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Dell Studio 540 Upgrades
Has anybody tried to upgrade a dell studio 540 with a newer twin slot graphics card? I'm considering upgrading my GeForce 9800 gt to a GeForce 560 GTX but the 9800 only takes up one pci slot in the case, were as the 560 takes up two. If I remove the tv card, this should make enough space, however the hard disk is plugged into SATA0 Drive connector. Is it ok to move this to SATA 4? I'm going to install a 500 watt power supply, it's a standard tax power supply so should fit. I was just curious if anyone else had tried this, the only forum entry I found didn't conclude if it was possible. Also in future, can the motherboard be changed for a new motherboard, are fixing locations standard or do dell use none standard location points which means you can only use their motherboards? Thanks for your help
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Posted November 7th, 2011 10:00
The main consideration in changing to a high performance video card is the power supply; make sure that yours is adequate, and if not, replace it with one that is.
I have a 540s (slim tower) and the mainboard appears to be standard microATX, including the front panel wiring. I believe it's an OEM variant of a commercial offering.