Upgrading my Dell.

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Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Fonaplats » Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:06 pm

Shell is gonna need a laptop soon and the only way i can live with that is if i drop a few bucks into my machine too.
It has 8gb ram but can go to 16gb.
How do i find out what kind of ram sticks i need.
Also i wanna put a cheap little graphics card in but i dont wanna spend much.
Problem with i dunno what kind to buy.
Keep in mind i have a smaller sized computer case.
What size case is this?
What kind of graphics cardz fit?

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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Enigma » Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:08 am

DDR3 ram, and as far as video cards it has to be slimline in that case.
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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by huffraid » Wed Dec 04, 2019 6:32 am

if you take the cover off you can fit any card in there that the PCI slot fits.

Thats how I have my AI server setup. heating is controlled with a boxfan sometimes but the system fans seem to work most of the time.

just buy what fits in the motherboard and wont fall out from being too heavy

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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Enigma » Wed Dec 04, 2019 5:14 pm

I have an Nvidia Quadro 640 or some shit that I'm not using anymore.
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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Fonaplats » Sat Dec 07, 2019 1:12 am

I am going to look into all this after the new year.
Due to my outrageous $281 electric bill I am now piss poor.

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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by huffraid » Sat Dec 07, 2019 2:24 am

If I happen to get a THIRD GPU for my AI training/gaming rig Ill send you my old gtx780 i think it is. it can run ARMA3 at a reasonable setting actually and can at least run fallout 3 on highish settings.

although the cpu on that one was an 15-7400 so that might have helped

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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Enigma » Sat Dec 07, 2019 6:59 am

You really might as well look into it now and have a really informed decision when the time comes. I had to wait like a month before I even settled on what I wanted, then another 3 weeks after that to GET what I wanted. Totally worth it though, because for $170 I got hardware that blows my old shit out of the water, and has enough room to upgrade that I'll be running this rig for at least 5 years.
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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Fonaplats » Sat Dec 14, 2019 2:01 am

Ill take Huffraid's freebie!

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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Enigma » Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:49 am

It won't work in your case or with your PSU, but okay. Have fun with your paperweight :)
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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Fonaplats » Sun Dec 15, 2019 2:10 pm

Helladamnleet wrote:
Sat Dec 14, 2019 7:49 am
It won't work in your case or with your PSU, but okay. Have fun with your paperweight :)
Then tell me what to use.

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Re: Upgrading my Dell.

Post by Enigma » Mon Dec 16, 2019 5:23 am

I did.
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