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Dell Power Supply Upgrade

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Hawkeye

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Well, my video card fan won't work due to an unsuccessful fix attempt so now it's running on just a heatsink. So I either need to buy a new 9600XT or upgrade. However, to upgrade I'd need a new power supply since the Dell is only 250W. I'm looking at this which is $120 and way too exspensive. But then I found this which is a reasonable price and will allow me to spend half as much on a new regular ATX power supply. Anyways, I have a Dimension 8200 and I was wondering if the adapter would indeed allow me to get a much cheaper standard ATX power supply.
 
I thought the 8200 did NOT require an adapter/proprietary Dell PSU. ???
 
I used a Sparkle Power 400W unit for replacement of my stock 250W Dell power supply. Does your case have just a small opening in the back for the fan and power plug only? I believe that you can use a standard ATX power supply in that computer. If the replacement power supply has an on/off toggle switch, you would have to trim the back of the case to make it fit though.

The Sparkle unit I used was a FSP400-60PFN or something like that. I got it off zipzoomfly.com and the Sparkle does not have a toggle switch. Mine bolted right into my old Dell with no problems.
 
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