Dell Optiplex PSU Power Enough?
#1
hey guys i am looking at getting a dell optiplex to make a openelec build of xbmc i have rang the seller and he said he thinks the PSU is 275watts and i have been looking at some nvidia card and they say minimum recommended system power is 300 watts do you think it would run alright on these this is the cards i was looking at if you look at the specs you can see on the gainward one it says 300watts but under max card usage it only says 30.5watt


http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/280786740098?...1423.l2649
http://www.msy.com.au/product.jsp?productId=7761
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#2
you'll be fine.
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#3
There is nothing to worry about. I use GT430 with 250W PSU without any issue.
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#4
awesome thanks guys i was planning on buying two of these as they are cheap and didn't want to have them an not be able to use them properly

can i ask looking at those would they fit into a x16 pci slot as i get confused between all the different slot names as the pc's have a spare x16 spare slot

this is what it says under specs

Quote:Specs are as follows:


AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Dual Core CPU
DVD Drive - watch DVDs!

Windows XP Service Pack 3 (Updated and Runs Great!)
2Gb DDR2 Ram
x16 PCI Express Slot Spare
Gigabit Ethernet
80GB 7200RPM HDD
NVIDIA Quadro NVS210 Video

i obviously will be running either openelec or xbmc live though instead of Win XP
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#5
well it says x16 PCI Express Slot Spare so, yeah
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#6
eskro Wrote:well it says x16 PCI Express Slot Spare so, yeah


i was basically asking those video cards go into a x16 pci express slot or did they require a different type of slot on the mobo

i get the them confused as to what a x16 looks Like compared to a regular pci slot Smile
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