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June 22nd, 2020 06:00
Upgrading GPU and other components in T3620 365w chassis
I have a Precision T3620 with the uprated 365 watt chassis. According to the manual, this computer is compatible with up to a 150 watt GPU. (I currently have a P2000 installed). I have no HDD/ODD, only the Dell 1TB SSD on the mainboard. Also, a puny Xeon e3-1225v6 and 16GB of RAM, so there should be some additional headroom left if I wanted to stuff in a 160 watt RTX2060, or 175 watt RTX2070, right? Or will the whole thing blow up in my face?
This computer has served me well but I have moved to a mobile workstation and want to upgrade my old tower for gaming.
I have looked into an aftermarket PSU and I know it would fit so long as I keep it under 150mm length, and double check the cheesy little ATX-Dell adapter was built correctly before I plug it in. At that point I may as well go whole-hog and stuff in the most ridiculous GPU I can afford? I may entertain adding a core i7 and the full 64GB ram but I think that will have to be done at once, I'm pretty sure my current memory is ECC which the i7 cannot handle?
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June 29th, 2020 03:00
If it helps:
I installed an MSI 1650 Super ("Gaming X" version so with factory OC) drawing from the 6 pin on the 365W. I think this is about as powerful a GPU you can currently use without a new PSU. It is a cool running card. Barely goes above 40C.
NB: this card only just fits. Just be careful to ensure the USB data cables between the MB and the front I/O panel do not catch the fans on the GPU using a cable tie.
In the same T3620 chassis: 1x CD/DVD optical, 1x 1TB NVMe PCIe SSD, 1 x 1TB 7500rpm HDD, 4 x 8GB RAM, Xeon e3 1270 v5. GPU is connected to 2 x 32" using display ports. No power supply issues so far.