G20CB in 2023

[MrLiechtenstein]

Hey there. ^^

I recently got back to desktop gaming after 15 years on gaming laptops. So I can feel the rust and questions in the back of my head even after reading a good amount of posts in here.

Basically my setup runs with:
I5 - 6400
8 Gb ram dual channel,
2 tb storage, (1tb SSD)
GTX 950
and the 230W power brick.
(I just ordered the 180W recently. )

Really awesome machine. Runs Crysis pretty well on Medium. ^^

Anyways. I have read a lot of subjects regarding the various upgrades to this machine. And they have all been really friggin exciting to read. All the crazy upgrades you have been able to make is truly inspiring.

I've seen that some of you have gotten the 330W Dell power brick and replaced the 230W, and that it should work for the CB model, and the AJ was locked to only receive 230W? How has the your experience been so far?

And I have noticed that the socket of the Lga1151, and that there are quite a few good Intel chips that are supporting this. But if I'd keep the TDP in the 65W ish range, are there any processors you'd recommend over others?

And lastly, I've read that the blower style GPUs are best for this case. Yet some of you are able to make the standard cards fit. How about the fans? Aren't they in the way ?
Regarding that I've thought about getting an 1080, Ti/non-Ti blower or a low-profile card of some sort, if space allows it.
I have seen people in here add RTX2080 which sounds a bit frightening, as it sounds like they require a huge amount of power. ^^; My respect to you. ^^

So yeah. Old fart here asking some potentially dumb questions. ^^; And for that, my apologies. Some of it may be self-explanatory, and I've been all over Youtube for the great upgrade videos, but as things change, I just want to make sure I don't break it and some of you, may have some really valuable experiences that the videos haven't covered.


Thanks in advance to all of you for any tips and on. ^^

[Dung_Hwangbo]

You mean the Leadtek one right? Honestly I don't know anything about it, I can't even find it on sale anywhere, so..

[MrLiechtenstein]

Dung Hwangbo wrote:
You mean the Leadtek one right? Honestly I don't know anything about it, I can't even find it on sale anywhere, so..

That's fair. it was also more of an afterthought. ^^; Now that I think of it. The GTX 950 only has a 6 pin connector, and there is only the 6-pin cable included. I've seen that there are these " 6 pin to 8 pin pcie GPU " cable things all over Ebay. But is safe enought ? I recall the slot being able to power 75w and the 6 pin would be able to supply 75w or so ? I would prefer to get the OG 8 pin - 8 pin connector, but for this machine they seem to be a bit more differcult to find.

And again thanks for all the help. It has been very valuable! ^^

[Dung_Hwangbo]

You are welcome.

MrLiechtenstein wrote:
I've seen that there are these " 6 pin to 8 pin pcie GPU " cable things all over Ebay. But is safe enought ? I recall the slot being able to power 75w and the 6 pin would be able to supply 75w or so ?

I'm not sure but i think a 6 to 8 pin connector delivers 75W as if it was a 6 to 6 pin. It all depends on what GPU you are aiming for, look how many pins it has and how much power it requires, then do the math. Keep in mind that the PCIE slot provides 75W, the 6 pin connector 75W and the 8 pin one 150W.