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Inspiron 3670, PSU and storage
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a) i7-8700
b) 16GB
1) What is the power supply on this unit?
I may want to add a GTX 1030 later on if the integrated HD 630 is not sufficient
2) Is the storage SSD also NVME. I know it is PCIe and M.2, but that does not necessarily mean NVME.
3) Is the RAM easily upgradeable to 32GB.
4) If I upgrade RAM or add a video card, will I have to get a new Power Supply?
ejn63
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June 6th, 2018 08:00
These have been shipping with 240W power supplies - bear in mind they're small and use a proprietary 6- or 8-pin connector to the mainboard - you'll be very limited in upgrading later and will need a third-party adapter cable to connect a standard power supply.
PCIe and NVMe are synonymous.
It looks like 16G is the max.
Since you're already looking forward to upgrades - the XPS system might be a better starting point. The very small case the Inspirons come in limits things as far as future-proofing.
speedstep
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June 6th, 2018 10:00
There is a card that would work.
http://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/dell-1-gb-amd-radeon-r5-240-full-height-graphic-card/apd/490-bcep/graphic-video-cards
Model R5 240
MPN D33A27
DELL P/N 0C48KP
R5 240
GPU ARCHITECTURE
28nm(GCN)
API SUPPORT5
DirectX® 11.2, Mantle, OpenGL 4.3
PCI EXPRESS® VERSION4
3
AMD POWERTUNE TECHNOLOGY2
Yes
4K RESOLUTION SUPPORT8
Yes
DDMA AUDIO
Yes
HDMI (WITH 4K, STEREO 3D, DEEP COLOR & X.V.COLOR™)
Yes
AMD TRUEAUDIO TECHNOLOGY9
No
AMD EYEFINITY (MAXIMUM DISPLAYS)
2
VIDEO CODEC ENGINE (VCE) (WITH H.264, MPEG-4 ASP, MPEG-2, VC-1 & BLU-RAY 3D)
No
GPU CLOCK SPEED
Up to 780MHz
MEMORY AMOUNT
Up to 2GB DDR3
STREAM PROCESSING UNITS
Up to 384
An Older card would be Dell 8K5F6 Full Height AMD Radeon HD 7470
160 shaders DDR3
https://www.amazon.com/Radeon-GDDR3-Graphics-Dell-Height/dp/B00NGZJ10G