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Alienware x51 gpu upgrade how to#

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Alienware x51 gpu upgrade free#

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Please forgive any spelling/grammar, I am typing this on a tablet while out and about.If you have an official support request or problem, we can not help you with that as we do not work for Dell. Apologies if I take a little time to update, currently caring for a family member who nearly broke their foot. If you need any more information to help me, I am going to be away for a few hours, but plan to be back at my desktop before the end of the night. We've already shelled out sometuing in the vicinity of $175 for the video card, so my secondary goals are: to resolve this without having to spend more than $75 more than I already have to learn a bit about the problem and why things are working this way and to get an upgraded power supply if necessary/recommended.

Alienware x51 gpu upgrade upgrade#

My primary goal is to come out of this with a video card upgrade (preferably enough of one that I can run witcher 3 on at least mid-low settings without a frame rate in the teens that makes it feel like I've got bad lag), and without having to buy a new computer (we don't have the money for a new one). Looking up the GTX 645, it has a manpower draw of 130W and recommends a freaking 450W supply, but it is running in a computer with a 240W supply.ġ) How is it possible that the computer can run the 645? Does it have to do with the 130W being the maximum draw?ġb) How can it run the 645 but not the 1050ti? The 1050ti lists 75W as its maximum power draw, I think.Ģ) Can I get a non Alienware power bricks that's better quality for under $65 that won't damage my computer?ģ) If I use an underpowered supply, will I damage my computer? Or just run the risk of the computer crashing?Ĥ) Is this (the recommendation of 450W for the 645) the reason why I started in summer/fall 2016 to have my computer crash when running WOW in silkscreen, but not with any other game? Or was that's result of the card being damaged by my lack of maintenance? They say they have a 330W supply for the computer that I can purchase. Dell tells me that the card won't work because I've got a 240W supply, and the 1050ti draws 75 W and thus needs a 300W supply minimum.

Alienware x51 gpu upgrade install#

I buy the thing, and call them when it arrives because they said that my warranty would allow me to have them install it free of charge the last time I opened up my computer, I dropped a screw behind some hardware and was having an anxiety attack while I tried to dig it out, so I don't open up my own pc without supervision ANYMORE.

I call Dell 4 times during this, and am assured that the card will work with my configuration each time. So I talk with my friends, and am told I should get a GTX 1050 TI, which I am told will probably not need me to upgrade my power supply. Well, its been 4 years, and I decided I'd like a bigger video card since we had some money for a new one and the old one had to be replaced once already, partially as a result of me not knowing that I was supposed to clean my computer out every 6 months (my prior computers were all laptops). When this was purchased for me as a Christmas gift, it came with, among other things, a 240W AC adapter power supply (As a further example of the limitations of my computer knowledge, I thought all computer supplies were power bricks like mine, I didn't know a lot were internal) and an nVidia GTX 645 video card. I've been forced to learn a bit more since I got this computer in 2013 and had problems from within 4 months of purchase. For background, I know just enough about computers to fix a few common problems on my and my neighbor's computers, things like the wireless connection suddenly shutting off. Hey all, I'm having a bit of a hard time understanding something.