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Graphics Card support on OEM Motherboard?

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So long as there is proper ventilation in the case it should in theory be fine.

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Hello there

 

 

I have wanted to up the graphics performance of a system I acquired some time back. 

 

The computer is a Dell Vostro 460 with 16 Gb of ram, 128 GB SSD, 1 TB HDD, and a Intel Core i7 2600.

 

 

My question is: 

 

Is it possible to add a current graphics card to this system, I’m personally thinking a R9 380 as I would only want to game in 1080p.

 

Power consumption is also not a worry for me, as I have a spare 280-Watt power supply I plan to run the graphics card of.

 

Even though it might be a good idea in the future, I do not have space in my budget to go out an buy a new motherboard at the monent.

 

Thanks in advance 

 

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Dual PSU configs don't work out well.

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If you can swap the current psu of the dell system with a higher watt ATX psu thats the way to go!

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Okay, that might be a good idea, but is it totaly okay to be running a current graphics card in a system that was never desinged to do so?

 

(Thanks for the quick reply BTW)

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So long as there is proper ventilation in the case it should in theory be fine.

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Thank you very much to everyone who replyed, it did actully help me out

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