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October 21st, 2024 20:53
XPS 8700, hardware compatibility
I am inquiring about certain hardware compatibilities of rather old equipment. According to Userbenchmark, some have taken it upon themselves to devise workstations with bleeding-edge graphical units (RTX gen). However, I have received information from this forum contradicting the notion that new hardware is usable provided one upgrades the PSU. Could it be that I have a fundamental misconception of the BIOS role in controlling individual units?
I aspire to use the following components:
- Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black CPU Air Cooler
- Kingston KC600 256GB (mSATA)
- EVGA SuperNOVA 750 GT PSU
- Radeon RX Vega 64 (Userbenchmark purports this to be functional)
Thank you in advance!
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redxps630
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October 21st, 2024 21:05
Radeon RX Vega 64, like Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, both 2017-2016 gpu and older than modern RTX cards. 8700 cpu will bottleneck powerful RTX cards so upgrade path is limited in terms of practical return.
it is not bios or hardware incompatible issue. It is old cpu mismatching new gpu.
8700 motherboard has a Dell M3 backplate and is not c/w Hyper 212 unless you remove the back plate. For easier cooler upgrade try Dell 8900 premium tower air cooler or Corsair H60 liquid cooler if you plan to install i7-4790k and want better cooling.
no issue w mSATA or psu upgrade both compatible.
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Darrin Pseudonym
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October 21st, 2024 23:14
@redxps630 Thank you for the quick reply! By mentioning the RTX line of NVIDIA GPUs, I was simply referencing it for how recent/not recent it can be. I am also aware of the major bottleneck associated with adding a GPU tremendously more power than the CPU. After introducing the new modules, I will determine if the imbalance lies with the CPU. Thanks again!