XPS 8700, graphics card upgrade, #2

Thanks. Hey what card do you recomend I get?

Cables should be fine on that power supply.

The 7" length cards with the single fan made by EVGA and MSI should be fine and make it easier to manage the SATA cables from the optical drives.  6GB card and same clock speed as the longer cards and temps are fine.

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-6161-KR

This one has a faster clock speed:

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-6163-KR

Oh okay a 1050 or a low end 1060. I don't have my computer side panel open right now tell you what's the wattage of the psu and the type of cable. Thanks.

Hello, I'm also planning to get a 6Gb GTX 1060 to my 5 year-old XPS 8700.

If I understood the specs correclty, GTX 1060 only requires 400W PSU (while the original XPS 8700 was fitted with a 460W PSU.

GTX 1070 & 1080 require 600W PSU, right ?

The single-fan EVGA cards you mentioned (06G-P4-6161-KR & 06G-P4-6163-KR ) seem to be the easiest to fit.

But aren't the single-fan cards the noisiest ?

The SC double-fan 06G-P4-6267-KR should fit as well, right ?

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@Pauluous wrote:

Hello, I'm also planning to get a 6Gb GTX 1060 to my 5 year-old XPS 8700.

If I understood the specs correclty, GTX 1060 only requires 400W PSU (while the original XPS 8700 was fitted with a 460W PSU.

GTX 1070 & 1080 require 600W PSU, right ?

 

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Yes upgrade the PSU with a GTX 1070 or GTX 1080.

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 The single-fan EVGA cards you mentioned (06G-P4-6161-KR & 06G-P4-6163-KR ) seem to be the easiest to fit.

But aren't the single-fan cards the noisiest ?

The SC double-fan 06G-P4-6267-KR should fit as well, right ?

 

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Yes that EVGA ACX 3.0 card shoud fit at 10.5" x 4.38"

Both the single fan and dual fan cards can be loud at higher loads.  

The shorter card takes a 6 pin power connector, the longer card takes a 8 pin connector.

The shorter card is a rear blower type card, will vent heat outside of the case.  The long ACX dual fan card has axial fans that mix the hot air back into the case.  Typically with the dual fan card you get the upside of a higher clock speed, but not seeing it with this model.  The problem in low airflow cases at higher loads is the ACX  dual fan card starts to choke on the heat in the case and the noise of 2 fans will be equal to the single fan that isnt working as hard to cool the GPU.  Adding an intake fan will help with that if you go with the ACX dual fan GPU.  

If you go with the longer card you might need longer SATA cables from the optical drive so you can go around or over the back of the 10.5" card. 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KCS8ZUC/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks a lot for all the information regarding the EVGA GTX 1060 cards.

I found the description of several models on the following web-page:

https://www.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+10+Series+Family&chipset=GTX+1060+6GB

Looking at pictures of both single- and double-fan models, I have the impression that in all cases the axial fan(s) will blow the air inside the desktop case. Right ?

Or  am I missing something ? Which models have a rear-blower fan ?

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@Pauluous wrote:

Thanks a lot for all the information regarding the EVGA GTX 1060 cards.

I found the description of several models on the following web-page:

https://www.evga.com/products/productlist.aspx?type=0&family=GeForce+10+Series+Family&chipset=GTX+1060+6GB

Looking at pictures of both single- and double-fan models, I have the impression that in all cases the axial fan(s) will blow the air inside the desktop case. Right ?

Or  am I missing something ? Which models have a rear-blower fan ?

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You are correct.  I took a closer look at the fan configuration of the 7" card, and you are right.  I mistakenly thought it was a short version of the FE card with a rear blower but it is a single ACX fan that will blow the air into the case. 

The only model that has a rear blower type fan is the single fan 10.5" card

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=06G-P4-5161-KR

With a GTX 1060 at 1080p, you should be fine with the ACX fan cards.

More info here on DanH thread XPS 8700 GPU upgrades

https://www.dell.com/community/Desktops-General-Read-Only/XPS-8700-nVidia-GTX-video-card-upgrades/td-p/4536878/page/50

Info here about rear blower vs axial fan use in airflow restricted cases:

https://techbuyersguru.com/founders-edition-vs-open-air-video-card-coolers-definitive-analysis?page=0

More info here about CPU temps, CPU liquid cooling and intake fans 

https://www.dell.com/community/XPS-Desktops/XPS-8700-upgrade-graphics-card/td-p/6192243

I made a mistake the GTX 1660 6BG OC the first card I thought of was the 1060 ti

Nice fit too moved nothingdual 6 to 8 pin cableI just replace my Stock 1GB DDR3 with a MSI Geforce GTX 1660 6GB DDR5 and it's working great. I needed a Dual 6 to 8pin conversion cable. 192 bit I didn't think it would work I ordered the 128 bit bit got 192. The PSU is 460 stock and the card requires 450W so depending on the amount of devices this works. This was the icing on the Cake for this XPS 8700 32GB ram, 1TB ssd, not a video that can play almost everything. Amazon $229