DELL OPTIPLEX 3020 GRAPHICS CARD?

[iamdxpe]

i have an otiplex 3020 tower version and wanted to knoiw what graphics card would work without me replacing the stock power supple unit , cann anyone help?

[Cyracus]

prebuilt pcs tend to get bottom shelf power supplies stuffed in them, not a good idea to add hardware without upgrading it. If you decide to go for it anyway, go with the least power hungry card you can find, like a 1050

[Ausfernando]

Get the 1050 TI, I have it, it’s great for 1080p gaming, and it doesn’t need much power 

[geek on fleek]

2 minutes ago, Ausfernando said:

Get the 1050 TI, I have it, it’s great for 1080p gaming, and it doesn’t need much power 

Agreed. get a 1050ti. Anything above it is super inflated/hard to find because of the cryptocurrency mining thing going on

[onlybuilt4cubanxlinx]

750ti might be your best bet on the used market. Sub $90.

[DrDerp]

Is this a Small Form Factor PC?

[trevrez]

I had been looking at some cheap DELL pre-builts for my nephews and what I found was that some have a 35W limit on the PCIe slot instead of the standard 75W.  The GTX 1050/TI needs 75W.    The GTX 1030 is 30W.

 

I do not know what the 3020 supports and they fail to bother mentioning it on spec sheet:

 

http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/corporate/secure/en/Documents/OptiPlex-3020-micro-spec.PDF

 

http://i.dell.com/sites/doccontent/shared-content/data-sheets/en/Documents/CSG-EN-XX-ALL-Optiplex-3020-Spec-Sheet.pdf

 

I'd do some more digging and confirm before you purchase a 75W card.  

 

Sometimes it will will say right on the board (not my pic):

 

 

[Hugsy Malone]

1 hour ago, iamdxpe said:

without me replacing the stock power supple unit

Open it up, look at the power supply. Does it have PCI power connectors? if yes then check the capacity, and you can potentially go for something a bit more powerful.
If not, then you'll be stuck to lower end models.

Considering you can get a 450W Broze power supply for around $40, I don't know why you have written this off?

[trevrez]

21 minutes ago, Hugsy Malone said:

Open it up, look at the power supply. Does it have PCI power connectors? if yes then check the capacity, and you can potentially go for something a bit more powerful.
If not, then you'll be stuck to lower end models.

Considering you can get a 450W Broze power supply for around $40, I don't know why you have written this off?

Looks like the 3020, even the mini tower version which I believe OP has does not use the standard 24pin power connector to the motherboard, its some proprietary power supply so upgrading is not as easy as just dropping a standard ATX PSU in.