Is there an *easy* way to safely overclock a NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080?

Compumind said:

Seems logical. However, the PSU is 460W.
Are you sure? Nothing else taxing the system.

That's the only thing a normal 1080 takes a 550w PSU and that's the minimal
Anytime you buy a system by HP Mac or who ever they drastically cut corners and most likely gave you a shaved version of a 1080 if not the power supply will prove the worth

I used to run two 1080's in Sli with the right overclock they can murder a single 1080ti by miles

Compumind said:

Typical Dell.

The PSU is hardwired (not modular connector) so I cannot plug and play.
I would need a new PSU and cabling to test your observation.

Not worth it.

Thanks!

Unfortunately that is the case when you buy Prebuilt the point is to limit any extra fiddling
Which pretty much why most avoid it and build their own and able to swap parts out in minutes instead of wasting a whole afternoon trying to take it apart
I had that issue with a Laptop a friend asked me to fix a bad battery had to rip the whole damn thing apart it was a painful experience that is why people should do a little more research it might be worth it in the long run

solarstarshines said:

That's the only thing a normal 1080 takes a 550w PSU and that's the minimal
Anytime you buy a system by HP Mac or who ever they drastically cut corners and most likely gave you a shaved version of a 1080 if not the power supply will prove the worth

I used to run two 1080's in Sli with the right overclock they can murder a single 1080ti by miles

The problem with SLI these days is so few developers actually support it, and the few that do typically only add support months after a game is released. Yes, many games can still run when forced to use SLI but from my experience it can be buggy at best, I'm hoping with the new RTX cards and the huge bandwidth being brought to the table by using NV-Link, that SLI will get better support.

As for power supplies, if its a Dell you're likely stuck with their crappy proprietary PSU. Even so, you still should be able to use a single GTX 1080 considering that card only uses 184 watts. I've used a GTX 1080 in a mini-itx build that was powered by a Silverstone SFX 400w power supply and it did just fine, though it was a much higher quality unit than anything you'll find in a dell.

I'm guessing THIS is the dell power supply in your PC?

If that is your Power Supply, then it's actually not proprietary and can be swapped out with a normal third party unit. As for which, i'd recommend something like an EVGA Supernova G3. Not only does EVGA sell great power supplies but their custom support is fantastic. I've got an EVGA Supernova G3 850w in my PC and it ran 2x 1080's just fine. And thats with my i5-4670k @ 4.4ghz and the GPUs overclocked. Not to mention im also running a custom loop with 2x DDC 10w pumps