User Panel
User Panel
User Panel
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 7:10:55 AM EDT
[#1]
Any board by asus or msi will serve you well. I would recommend you use new egg before you use tigerdirect. New egg always has the newer stuff and they have better customer service.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 7:19:06 AM EDT
[#2]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Any board by asus or msi will serve you well. I would recommend you use new egg before you use tigerdirect. New egg always has the newer stuff and they have better customer service. What is the correct terminology that specifies the narrow board, as opposed to the wide (3-3/4") board? |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 7:19:11 AM EDT
[#3]
Sorry to say but you made a bad choice buying a Dell small form factor PC if you want to play modern games. Your choices of video card are severely limited due to needing a low profile card and having a very underpowered power supply. Not to mention the CPU is also pretty dated.
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 7:26:10 AM EDT
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Sorry to say but you made a bad choice buying a Dell small form factor PC if you want to play modern games. Your choices of video card are severely limited due to needing a low profile card and having a very underpowered power supply. Not to mention the CPU is also pretty dated. I don't have any new, high end games, so that might not be much of a problem. I used to get by with a Radeon 7000, so as I say, any decent video card that will fit will probably work all right. What would you suggest? For example, Newegg starts off with this listing; what features are the most important, and which would you suggest? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=low%20profile%20video%20card%20pci%20express%20x16&Submit=ENE |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 8:01:32 AM EDT
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I don't have any new, high end games, so that might not be much of a problem. I used to get by with a Radeon 7000, so as I say, any decent video card that will fit will probably work all right. What would you suggest? For example, Newegg starts off with this listing; what features are the most important, and which would you suggest? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=low%20profile%20video%20card%20pci%20express%20x16&Submit=ENE Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Sorry to say but you made a bad choice buying a Dell small form factor PC if you want to play modern games. Your choices of video card are severely limited due to needing a low profile card and having a very underpowered power supply. Not to mention the CPU is also pretty dated. I don't have any new, high end games, so that might not be much of a problem. I used to get by with a Radeon 7000, so as I say, any decent video card that will fit will probably work all right. What would you suggest? For example, Newegg starts off with this listing; what features are the most important, and which would you suggest? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=low%20profile%20video%20card%20pci%20express%20x16&Submit=ENE You could probably go with something like a Geforce GT 630. It's not a powerful card by any stretch but if you're only playing older games it would probably work fine. There is still a concern about the power supply, if it has anything less than a 300 watt power supply I don't think it'll be powerful enough for even the GT 630. Hell, even a 300 watt PSU would be pushing it IMO. |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 8:15:31 AM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
You could probably go with something like a Geforce GT 630. It's not a powerful card by any stretch but if you're only playing older games it would probably work fine. There is still a concern about the power supply, if it has anything less than a 300 watt power supply I don't think it'll be powerful enough for even the GT 630. Hell, even a 300 watt PSU would be pushing it IMO. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Sorry to say but you made a bad choice buying a Dell small form factor PC if you want to play modern games. Your choices of video card are severely limited due to needing a low profile card and having a very underpowered power supply. Not to mention the CPU is also pretty dated. I don't have any new, high end games, so that might not be much of a problem. I used to get by with a Radeon 7000, so as I say, any decent video card that will fit will probably work all right. What would you suggest? For example, Newegg starts off with this listing; what features are the most important, and which would you suggest? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=low%20profile%20video%20card%20pci%20express%20x16&Submit=ENE You could probably go with something like a Geforce GT 630. It's not a powerful card by any stretch but if you're only playing older games it would probably work fine. There is still a concern about the power supply, if it has anything less than a 300 watt power supply I don't think it'll be powerful enough for even the GT 630. Hell, even a 300 watt PSU would be pushing it IMO. From the plate on the unit, total wattage is 460W (115V x 4A) . No idea about wattage of Power Supply itself. |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 8:33:42 AM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
