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To: sm1th who wrote (670)	5/26/2017 11:50:34 PM
From: nicewatch	Read Replies (2) of 1378

Did you ever research further about upgrading the gpu in your Dell? Message 31122133 FYI. I ordered two types of adapters, unsure which was best, the more expensive HP adapter part designed to work directly from 6 to 8pin and a cheaper generic dual 6pin that turned into a single 8 pin (the 600W psu came with two 6pin leads for gpu). I used the HP part first and it has worked fine since installing but time will tell. The original 600W psu is working fine so far with new card which has tdp of 180W. Would assume your current 350W is dicey to handle a modern gpu, did you look into the 495W and 750W psu for that Dell? I'm sure they make psu to mobo pin adapters and to repeat wouldn't want to try that first, but in looking into whether the 600W psu in Z420 was enough power, I did come across some using adapters for that mobo, believe it was 18 to 24 pin adapter. Depending the quality of 4k monitor you might do fine with a lesser card like gtx 1070 or 1060 with 6gb ram. But if you can find a deal on a gtx 1080, it does future proof you a bit more and should have viability for several years if you migrated parts to a new pc. Good luck.

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