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January 28th, 2026 03:13
Tower Plus EBT2250, two NIC with NVIDIA graphic card installed?
I am looking to replace my Dell XPS 8940 with a new computer which has two NIC's (Embedded + 10G). The Tower Plus EBT2250 blocks the PCIe x4 slots when the NVIDIA Graphic card is installed. I will NOT use a USB to Ethernet adapter as a 2nd NIC.
I sent back a XPS 8960 when it initially came out for the same issue and it looks like they have not fixed it on the newest design. The information on the XPS 8960 initially did not make it clear that all of the PCI slots were block by the NVIDIA graphics card.
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January 28th, 2026 17:29
A double slot width Nvidia gpu should block the top pciex4 slot only and leave bottom pciex4 unblocked for add in network card.
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/en-us/dell-ebt2250-desktop/dell-tower-plus-ebt2250-owners-manual/removing-the-system-board?guid=guid-af7fb9ea-c8ee-4977-a81d-72d23fd04078&lang=en-us
DELL-ChrisM2
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January 29th, 2026 15:19
Any double slot video card would leave the PCIe x4 slot (SLOT 3) free. But, we can see there is little clearance. Also, the added NIC card will push hot air back into the video card.
The Tower Plus EBT2250 only sold with two OEM single width video card =
7083X MSI Nvidia RTX 3050 (single width, 1 fan)
1YXVY MSI Nvidia RTX 4060 (single width, 1 fan)
Others for informational =
J1R45 MSI Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti (dual width, 3 fans)
4WVDT MSI Nvidia RTX 4070 (dual width, 2 fans)
223P9 MSI Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti (dual width, 3 fans)
RPN19 MSI Nvidia RTX 4080 (dual width, 3 fans)
DH84X MSI Nvidia RTX 4090 v2 (dual width, 3 fans)
WCP0V MSI Nvidia RTX 5050 (dual width, 2 fans)
6309N MSI Nvidia RTX 5060 (dual width, 2 fans)
P4CPG MSI Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti (dual width, 2 fans)
9YWKV MSI Nvidia RTX 5070 (dual width, 3 fans)
P7V2D MSI Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti (dual width, 3 fans)
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Robert Willis
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January 29th, 2026 23:58
Thank you for the reply and confirming that the slot is unusable when a dual width slot graphic card is installed. If I hover over the graphic card on the Dell website in indicates that (Two PCIe x4 Slots will NOT be accessible when a Graphics card is installed).