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Need Help On GPU For Alienware X51

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I am really having trouble finding a GPU under 120 watts that is blower style to upgrade my old Alienware X51 to a new GPU because if I try my 650ti in there it overheats because the way its designed is for the GPU fan and CPU fan which are controlled by the temperature of the chip they are cooling to act as exhaust fans for the entire computer and there are no other fans but this itty bitty intake fan in the front of the machine to cool the hard drive so I realy need help to find a new GPU for that machine because there are no GPU's out there that I can find that aren't over 120-130 watts that are a blower style cooler and the desktop only uses laptop syle power bricks and they do sell a more powerful 330 watt power brick for the alienware but I'm not ready to fork over $150 for a power brick and also I don't want to move the alienware to a new case because it isn't worth the trouble with all the propriatart stuff on the board.

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The RX 470 when it comes out.

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38 minutes ago, SuperShermanTanker said:

I am really having trouble finding a GPU under 120 watts that is blower style to upgrade my old Alienware X51 to a new GPU because if I try my 650ti in there it overheats because the way its designed is for the GPU fan and CPU fan which are controlled by the temperature of the chip they are cooling to act as exhaust fans for the entire computer and there are no other fans but this itty bitty intake fan in the front of the machine to cool the hard drive so I realy need help to find a new GPU for that machine because there are no GPU's out there that I can find that aren't over 120-130 watts that are a blower style cooler and the desktop only uses laptop syle power bricks and they do sell a more powerful 330 watt power brick for the alienware but I'm not ready to fork over $150 for a power brick and also I don't want to move the alienware to a new case because it isn't worth the trouble with all the propriatart stuff on the board.

RX 470 when that comes out.

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