE slot is 75W the BLACK SLOT is 25W MAX
Hi I have the exact same specs as you! But i updated my GPU Two Months ago, With A GTX-1060 3GB from EVGA, And It's Running Smoothly With It! So Far I had no problems with at all! Ohhh Just to mention it, I had already use a friend's AMD Radeon RX580 4GB for several months on it without any issues too, that's exactly what pushed me to buy my own card too! I think this should help you too! if you didn't buy the card already!
Not sure how this forum works, appoliges if posting in wrong area, just received my Renewed Dell MT 7010 from Amazon and attempting to get my 3 monitor system working without any luck, setup as below with DP to HTMI convertor not received and hoping this is the problem, any help much appreciated.
Dell Optiplex 7010 MT Intel Core i7-3770, 16GB, 240GB SSD + 2TB, DVDRW, Windows 10 Pro Mini Tower (Renewed)
Is anything working and how is each monitor connected?
Are you using a GPU card (or eGPU) or just integrated graphics, also known as iGPU. Just in case, also be aware using an eGPU automatically disables iGPU.
I bought a used AMD Radeon R5 340X 2gb DDR3 for $25, removed the bracket and installed it and its working great. And photoshop 2022 requires a 2gb minimum which I use daily. Very happy with it.
Highly recommend that graphics card for a dell optiplex 7010 sff
Instead of starting a new thread, your post got stuck somewhere's in the middle of an old one. So I take it you have a 7010? What size/form factor and what CPU? Also, the 1650 SUPER is a 100w card that needs higher than 275w PSU.
Also, with this being an old thread, I need to elaborate that I don't support 75w GPU's being ran on 250w or 240w PSU's as that's outside of Dell specs.
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June 10th, 2020 00:00
75W video card in 7010 even mini tower is not recommended. The 7010 ONLY has 275W power supply.
@DELL-Chris M could weigh in on that but even NVIDIA recommends 300W power supply. 75W card uses 3AMPS on 3.3V rail and 5.5 AMPS on 12V rail to provide 75w slot power. There is more than 1 slot so the 2nd X16 slot says 25w max.
Power supplies are not a single spec of WATTS and you cannot use max current on every rail simultaneously. Max combined power for the 12V rail is 240w on this unit. Overloading a power supply can cause it to die. 5VSB on this unit is 20W so this unit is less than 255w total for the video card use. You cannot use max power on all rails at the same time. Total power used should not exceed the max output or max combined power for a rail. 240w for 12v means 20 Amps max for the 12v rails.
EPS12v spec specifys 150W or more combined for 5v/3.3v rails.
It also increases 5VSB to 4AMPS and 6AMPS for larger units.
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June 10th, 2020 15:00
Me and the other one weigh in differently due to YouTube videos. The videos not only show 75w cards being ran on 275w PSU's, but they're also ran in SFF's on 240w PSU's, and DT's on 250w PSU's. I have yet to have negative feedback from users telling me that both the YouTube videos and I were wrong.
So something about those numbers may need reviewing, even if this sentence gets used in a quote and I'm told I'm wrong. According to the videos using stock PSU's, obviously, the power is there.
One can always refute the videos with the people that made them, but there's quite a few of them as there's quite a few Optiplex's.
I've used YouTube videos as an example many times before when checking to see if a particular model, with stock PSU, could run a particular card. I've made sure it shows what PSU they're running.
Another example I've used is one did try a 120w GTX 1660 ti on a stock 275w or 290w PSU. Guess what, it didn't work. So the videos aren't lying.
I'm also aware of the Nvidia recommendation. The videos show what people have been successfully running.
And of course, there's videos of higher than 75w cards in Optiplex's with upgraded PSU's.
One thing is for sure, I would not steer somebody wrong with purposeful intent. On a positive note, I get kudos and "accepted solutions," as does the other one.
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November 9th, 2020 02:00
The 1050 Ti is a good choice (MT form factor for full-height card, DT, SFF for low profile cards).
