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November 22nd, 2023 02:15

Precision 3660 got 500W having issues new bigger BUT HOW?

I think at this point both me, my tech friend and the dell support team members working on my service issue have boiled it down to not enough power? Right now the machine has a 500W PSU in it. And I have these in my system and periphreals plugged in, 1 NViDiA RTX 2080 SUPER GPU, 7 Hdd's some being nvme, 1 is a spinning drive and i have 2 that are external usb3.0 ones. I also have 2 sticks of ram right now and plugged in are Ableton Push 2, Akai MPK mini mk2, Presonus ATOM, Elgato Stream Deck, Logitech Brio, logitech G512 RGB keyboard and a Presonus Studio 1810c audio interface (which has its own power) and I would need enough for atleast that stuff and also I want to in the future upgrade the GPU to somewhere near an RTX 4080 or 90 depending on if I can get one slimmer than taking up 3 slots and probably 2 more sticks of 16gb ram.

So I decided i need to get a new PSU the 750 W but perhaps i need the 1000W, im not sure that detail and maybe you guys can help tell me if the 750W is good enough. So I called DELL Sales and they said they dont have any of the 750W nor the 1000W psu's available, atleast for right now, ill keep calling every 2 weeks to check back. But until then If i can just buy my own after market or some other name brand psu's to use instead in my system WHAT exactly do i need to buy? Please someone just give me a link to something anything i can get online anywhere. I tried to get the tech support dell guy to give me anything that he can recommend but was told he didn't want to be biased and tell me what to get. I was just having a hard time getting the information i need from him like what do i make sure the PSU has that I get if i gotta search for one myself. I want to be sure it has all i need on it and will fit. I have right now that metal cage with the black plastic insert on top of it installed but I dont have any clue what exactly that thing is used for. Anyone able to help me in getting a proper power supply that will handle all i have and possible plan to upgrade ? Or am I in the wrong ballpark and maybe something else is happening with my system, im like 90% sure it is power. Also when i try to boot up, i have 3 usb HUB's plugged in and it will fail booting almost everytime unless i wait forever and it keeps shutting down and coming back on sometimes it finally makes it to windows but when i unplug the 3 hubs i can get it to boot the first time so that there kinda tells me power along with some of the event id's ive found.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give me for this issue!

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November 24th, 2023 05:35

@Skettalee​ , I saw your question on another thread which I had posted a list of compatible power supplies for upgrade.  You would find the Dell part number and info of cross reference of compatible machine from the list below.

For the how question, click on the link I posted in this thread, you will see that the seller did included the matching Dell part numbers and compatible of Dell machines.  Therefore, in your search, just be sure the item has to match those info.  Purchase from seller whom offers free shipping, free return, reasonable warranty (30 days), and having multiple units in case of an exchange for damaged item during shipping.

43YPM 1000W Acbel (Precision 3660, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)
RD0G0 1000W Delta (Precision 3660, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)
R61D8 1000W Liteon (Precision 3660, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)
5TVR6 750W Liteon SFF (Small Form Factor) (Precision 3660/3660 XE, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)
FT44X 750W Liteon SFF (Precision 3660/3660 XE, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)
M2G8X 750W Liteon SFF (Precision 3660/3660 XE, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)
M92DC 750W Chicony SFF (Precision 3660/3660 XE, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)
MP23Y 750W Acbel SFF (Precision 3660/3660 XE, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)
NW4C3 750W Acbel SFF (Precision 3660/3660 XE, Alienware Aurora R14/R13, XPS 8950)

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November 22nd, 2023 02:53

You can source it from third party sellers, such as this one.

If you prefer to wait for OEM from Dell, temporarily try to reduce mechanical drives and USB loads.  Connecting them through powered USB hub.

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November 22nd, 2023 10:32

@Chino de Oro​ I did a search myself on ebay and didn't find anything. Is there an option that I can buy any other power supply does it have to be a certain size and or fan placement and such or is that not possible?

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November 22nd, 2023 14:50

Hello,

43YPM 043YPM is the part number of the 1000W psu that coincidentally is for Dell XPS 8950, Aurora R13/R14, Precision 3660

There are some on ebay, using that part number, including this cheap ( used ) option
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256297634922

As for the 750W , in this thread there are the part numbers of various revisions of the 750W one

‎XPS 8950 Aurora R13/14 750w psu noise | DELL Technologies

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