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XPS 8300 GPU Upgrade
Hi,
I bought my XPS 8300 back in 2011. It's been good to me over the years, but now I'm finding that I could use a GPU upgrade. It runs most games, but barely meets the minimum. I'm still running Windows 7, but plan to upgrade to 10 at the end of the year. It has the stock Dell 460W PSU so I'll probably have to replace that as well. I want the best bang that will run on this system, and fit in the case. It has the following specs:
CPU i7-2600@3.4GHz
Ram 16 GB
GPU AMD HD 6700
Thanks.
DELL-Chris M
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March 10th, 2015 08:00
Reminder, Dell will not validate Windows 8/8.1/10 on this model. So you will need to search elsewhere for drivers.
Retail video cards reported by users to work with our 460w power supply =
Nvidia GeForce GT 740
Nvidia GeForce GTX 750 Ti
AMD Radeon HD7750
Retail video cards with upgraded power supply =
Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660
Nvidia GeForce GTX 760
Nvidia GeForce GTX 770
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960
Nvidia GeForce GTX 970
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980
Radeon HD 7750
Radeon R7 250E
Radeon R9 270X
Rexy4u
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March 24th, 2015 16:00
I can confirm this is true,I have a dell xps 8300 and i just put a geforce gtx 960 in with a 550 power supply and it works great.I tried it with the stock 460 power and it does work however the computer was VERY slow so i upgraded it.I hope this helps someone because i had a very hard time finding this out on my own.Switching out the power supply is simple it took less than 15 minutes to put in the new card and power supply.Its a tight fit but worth it.The gtx 960 i bought is made by M.S.I.
caravel
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March 10th, 2015 14:00
Thanks
caravel
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March 25th, 2015 08:00
Thanks for letting me know about the 550 PSU. I was looking at getting a 600, but it's nice to know that a slightly lower wattage works too.
Minot7777
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July 29th, 2015 21:00
Do you know where you got the power supply or what type you got? Just want to make sure I get the right one...
Rexy4u
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July 29th, 2015 22:00
I bought the video card and power supply from newegg.The power supply is from Antec its called EarthWatts Platinum 550 watt.