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January 2nd, 2023 08:00
Upgrading Dell Inspiron 3670
So I have been gifted a Dell Inspiron 3670 desktop, no video card, basic 290w psu and intel core i3-8100 cpu. I was also given an Nvidia EVGA GTX 660Ti as my friend upgraded and didnt want it. I am curious what would need to be upgraded (besides psu as i have a 500w on the way) to make this a basic gaming pc for low end games. i can play things like valorant with on board graphics on lowest settings getting around 50-60 fps. this is my first time upgrading a pc and dont want to fry anything, any help would be nice!
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redxps630
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January 2nd, 2023 10:00
Try the gtx 660ti with the i3-8100 first after upgrading psu. If gaming performance is ok then you are all set. They are a good match as shown below. For better fps consider a faster video card. the i3-8100 will bottleneck the gpu to some extent.
you may already know that 3670 uses proprietary 8 pin motherboard power connector. To use a standard 24/4 pin ATX psu you would need a 24 to 8 pin adapter.
Best GPU For i3-8100 [2023] · 1. Geforce GTX 1050 Ti · 2. GeForce GTX 1650 · 3. Radeon Rx 570 · 4. GeForce GTX 1650 Super · 5. Radeon RX 6500 XT · 6. GeForce GTX 1660
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February 9th, 2023 16:00
Thanks for your posting. I want to change out the OEM Wi-Fi card, since it, unbelievably, does not access 5GHz wireless networks! Do you have, or know where I can go to find, a picture of the OEM Wi-Fi card spot on the Dell Inspiron 3670 motherboard, so I can know where to go to replace it with a new Dell Wi-Fi card I just bought that does access 5Ghz wireless networks? I gather that the old and new cards don't look the same; so I don't know what I'm looking for on a motherboard to find the old card, pull it, and install the new one in its place. Thanks for any help that you might provide!
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May 27th, 2024 18:44
Hey, I know this is a old forum but how did you manage to run Val. That requires tpm 2.0 witch the insperion 3670 does no support( I think) am I just wrong if so do I need a bios update or something because I could not get tpm 2.0 to work. (It is a requirement to run val) I do not mean to sound rude either just trying to under stand how.
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