Inspiron 3470, GPU upgrade?

So I bought a GTX 1050 low profile card thinking it would fit and the problem is the power supply prevents the card from fitting in the slot.  Any cards with fan configuration in such a way that it is opposite of the power supply?

A fast one that could play most modern games is the GT 1030. However, it will not work here with the 200W power supply, having 30W power consumption plus the 106 in the CPU and however much else elsewhere

Are you sure about this? All fine with the 200W PSU no problems or failing to start?

I was just on a live chat session with Dell customer service. He said that the video card I bought, even though it was low-profile and fit into the PCI-express slot was not compatible with the 200-watt power supply. So I will have to return it and find something less powerful. It was an MSI AMD Radeon R72402364P 2GB DDR3 VGA/DVI/HDMI Low Profile PCI-Express Video Card.

Does anyone know for sure of a card that will work with this 3470?

• Model: Inspiron 3470
• Part Number: D02VH

Is a tiny system that DOES NOT SUPPORT 75W cards.

https://topics-cdn.dell.com/pdf/inspiron-3470-desktop_service-manual_en-us.pdf

GT1030 is the only card that works.

PNY  VCGGT10302PB

https://www.pny.com/geforce-gt-1030

Dell A9763687

https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/accessories/apd/a9763687

Dell A9763687

https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/inspiron-3470-desktop/inspiron_3470_servicemanual/before-working-inside-your-computer?guid=guid-5d3b1051-9384-409a-8d5b-9b53bd496de8&lang=en-us

DELL 3470

OPTIONAL CARD

omg , its a new PC. and has low profile cards so high profile 120mm do not fit 79mm PCs, ever.

always tell helpers, new PC and low profile first.

Unless the maker of the card (some do) 10000 card made ok , have 2 Jbackets (or the hocky stick size)

this MOBO has   a x16 slot the service manual is free to read at any time.  and shows what to do (installing that)

why do you need more GPU,  2d or 3d or both, name one thing that you need it for ?  APPS wise.  name  some program that runs slow,is this  gaming question, PCs can do 10,00o things, and what you do Ive no clue, ever.

that manual is no good, shows x16 slot, only, never covers PCIE at all and only oblique shows errors codes

GPU+PCI as a code,  so does take a GPU card in the lower slot (outboard slot 2)

now the best, real folks 326 did  post but not all are upgrades, with this PC that popped in the short card GT1030 (is only 20watts version 2 card not v1), v1 is 30watts.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/System/Dell-Inspiron-3470/90805

see more cards that worked above.

single wide cards fit,  low profile, and only low power,  200watt PSU is lame.

next time buy a PC that can have endless choices of PSU and then run wide case so most GPU on earth run.

120mm case slots,  not 79mm, low profile. (1/2 height cards)

no statement at all what needs faster 2d or 3d,  can you name one thing that is slow now, specific

PCs do 10,000 things, I cant guess that. (and matters, if  you need it to REALLY WORK RIGHT FOR YOU)

like this tower.

up to 800watt PSU options,  many dells are 265 ro 290watt limited or less.  200watts GPU unfriendly.

https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-desktop-computers/xps-tower-special-edition/spd/xps-8930-se-desktop/xdvsetcr004s

XPS 8930 (in many versions, check it out,) and has GPU AUX power cables inside ready to go huge GPU> (RTX)

even 465watt can do wonders. for GPU upgrades, even the GTX1650 (wow)

I have a question so I have a Dell Inspiron 3471 small and I was thinking about buying the Nvidia 1050 low profile, but I was wondering if it would fit.Also would my pc be able to handle it, my pc has 200w.

Sorry to dig up an old thread.

I have the 3470 and would like to use 3 monitors, would the below grahics card work?.

Ideally I would like to use the DP and HDMI on the graphics card and the HDMI on the 3470 and ditch the VGA.

https://www.scan.co.uk/products/gigabyte-geforce-gt-1030-low-profile-2gb-gddr5-graphics-card-384-core-1227mhz-gpu-1468mhz-boost?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=feed_clicks&utm_content=surfaces_across_google&gclid=Cj0KCQiA5vb-BRCRARIsAJBKc6IYEcCVyag2WLUGoqzFzRPnvBgVvjoDi0HVEa_DgONAD3x6cKn4yIwaAt2QEALw_wcB

Thanks

Jon

@jonboy1081  - Do you currently have any add-in video card?

You probably have a 200W PSU in this  Inspiron 3470 PC. The Gigabit card you mentioned has a recommended PSU of 300W...

There's always a USB3>HDMI dongle for one of your monitors. Just make sure the dongle supports your version of Windows, and the "native" (aka: "recommended" or "optimum") resolution of the monitor to be connected to the dongle.

I know this thread is old but I don't think I saw a post of anyone that actually shared success upgrading the graphics card on the compact 3470.  I bought the exact card referenced by speedstep (thanks).  I did not disable secure boot.  I did not change the graphics card default in the BIOS (it was set to auto).  I did not uninstall and video drivers.  I installed the card the started the computer.  It took much longer to boot the first time and I had 1 warning screen that the date/time was not set.  Once it booted up I downloaded drivers from NVIDIA and installed to replace MS basic drivers.  No issues since.  Under task manager/performance I can see the Intel GPU is now idle and the NVIDIA GPU is active.

@Jtorcan  - The date/time warning sounds like the motherboard battery needs to be replaced. When it dies, the PC loses current date/time, and all other BIOS customizations, when it's unplugged (like when you swapped video cards).

When PC boots after manually entering date/time, Windows will automatically keep them synchronized in the background using Microsoft's time server, as long as PC doesn't get unplugged, if you don't replace the battery.

Thanks @RoHe 

Makes sense.

@Jtorcan 

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A DL2032 battery is easily replaced and not expensive.  Most Grocery Stores etc carry these because blood sugar machines use the same battery.  You only need 1.

3470 service manual 

Duracell DL2032 Battery

Removing the Battery

Battery Replacement procedure