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DonCabron
By DonCabron
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Hello All,

This is my first post here and I would appreciate any guidance/suggestions on the following:

 

I've bought a Dell PC (http://slickdeals.net/f/6230772-dell-xps-8700-desktop-i7-4770-cpu-8gb-ddr3-1tb-hdd-radeon-hd-7570-dvdrw-wifi-windows-8-650-free-shipping) with the following specs :

 

 

DELL XPS 8700:

  • Intel Core 4th Generation i7-4770 Processor (8M Cache, up to 3.9 GHz)
  • 12 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
  • 1TB Hard Drive
  • 1GB AMD Radeon HD 7570
  • 16X DVDRW
  • WiFi + Bluetooth 4.0
  • Windows 8

It comes with a 460 W PSU.

 

I would like to upgrade my video card and get one that will play the most recent games in FHD, I do not intend on getting a 4K monitor anytime soon.

 

Can anyone of you give me some recommendations, specially if I will be needing to change my PSU what would you recommend to me.

 

Thanks in advance.

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The GTX 970 and GTX 980 would do nicely, but you will likely need to get a different case to support the longer length cards (a Cooler Master N200 will do.) And I would suggest a new PSU, but it isn't necessary. The Rosewill Capstone 550M, EVGA SuperNova 650 G2 and Corsair CS550M are all good.

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The 970 MSI Gaming will run on 470 watt just fine since you got Haswell CPU witch is also very low power. Just don't overclock to be safe, else buy 650watt PSU also.

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a 970 and a gold rated 650 watt psu. I would ditch that dell psu as soon as possible. They like to take out allot of components all at once when they fail.

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Thanks for your quick reply guys !

 

So Probably a PSU change should be recommended right?

 

BTW I am expecting to spend around 300 for this ( It could be more if I Can get a nice video card to play everything on ultra)

 

Thanks again !

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The 970 MSI Gaming will run on 470 watt just fine since you got Haswell CPU witch is also very low power. Just don't overclock to be safe, else buy 650watt PSU also.

970 and a 4770 will work on a 470W PSU but only if it's a decent quality one, who knows what Dell puts in their OEM units

"Rawr XD"

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Thanks for your quick reply guys !

 

So Probably a PSU change should be recommended right?

 

BTW I am expecting to spend around 300 for this ( It could be more if I Can get a nice video card to play everything on ultra)

 

Thanks again !

Yes, unless you can provide us with very specific information on the PSU itself, even then, it's highly recommended to get a new PSU. Since you have a non-K locked CPU, the one I'd suggest is the Rosewill Capstone 550W

"Rawr XD"

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So Probably a PSU change should be recommended right?

No couse i think its made by Delta so its a very good psu .300$ budget for gpu and psu ... chances are the new psu you get is worse than the one you have now

 

anyway try to get a gtx 970,it runs just fine even on a decent 400w psu

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No couse i think its made by Delta so its a very good psu .300$ budget for gpu and psu ... chances are the new psu you get is worse than the one you have now

 

anyway try to get a gtx 970,it runs just fine even on a decent 400w psu

Thanks for the Advice.

I have now my aims on that one,

It's a 4GB VRAM card right?. I'm watching reviews and it looks great.

 

Thanks to everyone!

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980 or 970 sli would be amazing or even a single 970

My Cheap But Good Rig: I7-3770s, Intel Motherboard (actually made by intel), 16gb DDR3, Nvidia Gtx 1070, 250gb Samsung 850 EVO SSD, 750gb HDD, Evga 500 BR power supply

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Any XPS 8700 users that know about the problem with GTX 970? :S

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