Max Bentley

Cheers, I'll probably buy the 1660ti then

I see. My psu has 360w on the 12v rail, is that enough for the 1660ti? Considering i have an i5 8400 six core and (would) have a 1660ti, this shouldn't draw near enough the 360w, right?

Yeah I completely agree. However I've used the 1050ti for almost a year now and I'm still getting decent frames (e.g Modern Warfare I can get an average of 60 on medium to high). But it's still a low end card which i ultimately look forward to replace so i can start playing current gen games at high/ultra settings and get above 60fps (something which the 1650 super and the 1660ti can do). My 1050ti is also starting to under perform now and have many lag stutters. something it didn't use to do a few months ago.

sounds like you very much dislike the 50 series lol

Ok, sounds fair enough

I'd rather get a new card simply because of trust issues and I'm almost certain the ti is better than the super in terms of power consumption and fps

Thanks for the reply. So basically I should buy the 1660ti but not overclock it or anything due to the relatively small amount of headroom?

I currently own a GTX 1050ti which i'm going to upgrade. I was originally going to buy the GTX 1660ti but the newly released GTX 1650 Super has me thinking. The 1660ti is a £300 card that pulls around a total system power consumption of 280, whereas the GTX 1650 Super is a £160 card that pulls around an average system power consumption of 220. There is about a 20-25 average fps difference between both cards. The reason i'm bothered about the power is because I own a 400w PSU and therefore I'm a little tentative about buying the 1660ti as it recommends a psu of 450w, whereas the 1650 super recommends 350 (fitting nicely to my system). Now don't get me wrong, the 1660ti is obviously a better card, but is it worth almost double the price for the performance increase? And is it worth making me sleep better at night knowing that I''l have a card that won't potentially break my power supply?

Ok, I'm now 90% sure that my power supply is a Silverstone ST40F-ES230 400w (https://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=674&area=en) The reason I'm unsure is that I have a pre-built Cyberpower system and I dont know how to open up the back panel, but I've found the power supply that has the same specifications and the exactly same back. I don't know if this makes a difference or if Silverstone ones are better?

What would you say applications with high loads are? Can I also reduce power consumption on the card by using things like MSI Afterburner?

Ok, thats what pretty much everything says, I just like to be more certain with things like computers

I've been recently thinking of upgrading my current gtx 1050ti to a 1660ti, but the only thing making me tentative with the upgrade is my 400w PSU.I know the card is energy efficient and I've put the parts into PC Part Picker to find that the estimated wattage is 286w and other power calculators says it has a max load of 320w and the max power the card typically draws is about 140w, but I would still feel a lot better to get some tips. Can anyone help? Specs: -Intel core i5 8400 -16gb DDR4 2666 T-Force RGB Delta memory -MSI H310M PRO-VD motherboard -GTX 1050ti -1TB HDD This is my PSU: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antec-VP400PC-Power-Supply-Unit/dp/B011RIA4N6

i dont understand what youre on about with chinese or fire but if the psu has a 6pin pcie then get a 6pin to 8pin adapter

buy a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter

Cheers, I have no plans to overclock it or increase the wattage in any way.