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Upgrades To My Dell OptiPlex 790

DrQuickDroqqed
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Got a dell optiplex 790:

Adding a 430w PSU (No help needed)

Adding 16gb Ram(No help needed)

Looking for help on:

-Is this gpu good for the system?(EVGA GTX 980 ti superclocked 6gb GDDR5)

https://www.evga.com/products/specs/gpu.aspx?pn=3cdfab4c-0eab-44b7-8f32-2a6780a37c4b

 

-Going to upgrade core to an i7-3930k. Anyone got any better suggestions?

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Why are you getting a 900 series card exactly? There are so many good deals on 10 series cards...

 

The 2400 will hold you back, those systems can be BIOS flashed to support 3rd gen, I believe. Even a 2nd gen i7 will help a lot.

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1 minute ago, SenKa said:

Why are you getting a 900 series card exactly? There are so many good deals on 10 series cards...

 

The 2400 will hold you back, those systems can be BIOS flashed to support 3rd gen, I believe. Even a 2nd gen i7 will help a lot.

Because I snagged a gtx 980 ti 6gb for 51 bucks lmfao

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2 minutes ago, DrQuickDroqqed said:

Because I snagged a gtx 980 ti 6gb for 51 bucks lmfao

Great, but how exactly are you going to fit the card in the case? It's low profile.

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10 minutes ago, DrQuickDroqqed said:

I thought the case would be large enough? I can show you what I bought

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-OptiPlex-790-Core-i5-2400-3-10GHz-4GB-250GB-HDD-Mid-Tower-Windows-10-Pro/184000346017

You're right. I was thinking of the small form factor version of the 790. (I have the small one as a spare pc)

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16 minutes ago, SenKa said:

Why are you getting a 900 series card exactly? There are so many good deals on 10 series cards...

 

The 2400 will hold you back, those systems can be BIOS flashed to support 3rd gen, I believe. Even a 2nd gen i7 will help a lot.

Are you saying I can get up to a 3rd gen i7 cpu?

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2 minutes ago, SnowWolf370 said:

Remember, a lot of Dell computers have a locked down BIOS that only accepts certain PCI Express cards.

 

My Optiplex 210L and 780 only accepts a small list of OEM graphic cards/adapters from Dell. Anything else and it refuses to boot.

My optiplex is a 790, do you know if it is compatible? The link is here    https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-OptiPlex-790-Core-i5-2400-3-10GHz-4GB-250GB-HDD-Mid-Tower-Windows-10-Pro/184000346017

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Just now, SnowWolf370 said:

 

I think so, your chances are higher with a 900 series card.

Alright thanks

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1 minute ago, SnowWolf370 said:

 

I think so, your chances are higher with a 900 series card.

Do you know if I can put an i7-3930k in the optiplex?

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47 minutes ago, DrQuickDroqqed said:

Do you know if I can put an i7-3930k in the optiplex?

No, because it uses the LGA 2011 socket. You need an LGA 1155 compatible cpu like the i7 3770. (assuming the bios is compatible, which I'm not sure)

 

Edit: apparently the best cpu you can put with the Q65 chipset is the i7 2600k.

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