Bigger PS for XPS 9000?
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From: Tom Lake on 9 Dec 2009 09:01 The Dell XPS 435T/9000 (what a name!) has a 475 W power supply. Does it use standard connectors? I'd like to be able to replace it with a beefier PS but not if I'd have to mess with the wiring. Thanks for any info you can give! Tom Lake
From: Tom Scales on 9 Dec 2009 09:55 Don't forget that a Dell 475W isn't an industry 475W. Everyone else measures peak. Dell measures sustained. I've never felt the need to upgrade power supplies. Heck, my XPS400 has 6 hard drives internal. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Lake [mailto:tlake(a)twcny.rr.com] > Posted At: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 8:01 AM > Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell > Conversation: Bigger PS for XPS 9000? > Subject: Bigger PS for XPS 9000? > > The Dell XPS 435T/9000 (what a name!) has a 475 W power supply. Does it > use standard connectors? I'd like to be able to replace it with a beefier PS > but not if I'd have to mess with the wiring. > > Thanks for any info you can give! > > Tom Lake
From: William R. Walsh on 9 Dec 2009 11:11 Hi! > The Dell XPS 435T/9000 (what a name!) has a 475 W > power supply. Does it use standard connectors? Yes, it's a conventional ATX power supply. Dell has traditionally used very robust power supplies that will reliably deliver more current that the nameplate specifications would suggest. However, some of their newer systems have cheaped out a bit. The lower end Inspiron desktops are known to contain Bestec supplies, which are of somewhat dubious quality. If you want to upgrade the supply anyway, don't cheap out. Whenever the application calls for anything more than a 550 watt power supply, I use only two sources: PC Power and Cooling or Enlight. PC Power and Cooling's products aren't as cheap as their competition, but they are very solidly built. William
From: powrwrap on 9 Dec 2009 11:28 On Dec 9, 8:01 am, "Tom Lake" <tl...(a)twcny.rr.com> wrote: > The Dell XPS 435T/9000 (what a name!) has a 475 W > power supply. Does it use standard connectors? I'd like to > be able to replace it with a beefier PS but not if I'd have to > mess with the wiring. > > Thanks for any info you can give! > > Tom Lake I can't imagine needing more than a 475w power supply. In fact, isn't that one of the selling points of the 435T/9000--that it has an overbuilt power supply? What the heck are you going to put inside that cavernous box? Or are you just wondering in case the supply blows in a couple of years?
From: Tom Lake on 9 Dec 2009 11:47 "powrwrap" <powrwrap(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:1304bb45-37eb-4c07-9bfe-24617d0e168a(a)s20g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > On Dec 9, 8:01 am, "Tom Lake" <tl...(a)twcny.rr.com> wrote: >> The Dell XPS 435T/9000 (what a name!) has a 475 W >> power supply. Does it use standard connectors? I'd like to >> be able to replace it with a beefier PS but not if I'd have to >> mess with the wiring. >> >> Thanks for any info you can give! >> >> Tom Lake > > I can't imagine needing more than a 475w power supply. In fact, isn't > that one of the selling points of the 435T/9000--that it has an > overbuilt power supply? What the heck are you going to put inside that > cavernous box? Or are you just wondering in case the supply blows in a > couple of years? > Some of the Nvidia graphics cards recommend a 500W or better supply. I'd rather err on the side of overkill than have the system spontaneously reboot and exhibit other mysterious symptoms of an inadequate PS! 8^) I've heard a lot depends on the 12v rail. It should be a minimum of 26W for Nvidia's mid-range cards. Tom Lake
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