From the plate on the unit, total wattage is 460W (115V x 4A) . No idea about wattage of Power Supply itself. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Sorry to say but you made a bad choice buying a Dell small form factor PC if you want to play modern games. Your choices of video card are severely limited due to needing a low profile card and having a very underpowered power supply. Not to mention the CPU is also pretty dated. I don't have any new, high end games, so that might not be much of a problem. I used to get by with a Radeon 7000, so as I say, any decent video card that will fit will probably work all right. What would you suggest? For example, Newegg starts off with this listing; what features are the most important, and which would you suggest? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=low%20profile%20video%20card%20pci%20express%20x16&Submit=ENE You could probably go with something like a Geforce GT 630. It's not a powerful card by any stretch but if you're only playing older games it would probably work fine. There is still a concern about the power supply, if it has anything less than a 300 watt power supply I don't think it'll be powerful enough for even the GT 630. Hell, even a 300 watt PSU would be pushing it IMO. From the plate on the unit, total wattage is 460W (115V x 4A) . No idea about wattage of Power Supply itself. According to Dell's web site the 760 has a 255 watt power supply. I don't think that's going to cut it for really any video cards that are better than the onboard GPU. |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 8:40:21 AM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
Sorry to say but you made a bad choice buying a Dell small form factor PC if you want to play modern games. Your choices of video card are severely limited due to needing a low profile card and having a very underpowered power supply. Not to mention the CPU is also pretty dated. This. And 8GB is kinda low now. 16GB is fast becoming the standard for any PC gamer. I splurged and got 32GB when I built my PC last year. Not gonna have memory issues in my PC before I replace it. 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 9:23:24 AM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
According to Dell's web site the 760 has a 255 watt power supply. I don't think that's going to cut it for really any video cards that are better than the onboard GPU. Quote HistoryQuoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Sorry to say but you made a bad choice buying a Dell small form factor PC if you want to play modern games. Your choices of video card are severely limited due to needing a low profile card and having a very underpowered power supply. Not to mention the CPU is also pretty dated. I don't have any new, high end games, so that might not be much of a problem. I used to get by with a Radeon 7000, so as I say, any decent video card that will fit will probably work all right. What would you suggest? For example, Newegg starts off with this listing; what features are the most important, and which would you suggest? http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Description=low%20profile%20video%20card%20pci%20express%20x16&Submit=ENE You could probably go with something like a Geforce GT 630. It's not a powerful card by any stretch but if you're only playing older games it would probably work fine. There is still a concern about the power supply, if it has anything less than a 300 watt power supply I don't think it'll be powerful enough for even the GT 630. Hell, even a 300 watt PSU would be pushing it IMO. From the plate on the unit, total wattage is 460W (115V x 4A) . No idea about wattage of Power Supply itself. According to Dell's web site the 760 has a 255 watt power supply. I don't think that's going to cut it for really any video cards that are better than the onboard GPU. Really? There's no suitable graphics cards that will better things over on-board GPU? As I say, I don't need a cutting-edge card by any means. Do me a favor, and take a look at newegg's link above for low-profile cards, and see what seems suitable to you, given the constraints of the system. I'd be much obliged. |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 9:30:35 AM EDT
[#10]
So far this is probably the only one I see that may work for you: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129149
Almost every other one recommends a minimum 300w psu. ETA: Ignore the link above. You'll actually need this one which includes the low profile bracket: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129157 It's the same model otherwise. The performance increase would likely be marginal over the stock GPU and not worth the extra money IMHO. |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 9:57:28 AM EDT
[#11]
IL2's graphics are DX7 era. The only shader model 3 features are the water effects that were added in PacFi over 10 years ago. Your onboard graphics can probably run it without breaking a sweat.
Spend that money on some Sim gear. 
|
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 10:51:19 AM EDT
[#12]
I'm grateful for the answers, since I know next to nothing about all this.
Please let me know if anything else occurs to you. I wonder if upgrading the power supply to a more powerful unit is an option? If it's a simple R and R, with same hook-ups, I should be able to do that. Any ideas? |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 11:02:50 AM EDT
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
I'm grateful for the answers, since I know next to nothing about all this. Please let me know if anything else occurs to you. I wonder if upgrading the power supply to a more powerful unit is an option? If it's a simple R and R, with same hook-ups, I should be able to do that. Any ideas? Most likely the power supply in the 760 is proprietary, that's typically the case with Dell's small desktops. |
|
|
|
Posted: 4/22/2014 11:15:54 AM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted:
So far this is probably the only one I see that may work for you: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129149 Almost every other one recommends a minimum 300w psu. ETA: Ignore the link above. You'll actually need this one which includes the low profile bracket: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814129157 It's the same model otherwise. The performance increase would likely be marginal over the stock GPU and not worth the extra money IMHO. I appreciate your caveats, but I'm inclined to order it, unless anyone can think of a compelling reason to not do so. While certainly not state-of-the-art, neither are my old games, nor is my computer, for that matter. Keep in mind that, except for the dvd/cd unit, this is a bare-bones computer. None of the 3 board slots have anything in them. If no compelling reason against it, I'll order it tomorrow. Much obliged for the advice, and if anything else comes to mind, please let me know. |
|
|
Win a FREE Membership!
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.
