According the specs, it is a standard PCIe so in theory any GPU will plug in BUT (and it is a big Jennifer Lopez size butt) you will be constrained by your power supply unit and how physically large the new GPU is. E.g. an RTX 3090 won't fit in and the stock PSU would not be able to provide enough juice. But maybe a Quadro RTX 4000 would.
Hence, you need to give an idea of what you want to do.
The tech spec suggest you might have one of two PSUs depending if a tower or small form. If the small form at 255w it is quite limiting.
I will only talk about Nvidia as I have no experience of AMD. I went through the same journey as you. I have a 3620 and it looks pretty similar chassis to the T1700 and I swapped out the PSU and the GPU.
If mostly to speed up Blender, then you don’t need a Quadro (which are more expensive and tend to be a bit slower than the equivalent Geforce silicon).
Short answer:
If you have the 365w PSU then I think a GTX 1650 Super is the “best” you might get in terms of grunt. I had a 365w PSU in my 3620 and (after research) I installed a 1650S. (Don’t bother with non-super 1650).
To confirm your PSU just pop open the side panel and take a look. It won’t do any harm. But I must stress get a ruler and measure up the space you will have as the cages for the HDD will limit what you GPU can fit in. A lot of GTX gamers’ cards seem to have stupid dimensions for pointless cosmetic reasons.
Long answer:
Your constraints are budget/GPU availability/GPU size/power supply. The shortage of GPUs is well known due to scalpers, supply-chain, work-from-home, crypto miners etc. So prices have gone crazy/all sold out. So you might have to pay £££ for the card you really want + more powerful GPUs need more meaty PSUs.
But a) be sure about the card dimensions and b) the PSU demands before you commit.
For the PSU, it looks like you could take a standard ATX PSU. If so, 2 things to keep in mind:
A “modular” PSU is best so you don’t have a rats’ nests of unnecessary cables. It will allow you to plug in just the cables you need.
I actually went through 2 different GPUs. At first I had an MSI GTX 1650 Super which at the time was not so expensive and for me did not need a PSU upgrade. So it was a good compromise. But it only just managed to fit inside. Compared to you K620 any of these cards will be huge in comparison.
Later on I installed a 750watt modular PSU and an RTX3070 Founder Edition (Nvidia’s own card) but I don’t think these are available anymore. But if you can get one it is fabulous card is relatively compact with a clean design fitting nicely.
PSUs and GPUs are easy to swap out. Just be careful on things like not unscrewing the PSU and letting it drop down and smash the other components. There are plenty of youtube vids on upgrading CPUs and GPUs so with a bit of confidence and care you can do it.
I can't say with 100% certainty but I don't think Win7 will be a problem with a new GPU. What might happen is that if you install a new card your screen res might drop to something like 640x480 until you get latest nividia drivers for that card. It's an easy update from the nvidia web.
T1700 with optional 365W power and TPM 1.2 can do windows 10 or 11 and run a quadro RTX 4000 which is a good upgrade and certfied for VR, CAD, workloads.
This is my daily driver now YESTON RX550 /B0953673BB is also ok for these workloads but 5X costs less. The RX550 also works fine even with the 290W version of the T1700 because its a 50W TDP card.
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Hi, it will help if you say what your planned use for the new GPU would be. Gaming or work. Casual or compute heavy etc.
https://i.dell.com/sites/csdocuments/Shared-Content_data-Sheets_Documents/en/us/Dell-Precision-T1700-Spec-Sheet-tab.pdf
According the specs, it is a standard PCIe so in theory any GPU will plug in BUT (and it is a big Jennifer Lopez size butt) you will be constrained by your power supply unit and how physically large the new GPU is. E.g. an RTX 3090 won't fit in and the stock PSU would not be able to provide enough juice. But maybe a Quadro RTX 4000 would.
Hence, you need to give an idea of what you want to do.
The tech spec suggest you might have one of two PSUs depending if a tower or small form. If the small form at 255w it is quite limiting.
studio archibli
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January 16th, 2022 01:00
Thanks for the answer.
I need this upgrade to improve rendering speed in blender. So I need a good GPU.
I have a tower.. not small form. I can consider to change my power supply if needed..
thank you very much
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January 16th, 2022 12:00
I will only talk about Nvidia as I have no experience of AMD. I went through the same journey as you. I have a 3620 and it looks pretty similar chassis to the T1700 and I swapped out the PSU and the GPU.
If mostly to speed up Blender, then you don’t need a Quadro (which are more expensive and tend to be a bit slower than the equivalent Geforce silicon).
Short answer:
If you have the 365w PSU then I think a GTX 1650 Super is the “best” you might get in terms of grunt. I had a 365w PSU in my 3620 and (after research) I installed a 1650S. (Don’t bother with non-super 1650).
To confirm your PSU just pop open the side panel and take a look. It won’t do any harm. But I must stress get a ruler and measure up the space you will have as the cages for the HDD will limit what you GPU can fit in. A lot of GTX gamers’ cards seem to have stupid dimensions for pointless cosmetic reasons.
Long answer:
Your constraints are budget/GPU availability/GPU size/power supply. The shortage of GPUs is well known due to scalpers, supply-chain, work-from-home, crypto miners etc. So prices have gone crazy/all sold out. So you might have to pay £££ for the card you really want + more powerful GPUs need more meaty PSUs.
But a) be sure about the card dimensions and b) the PSU demands before you commit.
For the PSU, it looks like you could take a standard ATX PSU. If so, 2 things to keep in mind:
I actually went through 2 different GPUs. At first I had an MSI GTX 1650 Super which at the time was not so expensive and for me did not need a PSU upgrade. So it was a good compromise. But it only just managed to fit inside. Compared to you K620 any of these cards will be huge in comparison.
Later on I installed a 750watt modular PSU and an RTX3070 Founder Edition (Nvidia’s own card) but I don’t think these are available anymore. But if you can get one it is fabulous card is relatively compact with a clean design fitting nicely.
PSUs and GPUs are easy to swap out. Just be careful on things like not unscrewing the PSU and letting it drop down and smash the other components. There are plenty of youtube vids on upgrading CPUs and GPUs so with a bit of confidence and care you can do it.
studio archibli
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January 17th, 2022 04:00
thank you very much for the answer.. very useful..
I have one last question and then I will not bother you anymore..
I still have win 7.. could be a problem with the new GPU?
thanks..
alishaa
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January 17th, 2022 04:00
Thank you so much for the answer.
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January 18th, 2022 04:00
I can't say with 100% certainty but I don't think Win7 will be a problem with a new GPU. What might happen is that if you install a new card your screen res might drop to something like 640x480 until you get latest nividia drivers for that card. It's an easy update from the nvidia web.
https://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-uk
You might even want to try to update your existing drivers for your old quadro first to run through the process.
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January 18th, 2022 06:00
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https://www.blender.org/download/requirements/
You need to upgrade the os, unless you plan to use an older version of blender
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@studio archibli
T1700 with optional 365W power and TPM 1.2 can do windows 10 or 11 and run a quadro RTX 4000 which is a good upgrade and certfied for VR, CAD, workloads.
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/design-visualization/solutions/vr-ready-systems/
https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/48970443
This is my daily driver now YESTON RX550 /B0953673BB is also ok for these workloads but 5X costs less. The RX550 also works fine even with the 290W version of the T1700 because its a 50W TDP card.
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July 23rd, 2022 04:00
would a 3060 work?