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January 4, 2011 at 2:34 pm #2906
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    I appreciate the replies.

    [quote=htpc_user]Did you try the card?[/quote]

    Yes, I have tried the card.

    [quote=Mike Garcen]it looks like that Dell has a 250W PSU, but includes a P4 1.8Ghz, 40gb HDD, and 512MB of RAM. A rough calculation shows approximately 166watts required (not knowing extras or which P4), and assuming your PSU has 80% efficiency (which is not a given), that puts you at about 200Watts…meaning you should EASILY have enough headroom for that card which shouldn’t be more than 8-10watts.

    If my numbers are correct 🙂 it won’t hurt to try. if it’s not enough, it just won’t power up![/quote]

    Yeah, when I tried the card it didn’t power up.  It was about that time when I looked at the requirements on the box and read it requires a 300 watt power supply – DOH!

    I’m at work and don’t recall the card manufaturer (i.e. XFX, BFG, PNY, etc.) other than it is Radeon 4350 based.

    This box actually has a 2.0 Ghz cpu and currently 1 GB of ram.  There are no “extras” – no floppy and no CD/DVD drive.  I was actually expecting this to have ~145 to 200 watt power supply.  The GX260 has 3 case formats – one “normal” size and 2 smaller, this is the smallest of the 3 case sizes.

    The video card does work I am currently using it in a full height case that has 500 – 600 watt power supply in it.  

    I don’t expect changing the PSU is an option since it is a non-standard design not to mention it’s a Dell.