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exelblaze121

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    Can some PLEASE help me figuring out my psu.
    « on: June 13, 2016, 06:14:02 AM »
    What is my minimum system power supply?
    I can't seem to figure it out, should I just add the wattage of all the rails or is there any other process?
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    I don't really know anything much about these PSUs. I wanted to know if it will atleast support a graphic card which requires 19W power supply and minimum system power supply requirement is listed as 300W.
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    Re: Can some PLEASE help me figuring out my psu.
    « Reply #1 on: June 13, 2016, 08:52:37 AM »
    Without knowing the rest of the parts in your computer this is hard to come up with a minimum power supply. The one you have is a Dell 250w power supply. If you are going to just replace it because of the video card you can go with a 300w.

    I normal would go with you can afford keeping in mind that you always use it again on another machine.

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    Re: Can some PLEASE help me figuring out my psu.
    « Reply #2 on: June 13, 2016, 09:00:19 AM »
    If i were spending money on a vid card i wouldn't trust that PSU for even 1 day...
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    Re: Can some PLEASE help me figuring out my psu.
    « Reply #3 on: June 13, 2016, 09:27:48 AM »
    As Spoiler says, we really need to know your system specs, and what video card you want in order to advise whether you require a new PSU and if so, what to go for.
    To figure out your PSU's wattage capabilities, don't just add the rails up - look on the label where you have "Continuous total DC power output..." - essentially you have a 250W PSU, with 204W on the 12V rail which is where most of your power draw will be.
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      Re: Can some PLEASE help me figuring out my psu.
      « Reply #4 on: June 13, 2016, 10:06:45 AM »
      Sorry for the late post, this is actually an old pc of mine.
      Specs are -
      Intel Pentium Dual Core E5400 2.7ghz
      4gigs of ram (2x2), inbuilt intel (R)  g45/g43 express
      1 fan, 300gb HDD chipset. Basic hardware, Webcam, keyboard, mouse.
      Basic desktop motherboard, anything else I need to note down? I think my usage will be around 150-200w  I am not sure tho. The graphic card is a low-end classic called Geforce GT 720.
      (Thanks for the reply, this is by far the fastest respond I could have got)
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      « Reply #5 on: June 13, 2016, 10:11:06 AM »
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        Re: Can some PLEASE help me figuring out my psu.
        « Reply #6 on: June 13, 2016, 10:31:57 AM »
        http://outervision.com/b/FrrkdM
        That's my current usage right now.
        So, will that pose any threat to this card or should I just dump the machine back to where it was?
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        Re: Can some PLEASE help me figuring out my psu.
        « Reply #7 on: June 13, 2016, 10:45:40 AM »
        You'll be just fine with those specs and the GT 720 on that PSU :)
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          « Reply #8 on: June 13, 2016, 06:03:58 PM »
          Thanks people.  :)
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