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To: sm1th who wrote (670)5/14/2017 8:16:30 PM
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Yes, depending on rest of gear 350W at total draw may not leave much margin for error. Your xeon shows TDP of 95W. Many newer gpu are around 150W TDP, some are more and some less but 150W might be a good benchmark to plan for.

The dell pdf I found on your system listed these as official psu options:

Platinum efficiency, hot-plug, redundant 495W or 750W power supply
Silver efficiency, cabled 350W power supply
Auto-ranging power supplies
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How many pins is the connector from the psu to the motherboard? Knowing this should determine if third party psu will work or you're better off with one listed above. In theory there should be adapters for psu to motherboard connectors but I personally would never trust an adapter for the primary electrical connection in the pc.

How many pins are the connector to the current gpu? 6? 8? Any new card should go in pcie 3.0 x16 full length. Some newer gpu with 8 pin connector will work on a 6 pin and some won't. I did a recent rebuild similar to your system (600W psu, can search through this thread for z420 or rx 480) and lucked out there but have heard of 6 to 8 pin adapters. There might be quality risk in the brand of adapter but it's a safer proposition to try, imo, than a psu to mobo adapter. Message 31001287

Depending on the gpu, you'll likely need a gpu and psu upgrade to run smoothly but it should work. Have you browser searched for people upgrading their gpu in a T320 with a similar situation to yours?
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