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Dell power supply ?

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the snake

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can anyone give an idea on the total output of this Dell power supply, a friend just got a new Dell PC and he may want to upgrade the GPU in it, but i am not sure how large of a GPU he can put in there ?

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That PSU is fairly close to being a regular 400W to 450W PSU since it has 385W on the +12V rail or ~32A on the +12V rail. ~32A is generally found on 400W to 450W PSUs.

What's the rest of the specs of the PC?
 
the snake said:
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Also, please tell us the numbers underneath the reverse R and normal U logo. In your picture, it looks like it's covered by the flash/light
 
Well that's a relatively new system. Most likely you can upgrade to a HD6950 or GTX 560. You may even be able to go to a 580, although that will push it a bit.
 
I highly doubt those cards can be trusted with that white box psu. gtx 460 or 6850 is the most I would ask of that psu.
 
You have 385W of 12V power (most stuff in a modern PC runs off 12V)

Afaict you have a CPU with a TDP of 95W, allow 50W or so for other bits and peices (drives, motherboard etc) and a bit of a safety margin and you have about 200W left to spend on the GPU, you might get away with going a little higher than that but you would be pushing the PSU right to it's limits which is generally not a good idea.
 
if you look at the top right hand side, it says 460 watt. Upgrade, I would use at least a 500 watt or better. a good GTX card normally wants around 600watts
 
A good GTX card needs only 500 watts. TDP of the 580 is 250 watts. Actual power consumption of the 580 is around 200 watts not overclocked. To say it needs a 600 watt power supply is BS. So he's fine with going to a 560 or 6950.

Most current Dell power supplies are actually fairly good quality, and can be trusted to put out their rated specs.
 
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