Gtx 1650 with just 250w

[Penk]

So i want to know if a 250w power supply is powerful enough to power a gtx 1650

[3 Lions]

300W is the minimum requirement, you are 50W under. 

[Penk]

how much will this effect the performance?

[GoldenLag]

Wouldnt even consider it.

 

Get a new 450 watt PSU (something like the corsair cx450 (2017) for 45$ without rebate)

 

Then pick up an rx 570. 

[GoldenLag]

Just now, Penk said:

how much will this effect the performance?

What 250 watt PSU is it?

[Princess Luna]

4 minutes ago, Penk said:

So i want to know if a 250w power supply is powerful enough to power a gtx 1650

If your PSU can only do 250W at "best" then no mate... even the crappy value GTX 1650 isn't for this prebuild of yours.

[Princess Luna]

Just now, Penk said:

how much will this effect the performance?

By 100% when it's broken.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, Penk said:

how much will this effect the performance?

it might actually not even turn on...

[Spotty]

A GTX1650 itself requires 75W. Without knowing which PSU it is, or the specs of the rest of the system, we can't know for sure whether it would work or not...
Do you know the model of the PSU, or can you take a photo of the label on the side?
Which CPU are you using?

[Penk]

2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

A GTX1650 itself requires 75W. Without knowing which PSU it is, or the specs of the rest of the system, we can't know for sure whether it would work or not...
Do you know the model of the PSU, or can you take a photo of the label on the side?
Which CPU are you using?

the psu is a dell oem and the cpu is an fx-6300

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, Penk said:

the psu is a dell oem and the cpu is an fx-6300

label?

[Ankerson]

Also the GTX 1650 requires a 6 PIN PCIe connection.

[Penk]

i'm not home. I can't take pictures of my pc

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, Ankerson said:

Also the GTX 1650 requires a 6 PIN PCIe connection.

It doesnt.

 

Just every high end model needs it. 

 

And he should prpbably just grab a rx 570 + PSU combo anyway. 

[Princess Luna]

2 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

Also the GTX 1650 requires a 6 PIN PCIe connection.

Only the beefier and even more pointless/expensive variants.

 

There are GTX 1650's that powers only through PCI-e 16x, and frankly the only ones that are somewhat worth checking on.

[Ankerson]

1 minute ago, GoldenLag said:

It doesnt.

 

Just every high end model needs it. 

 

And he should prpbably just grab a rx 570 + PSU combo anyway. 

 

 

All the ones I saw had it.

[GoldenLag]

2 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

 

All the ones I saw had it.

The cheapest ones with crushed beer can coolers do not have the 6 pin. 

 

The ones that had something better than the intel stock cooler has 6 pin connectors. 

 

None of the reviewers got supplied non-6pin cards.

 

Hardwareunboxed bought some and reviewed them

[Fasauceome]

4 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

 

All the ones I saw had it.

If they're like last gen, a lot of the 6 pin models can actually operate without it and just have a 75 watt max.

[Ankerson]

Just now, GoldenLag said:

The cheapest ones with crushed beer can coolers do not have the 6 pin. 

 

 

 

ROFL 

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, Ankerson said:

 

ROFL 

I mean, they are literally just a sheet of aluminium with a few fins sticking out of it. Some of the better ones stuck intel box cooler on there.

[MeatFeastMan]

Well they say you need 300w, but Nvidia is playing it very safe here (As they should). This is a video from hardware unboxed showing that at 1440p crysis 3, total system power consumption is at 192w. That is with a 9900k at 5ghz. Think it's safe to say you're not going to be using a 9900k at 5ghz with your 1650. You should be fine. Not to mention these 1650 models are higher power models with the 6 pin connector. Yes other games and applications may be higher than that, but in general it'll be in the same ball park.

 

 

Yes, it'll be tight but you should be okay with 250w as long as you're not planning to pair the 1650 with an 18 core monster or something crazy like that. If you're on a dual/quad core as I expect you are you'll be just fine.

[GoldenLag]

3 minutes ago, MeatFeastMan said:

Yes, it'll be tight but you should be okay with 250w as long as you're not planning to pair the 1650 with an 18 core monster or something crazy like that. If you're on a dual/quad core as I expect you are you'll be just fine.

The only issue is:

 

We dont know what 250 watt PSU it is.

Its also an older unit, which isnt great.

 

Then there is the price of the 570. Where buying a 570 + PSU will cost the same or slightly more while offering a much better package. 

[WereCatf]

28 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

The cheapest ones with crushed beer can coolers do not have the 6 pin.

Someone has been watching Hardware Unboxed.

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, WereCatf said:

Someone has been watching Hardware Unboxed.

Tbf they do lool like that....,..

[Spotty]

7 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Then there is the price of the 570. Where buying a 570 + PSU will cost the same or slightly more while offering a much better package. 

The problem I see with the 570+PSU approach is we don't know if OPs system uses ATX form factor. So replacing the PSU might not be an option if it doesn't fit ATX size PSUs without also buying other things like a new case, and maybe even a new motherboard as well.

But, if they don't have any compatibility issues then yeah you're right, the new PSU + RX570 would likely be the better approach, and the new PSU will even allow for better upgrades of the GPU like a more powerful RX580 instead of a RX570 or further upgrades down the line (Navi?).