dell optiplex 380 graphics card

You should just use a 500 w power supply to be safe

What one would fit it? Any 500w power supply that fits would be great

Tip:  If you haven't already, use search terms for what you're looking for in Google, EBay, and Amazon.  With the 380 being an older model, you might have to go a little lower, like 450 or 400 watt.

Ok but which one would fit into it? I dont want to waste another £20 on a power supply that doesnt even fit..

If you could link one it would be great.

Thanks

My ASUS GTX 750 TI pulls 58W max playing fortnight on epic settings from my optiplex 380 sff motherboard according to GPUZ.

I installed this into a optiplex 755 sff case with stock 275W PSU and a E5450 xenon 771 mod cpu

where did you see a 25W cap in the technical guide?

the optiplex 755 sff says 25w max on the board but not the 380

Pg. 26. - Searched by using "GPU."  However, upon further review, it may just be listing GPU wattage with the GPU list.

I looked at the tech guide for my 755 MT and it's the same thing - lists a few GPU's only going up to 25 watts, though it can take 75 watts as stamped on the MB.

The tech guides also go back to time of mfr., so many years back for the 380.  It's not unusual for us to find out something worked outside of what Dell printed.  For example, you using a modded Xeon in the 380 is unsupported by Dell, Rockstars might not be able to put support behind it either when answering posts, but it works for you.  At the same time, I went with Rockstar recommendations when upgrading my PC, and didn't go wrong.

As for a more current list or specs., namely GPU wattage for one, I wouldn't mind.  We also learn - What Dell printed, experience, and from Dell Community, and so on.

750 TI will run with 275W stock power supply from a optiplex 755 sff (I don't recommend the SFF 750's they run hot with fans with at 100%) or you can pin mod the 280W PSU found in some dell models different 24 pin connector but it can be maid to work you will need to loose the hard drive to make room for the video card, you can use a 2.5 inch laptop hard drive, I recommend an SSD mounted under the CD rom drive the 380 works with the mod bios to run the 80W Xenon E5450 the best CPU for your build (cheep on aliexpress) just make sure it has the pin mod and is notched for the 775 socket I built one with an Asus phoenix fan GTX 1050 ti you will need to get a pcie riser cable 2-3 inch long to mount it fan side down where the HDD is just snip the grill in the back of the case only enough for video out ports also remove the cards fan shroud and IO bracket, the fan screws will be to long without the shroud so I used rubber O-rings to take up the space between the fan and heat sink,  I used the low profile bracket from a GT730 and hammered it flat to mount it using the DVI screws to hold it in place. runs fortnight epic settings 60-75 fps perfect for a 60-75 HZ Vsync DVI monitor I recommend a 75 Hz monitor because you can run it with Vsync off without tearing just cap the frames to 75 FPS in control panel if that's to much work just run the GT 1030 or (GTX 750 Ti low profile if you can find one) the 1050 low profile cards wont work because they are dual slot not worth cutting one up to fit if your interested I have an MSI GTX 750 TI low profile card I don't use I'm willing to part with it good and luck enjoy the build.

Hi, do you know btw if PCIe x16 slot is 1.0 or 2.0? I have Optiplex 380 MT

Thanks

Hi @luktuk ,

Here's what I found in the tech guide linked above:

Operating Systems Graphics/ Video API Support  OpenGL 2.0/DirectX 10.0

Hi @bradthetechnut 

so how does it explain the PCIe version on the motherboard? I am planning to buy GT 710 1GD3H LP or GT 710 1GD3H LPV1 in order to upgrade my comp. They are $35 -40 on Amazon. I hope that I won't have to upgrade my PSU or Fan. They call for 300W PSU, nevertheless I think that stock 255W should be sufficient. What do you think? Here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/MSI-GT-710-2GD3-LP/dp/B01DOFD3RY/ref=psdc_284822_t2_B00KO3GJVC?th=1

Thanks

You're right about the first question.  I wondered myself after the reply.  Based on the Intel® G41Express Chipset w/ICH7 that the 380 has, the PCI-e x16 slot is 1.1.  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/product-briefs/g41-chipset-brief.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwizhp23o6fuAhVyoFkKHSQ9BzMQFjAAegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw3i-rbxmXhj2Kac02Yg-p14 

A 255w PSU will have no trouble powering a 19w GPU.

hi good day,

can you tell me if an otiplex 380 can run the graphics rtx2060 asus nvidia ?

@callaoo 

Also, what size/form factor is your 380?

No, not with stock PSU.  It's a 160w card and mfr. recommends 500w PSU.  The rtx 2060 asus nvidia also may not fit depending on what size/form factor your 380 is.

EVGA BR 500w PSU is a good power supply.

EVGA BR 700w PSU is even better as it importantly has more power on the 3.3v/5v rails; 150w vs. 120w.

Check the RTX 2060 against your CPU as to not have serious bottleneck.  For example, Google "[insert your CPU here] RTX 2060 bottleneck."  Then pick the option that's PC-Builds.  *Example screengrab below:

Ouch, that's serious bottleneck

If you have the budget for an RTX 2060, you might consider something newer than the 380, which is likely older than 2007.

*CPU example I used is from a 755.