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I have a dell pre-built which is slim fitted. It has a 250w chinese psu an intel pentium dual core 2.6ghz and 2 spare gpu slots on my motherboard? Im wondering if id be good to get a low power slim gpu on my current psu or split my £100 budget on a psu and gpu. Looking for thoughts and ideas thanks guys.

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you would need;
new PSU
new case
also those PCIE lanes aren't compatible with GPU's so would possibly need a new motherboard too, which while you are at it may as well get a new CPU.
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Zayev wrote you would need;
new PSU
new case
also those PCIE lanes aren't compatible with GPU's so would possibly need a new motherboard too, which while you are at it may as well get a new CPU.


So basically buy a new PC!

Honestly there isn't much help you can give to that machine.
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Zayev wrote you would need;
new PSU
new case
also those PCIE lanes aren't compatible with GPU's so would possibly need a new motherboard too, which while you are at it may as well get a new CPU.


Thanks for the help. How do you know they're incompatible?

Edit: Im such an idiot hehe i thought i had an integrated gpu but turns out it wasnt this is it.

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yep that black lane is where youll slot your gpu. new powersupply and a low profile gpu will be good enough.

Your cpu is rather poo though. Even with a good gpu gaming wont be that good.
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uhh... GPU lanes have retention clips to ensure the card makes proper connection and that it's own weight doesn't pull it out... They are also a lot larger than that.
Also, the little divider in the PCIE lane is on the left with GPU's.
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Zayev wrote uhh... GPU lanes have retention clips to ensure the card makes proper connection and that it's own weight doesn't pull it out... They are also a lot larger than that.
Also, the little divider in the PCIE lane is on the left with GPU's.
There is a retention clip on the black lane, and it would work perfectly fine for a GPU obviously you wouldn't want to put a 980ti in there, but anything small will work fine. PCIe lanes are all the same size, they're just different speeds. Even current high end GPUs cant saturate a 16x lane. As long as it fits in his case that black lane is fine
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what I may have done is not realized the picture is upside down.
As for OP's situation, it isn't worth putting a GPU in there as the rest of the system needs upgrading before he even thinks about that.
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Zayev wrote what I may have done is not realized the picture is upside down.
As for OP's situation, it isn't worth putting a GPU in there as the rest of the system needs upgrading before he even thinks about that.


D; why u notice soon as u thumbs me down.


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