Install Radeon HD5830 in Dell Optiplex 980??

[akminer]

Hello,

I'm looking at buying a new ATI card to put in my computer to mine 24/7. I've built dozens of computers but the "high end" (double stack?) video card area is new to me.

Here are the specs of my computer: http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/op980/en/sm/MT/specs.htm

Here is the card I'm looking to buy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0039YOMZI?ie=UTF8&seller=AOOH0DF4QWOOO&sn=SOLD%20LLC

Can someone help me figure out if this card will fit in my computer? Is there enough power, connectors, slots, and physical room? I have the "Mini tower" case which is the biggest case they offer.

Thanks for any help,

AKminer

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[carbonc]

Your going to need a power supply.

That 250W is way to under-powered.

I'm running a 6970 and a 5830 on a 600W power supply.

I had a 350W PS and the motherboard wouldn't boot.  It display a message on screen that said there wasn't enough power.

[akminer]

Thanks for the reply.

Dang! I was afraid of that! Now I've got to find a power supply that will not only accomodate that card, but will fit into this dell case.....

Any ideas?

[akminer]

Is there an ATI card that has decent "bang for your buck" that will fit in this Dell without having to upgrade the PS? I'm pretty sure that it has a 305W power supply in it now.

[carbonc]

I would say no.

Any card you buy will require an updated PS.

You can get them pretty cheap on newegg.com

[carbonc]

Let me re-interate.

When I had my 350W, I was just trying to run an ATI 4890.  Not a 5830.  I had to upgrade my PS just to power the single 4890.  That is a 100 MH/s card.

[carbonc]

All ATX power supplies are standard size.  They will fit in your case.

[akminer]

Okay, thanks again for your help and info!

[FreeJAC]

I have a Sapphire Vapor-X running in a 980. (I don;t recall the number) It has one molex connector on the card it is stable and overclocked in the 980 getting 200+ Mhash/s. It will not fit in the 16x slot due to the case but works in the 4x slot just fine with the piddly PS.