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Dell computer with 460w PSU and RTX 2060 for rendering?

Richard John SRichard John S Posts: 391
edited October 2019 in Technical Help (nuts n bolts)

I want to purchase a new computer. I saw one on the Best Buy website and it has the RTX 2060 video card with a i7-9700 processor, 16GB ddr4 ram, 1 hard drive, and 1 ssd. The PSU that comes with the system is 450w. The recommeded requirements for the RTX 2060 says a 500W PSU. I will be using max performance in the Nividia control panel settings. Is this system going to be okay for rendering?

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  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805
    edited October 2019

    prebuilt computers are infamous for including marginal PSU's as a cost cutting measure. The system will turn on obviously and will likely work fine to play games. It should render ok but you should not overclock the CPU or GPU.

    I'm not sure what the power settings in the Nvidia control panel does but I'd stick with the default (optimal on my system). I doubt it will make any difference.

    Your biggest issues will be that there is no room for expansion. Adding a HDD would likely exceed the PSU's capacity during renders. You certainly couldn't add a second GPU. Even doing something like charging a device from the USB port might be iffy.

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  • magog_a4eb71abmagog_a4eb71ab Posts: 769

    This is just my opinion, but I would say hell no. From my experience, anything "Dell" is going to come with unwanted bloatware, proprietary nonsense, etc. Systems like that tend to be cheap due to the fact that they typically have a short lifespan. In other words, they are extremely lacking in upgradeability options, so before long you end up going out and buying a newer el-cheapo system to keep up with the increasing performance demands.

  • stephenschoonstephenschoon Posts: 360
    magog_a4eb71ab said:

    This is just my opinion, but I would say hell no. From my experience, anything "Dell" is going to come with unwanted bloatware, proprietary nonsense, etc. Systems like that tend to be cheap due to the fact that they typically have a short lifespan. In other words, they are extremely lacking in upgradeability options, so before long you end up going out and buying a newer el-cheapo system to keep up with the increasing performance demands.

    I would say hell no as well... As PSUs age they lose power also Dell use non standard PSUs & Motherboards so I would steer well clear, get something that uses standard ATX parts then you have a potential upgrade path.
    Steve.

  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805

    If you have to buy prebuilt and you want a better quality system still at reasonable prices I recommend iBuyPower, Cyberpower or, if you live near a microcenter) PowerSpec. They all use off the shelf components and use reasonably good quality ones and their designs are usually pretty decent.

  • Doc AcmeDoc Acme Posts: 1,153

    Ya, as more & more graphics apps move to GPU, there's really no way around getting hardware that can handle it.  Dells have reputation & not in the good way.

    A few months ago (& I'd been planning for it for a couple years), I just cut to the chase & went with these folk:

    https://www.boxx.com/

    Definitely NOT for everyone but I wasn't about to play the chase game anymore.  I can now just max out all settings, even with games, & my Apexx just purrs along.

     

  • Richard John SRichard John S Posts: 391
    edited October 2019

    Thanks for all the feedback guys. I did end up purchasing it before reading all these comments. So, far I am happy for the most part. I like the i7-9700, the 16GB of DDR4 ram, and the RTX 2060 made a huge difference in rendering speed as compared to my GTX 970. I haven't had any power issues yet. However, yeah... that PSU and expansion as some of you mentioned. It looks like I'm stuck with the minimum for now. So, with the motherboard in the computer, my EVGA 650w PSU won't be compatable? I was thinking of purchasing a newer version of it since it's almost 4 years old.

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  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805
    Richard John S said:

    Thanks for all the feesback guys. I did end up purchasing it before reading all these comments. So, far I am happy for the most part. I like the i7-9700, the 16GB of DDR4 ram, and the RTX 2060 made a huge difference in rendering speed as compared to my GTX 970. I haven't had any power issues yet. However, yeah... that PSU and expansion as some of you mentioned. It looks like I'm stuck with the minimum for now. So, with the motherboard in the computer, my EVGA 650w PSU won't be compatable? I was thinking of purchasing a newer version of it since it's almost 4 years old.

    The issue will be, can the PSU fit in the case. The connectors should all work, as far as I know Dell does use ATX standard stuff (mostly). Your biggest issue is you'd have to entirely disconnect and remove the PSU to try and install the other one and that is quite an undertaking only to find that the screw holes to hold the new PSU in the case don't match up, for instance.

  • fastbike1fastbike1 Posts: 4,078

    That's CyberpowerPC. Cyberpower by itself used to take you to a porn site. Might still.

    kenshaw011267 said:

    If you have to buy prebuilt and you want a better quality system still at reasonable prices I recommend iBuyPower, Cyberpower or, if you live near a microcenter) PowerSpec. They all use off the shelf components and use reasonably good quality ones and their designs are usually pretty decent.

     

  • kenshaw011267kenshaw011267 Posts: 3,805
    fastbike1 said:

    That's CyberpowerPC. Cyberpower by itself used to take you to a porn site. Might still.

    kenshaw011267 said:

    If you have to buy prebuilt and you want a better quality system still at reasonable prices I recommend iBuyPower, Cyberpower or, if you live near a microcenter) PowerSpec. They all use off the shelf components and use reasonably good quality ones and their designs are usually pretty decent.

     

    My bad. I haven't looked at the site in years.

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