Need Help with upgrade

[ImFluent]

i have this PC https://www.bestbuy.ca/en-ca/product/asus-rog-strix-gaming-pc-intel-core-i5-8400-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-nvidia-gtx-1050-windows-10-english/13565767

i upgraded my ram to 2 8 GB sticks so i have 16 GB in total and i was thinking about upgrading my graphics card but since i have a 300 watt power supply i dont know weather i can. i heard that gtx 1650 is good for low power but i dont know how much better it is than my current gtx 1050 2 GB and weather it will even work with my mother board and power supply. i just want to be able to play apex legends with 60+ fps without it looking terrable and escape from tarkov with 60 fps thanks for looking at my post.

this is my first post here and its my first PC.

[Akira Shimazu]

i would never go below 400W. idk the total power consumption. but just change to CX or BequitU(9 or any other affordable PSU. around 550W for safer. although 450W is enough

[DailyProcrastinator]

A 1650 does not require a power connector, it gets power from the PCIe slot you plug it in too. You are fine to upgrade the GPU without changing the PSU, that said not a huge upgrade, a PSU upgrade and something like an RX 580 8gb or better will yield much better results, the 1650 is massively overpriced for what it is. I'd recommend a Corsair CXm450 (grey label) and something better in your local used market for a GPU upgrade.

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/FQ648d/corsair-power-supply-cp9020101na

[m777y]

rx 570 asrock 1x6 pin

for details, googling it.

[Herman Mcpootis]

15 minutes ago, m777y said:

rx 570 asrock 1x6 pin

for details, googling it.

he will be running at almost 300w with a 570. Plus we don't know if his PSU has all 300w on the 12v rail or not, so the 570 isn't gonna work.

[Herman Mcpootis]

a GTX 1650 or 1650 super is the most i'd trust with your PSU, but you'll likely need a dual molex to 6-pin adapter for the 1650 super.

[ImFluent]

Just now, Herman Mcpootis said:

a GTX 1650 or 1650 super is the most i'd trust with your PSU, but you'll likely need a dual molex to 6-pin adapter for the 1650 super.

I just wanna be able to run 60 fps smoothly on the games i play i dont want alot of hassle with changing parts cuz i dont know what im doing

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 minutes ago, ImFluent said:

I just wanna be able to run 60 fps smoothly on the games i play i dont want alot of hassle with changing parts cuz i dont know what im doing

 

then you lower your settings and hope it's enough, because otherwise you're never gonna be able to get 60FPS if you don't make an upgrade.

[ImFluent]

Just now, Herman Mcpootis said:

then you lower your settings and hope it's enough, because otherwise you're never gonna be able to get 60FPS if you don't make an upgrade.

i ment im willing to switch my graphics card but i dont know about powersupplys and that

 

[Herman Mcpootis]

Just now, ImFluent said:

i ment im willing to switch my graphics card but i dont know about powersupplys and that

 

can you take a picture of  your PSU?

[ImFluent]

i will post one later but i cant take it out cuz of my case its silver and i dont see any labels on it

[Herman Mcpootis]

4 minutes ago, ImFluent said:

i will post one later but i cant take it out cuz of my case its silver and i dont see any labels on it

if you can't find the labels then see if it has a 6-pin connector on the GPU or just lying around, or a pair of large 4-pin molex connectors.

[ImFluent]

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

if you can't find the labels then see if it has a 6-pin connector on the GPU or just lying around, or a pair of large 4-pin molex connectors.

i cant see the bottem of the power supply or the left side cuz of my case

 

[GoldenLag]

23 minutes ago, ImFluent said:

i cant see the bottem of the power supply or the left side cuz of my case

 

you can still see the power cables right?

 

also you should be able to get the PSU out with a screwdriver. 

[ImFluent]

20 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

you can still see the power cables right?

 

also you should be able to get the PSU out with a screwdriver. 

I saw extra power cables

 

[ImFluent]

It's like a cover thing but removing it will mean taking out my hard drive cuz it's under it to and unplugging everything 

 

[GoldenLag]

1 minute ago, ImFluent said:

I saw extra power cables

 

is it a 6+2 pin connector? 

is it a 6 pin connector?

is it s 4 pin molex?

 

 

you can use google to get images of the connectors if you are unsure of how they look. 

[ImFluent]

21 hours ago, GoldenLag said:

is it a 6+2 pin connector? 

is it a 6 pin connector?

is it s 4 pin molex?

 

 

you can use google to get images of the connectors if you are unsure of how they look. 

I took pictures... I'm guessing It won't work I think I'm a try and get 1650 4gb

[GoldenLag]

2 hours ago, ImFluent said:

I took pictures... I'm guessing It won't work I think I'm a try and get 1650 4gb

Any stickers on the side of the PSU?

 

Because we really cant tell if you should get the 1650 either. 

[ImFluent]

18 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Any stickers on the side of the PSU?

 

Because we really cant tell if you should get the 1650 either. 

No but on the website it says 300 watts

[GoldenLag]

3 minutes ago, ImFluent said:

No but on the website it says 300 watts

There are no markings at all on the PSU?

[ImFluent]

28 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

There are no markings at all on the PSU?

Their might be on the left or bottom but I will have to remove wires and my hard drive to open up to it

Here I'll put more pics of my pc

[ImFluent]

4 minutes ago, ImFluent said:

Their might be on the left or bottom but I will have to remove wires and my hard drive to open up to it

Here I'll put more pics of my pc

 

It's in that silver casing under my gpu

[GoldenLag]

20 minutes ago, ImFluent said:

Their might be on the left or bottom but I will have to remove wires and my hard drive to open up to it

Here I'll put more pics of my pc

Untill we know what PSU it is, i cant recommend running any GPU with it

[ImFluent]

17 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

Untill we know what PSU it is, i cant recommend running any GPU with it

But I told you it's a 300 watt it says on the best buy website that I linked in one of my earlier replies