Dell E520 - Geforce 8800


I made a post a few days ago about my upcoming adventures with a dell dimension e520 and a geforce 8800gts. Well, after getting my new card in the mail today, here's the results :

I opened my case to see what i was going to have to do. Right after i opened it, i took a look at the situation. First thing i noticed was that the card's ventilation was going to have to have an opening. Second, was that the fan shroud was going to be in the way. Third? I wish i had a dreamed kit. Would have made this into a 1 hour ordeal. This will void your warranty. You will be removing a piece of the case, a screw from the 8800, and a part of the fan shroud and mount. If you're still interested, read on! This is not sanctioned by dell!

1 - first of all, i popped the case open and took a look. I tried slipping in the 8800 as it was to see what had to be changed. 1st thing was the spot in the back above where the stock pci-e card would stick out. The 8800 needs to vent, so there needed to be a hole there. 2 - second, the rear of the card needed some space. To do this, i had to remove the shroud from over the heatsink and cut about 1 inch off of it. Also, where it connects to the mount on the motherboard i had to trim the mount down quite a bit. I thought this would loosen the heatsink alot but it never, the hs is still firmly on the cpu!

So here's how i did it : read more at the forum.


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