Will this graphics card work in my build?

[HunchoGang]

Ok so my freind has a Gtx 1650 low profile that he doesn't need and wants to give it to me so I can play some of my favorite games which are Cod Warzone, and Apex Legends. Yes I know there are better options out there, but if I can get a decent graphics card for free, I will. My question is will this Gtx 1650 low profile work in my Dell optiplex 390 build. By work I mean, is it actually compatible with my motherboard and the chipset because I heard if a graphics card doesn't have certain necessities like an updated bios, etc, even if it is physically compatible your monitor could black screen. My PC has an i7-2600, 16 gb of ram, a 500 GB SSD and a 1 tb SSD. Any help will be appreciated.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

4 minutes ago, HunchoGang said:

Ok so my freind has a Gtx 1650 low profile that he doesn't need and wants to give it to me so I can play some of my favorite games which are Cod Warzone, and Apex Legends. Yes I know there are better options out there, but if I can get a decent graphics card for free, I will. My question is will this Gtx 1650 low profile work in my Dell optiplex 390 build. By work I mean, is it actually compatible with my motherboard and the chipset because I heard if a graphics card doesn't have certain necessities like an updated bios, etc, even if it is physically compatible your monitor could black screen. My PC has an i7-2600, 16 gb of ram, a 500 GB SSD and a 1 tb SSD. Any help will be appreciated.

For the most part, as long as it has a PCI-e slot, you can put in any PCI-e graphics card you can find. PCI-e is backwards compatiable so you can even put in a GTX 2080 Ti in an old Pentium 4 system. You just wouldn't be getting the most out of that card. But yes, a GTX 1650 Low Profile will work in your Optiplex 390. Since it doesn't seem that GTX 1650 requires additional PCI-e power, you shouldn't even need to upgrade PSUs. 

[The Torrent]

6 minutes ago, HunchoGang said:

Ok so my freind has a Gtx 1650 low profile that he doesn't need and wants to give it to me so I can play some of my favorite games which are Cod Warzone, and Apex Legends. Yes I know there are better options out there, but if I can get a decent graphics card for free, I will. My question is will this Gtx 1650 low profile work in my Dell optiplex 390 build. By work I mean, is it actually compatible with my motherboard and the chipset because I heard if a graphics card doesn't have certain necessities like an updated bios, etc, even if it is physically compatible your monitor could black screen. My PC has an i7-2600, 16 gb of ram, a 500 GB SSD and a 1 tb SSD. Any help will be appreciated.

How many watt PSU is it?

[HunchoGang]

The psu is a 500 W antec psu

[HunchoGang]

But I heard not all graphics cards are compatible with all motherboards even if they physically fit into the pc

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 minutes ago, HunchoGang said:

But I heard not all graphics cards are compatible with all motherboards even if they physically fit into the pc

It's possible the OEM will whitelist certain GPUs that would then block non-certified cards from running on it. But from my experience Dells don't do that sort of shenanigans. Dell Optiplexes are always recommended around here for budget builds. 

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, HunchoGang said:

But I heard not all graphics cards are compatible with all motherboards even if they physically fit into the pc

Make sure that you quote people so we can see your responses

 

Usually the only cards that have trouble with older OEM motherboards are the RX series, the Polaris cards usually.

[HunchoGang]

23 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

Make sure that you quote people so we can see your responses

 

Usually the only cards that have trouble with older OEM motherboards are the RX series, the Polaris cards usually.

So in summary, I am nearly guaranteed or have a high chance of this card working in my system?

[HunchoGang]

I saw someone put a Gtx 1660 super in one, but I don't know what he did to get it to work. Was it simple plug and play, or bios updates, Windows updates, drivers, yada yada yada

[Fasauceome]

1 minute ago, HunchoGang said:

So in summary, I am nearly guaranteed or have a high chance of this card working in my system?

Yeah it's probably going to work fine. All of the old Dell optiplex models I've added graphics cards to have not complained.

[HunchoGang]

Ok thanks man

[OU812]

46 minutes ago, HunchoGang said:

Ok so my freind has a Gtx 1650 low profile that he doesn't need and wants to give it to me so I can play some of my favorite games which are Cod Warzone, and Apex Legends. Yes I know there are better options out there, but if I can get a decent graphics card for free, I will. My question is will this Gtx 1650 low profile work in my Dell optiplex 390 build. By work I mean, is it actually compatible with my motherboard and the chipset because I heard if a graphics card doesn't have certain necessities like an updated bios, etc, even if it is physically compatible your monitor could black screen. My PC has an i7-2600, 16 gb of ram, a 500 GB SSD and a 1 tb SSD. Any help will be appreciated.

Im running that exact card in a Optiplex 990 SFF as my HTPC. Speds in my sig.

[HunchoGang]

41 minutes ago, OU812 said:

Im running that exact card in a Optiplex 990 SFF as my HTPC. Speds in my sig.

Damn that's cool. Any tips for me? I plan on doing mine in a 390

[OU812]

2 hours ago, HunchoGang said:

Damn that's cool. Any tips for me? I plan on doing mine in a 390

No real tips, just stuff it full. I used a corsair 3.5 to 2.5 adapter so I could use two 2.5 drives in place of the single 3.5. Looking at getting a 12.7mm Bluray drive for it.