Another choice, as what I've seen, is the 1650. The 1650 is a lot more recent (2018-2019 card) and runs at around 50% better than the 1050 Ti and is pretty good for the price. However, you may want to run it on a different PSU since the stock power supply may not have the right wattage to push the card through certain tasks, and more wiggle room for wattage is better than no wiggle room. The PSU I recommend is the EVGA BR Series 400W (or 500W if there's no difference in physical size, can't check currently since some shops decide to not give correct width and size).
Hopefully this helps!
Also; be careful if you pick the 1650 or the 1650S (Super), since I don't know if the Super works in the 7010 and it's best to be safe with expensive components.
bradthetechnut
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November 9th, 2020 10:00
The 275w PSU in the 7010 MT will power 75w GPU's. https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=optiplex+7010+mt+gtx+1050+ti https://m.youtube.com/results?search_query=optiplex+7010+mt+gtx+1650 You're going to see the users not only power the 75w cards in the MT, but in the smaller models with LP cards.
From what @Optiplex-Main said, the 1650 (75w) is the better choice. Either that or the 1050 ti iwill work with your CPU without bottlenecking. Remember, not the 1650 ti or SUPER, as they have higher tdp's and require higher watt PSU's. Chances are then you're CPU would bottleneck them.
Extra info:
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speedstep
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12v power is 5.5 AMPS if its a 75w card.
power draw is PER slot so if you have 4 slots thats an issue for the combined 3.3v/5v rails as well as the 12v rails. The reason 90 to 130w combined 3.3v/5v is a problem is that the slots are NOT the only place power is being used. 5VSB on these dell power supplies is 3 to 4 AMPS aka 15 - 20W
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Hi I have the exact same specs as you! But i updated my GPU Two Months ago, With A GTX-1060 3GB from EVGA, And It's Running Smoothly With It! So Far I had no problems with at all! Ohhh Just to mention it, I had already use a friend's AMD Radeon RX580 4GB for several months on it without any issues too, that's exactly what pushed me to buy my own card too! I think this should help you too! if you didn't buy the card already!
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Hello
Not sure how this forum works, appoliges if posting in wrong area, just received my Renewed Dell MT 7010 from Amazon and attempting to get my 3 monitor system working without any luck, setup as below with DP to HTMI convertor not received and hoping this is the problem, any help much appreciated.
Dell Optiplex 7010 MT Intel Core i7-3770, 16GB, 240GB SSD + 2TB, DVDRW, Windows 10 Pro Mini Tower (Renewed)
2 x DELL U2312HM Monitors
1 x LG 22LG3050 TV/Monitor
Connections
2 x DP Leads to Dell Monitors
1 x VGA Lead to 22LG3050 TV/Monitor
bradthetechnut
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August 23rd, 2021 17:00
Is anything working and how is each monitor connected?
Are you using a GPU card (or eGPU) or just integrated graphics, also known as iGPU. Just in case, also be aware using an eGPU automatically disables iGPU.
I answered here as there's more info: https://www.dell.com/community/Optiplex-Desktops/3-Screen-setup/m-p/8019857#M53260 That's the thread we're going to keep going.
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I bought a used AMD Radeon R5 340X 2gb DDR3 for $25, removed the bracket and installed it and its working great. And photoshop 2022 requires a 2gb minimum which I use daily. Very happy with it.
Highly recommend that graphics card for a dell optiplex 7010 sff
Karthikeyan0202
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May 9th, 2022 09:00
Hello, how about GTX 1650 super, how much does it bottleneck
bradthetechnut
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Hi @Karthikeyan0202,
Instead of starting a new thread, your post got stuck somewhere's in the middle of an old one. So I take it you have a 7010? What size/form factor and what CPU? Also, the 1650 SUPER is a 100w card that needs higher than 275w PSU.
Also, with this being an old thread, I need to elaborate that I don't support 75w GPU's being ran on 250w or 240w PSU's as that's outside of Dell specs.