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750 ti 

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probably not.

 

I would rule out anything that requires a power connector, PCI slot powered only. 

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You could throw a 750 or 750Ti in it. A nice, powerful card for a nice, powerful system.

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If you get a 750 ti make sure that it does not have a 6 pin connector.  Or make sure that your PSU has enough spare molex connecters to use a 6 pin adapter on.

 

 

 

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750 ti.

Might I recommend the EVGA 750 ti SC version? No external connector, and it's pre-overlocked.

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i read for 650 that you need at least 400w power supply. so yeh a 750ti would be a lot more. i want to get something asap that will run good. um possibly from pc world.co.uk webiste.

 

what is pci powered? which card could this be

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Another vote for the 750Ti here. Any of the reference designs would be what you want. 

 

This one doesn't have a power connector, and looks like a good design and price:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487024

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i read for 650 that you need at least 400w power supply. so yeh a 750ti would be a lot more. i want to get something asap that will run good. um possibly from pc world.co.uk webiste.

 

what is pci powered? which card could this be

 

With the 750Ti, you are getting nvidia's maxwell architecture, which saves a lot of power. These cards only use about 60w at full load, which is really impressive. The 300w power supply you have will be fine.  

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With the 750Ti, you are getting nvidia's maxwell architecture, which saves a lot of power. These cards only use about 60w at full load, which is really impressive. The 300w power supply you have will be fine.  

 

 

dont want to spend £100+ on gpu, max i can go is £70-80. 650 is at 65w tdp. so would this still be fine?

 

 

Another vote for the 750Ti here. Any of the reference designs would be what you want. 

 

This one doesn't have a power connector, and looks like a good design and price:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487024

 

it says that i need 500 watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 30 amps on the +12 volt rail.

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dont want to spend £100+ on gpu, max i can go is £70-80. 650 is at 65w tdp. so would this still be fine?

 

 

 

it says that i need 500 watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 30 amps on the +12 volt rail.

I know that's what that one says, and I have a feeling that is an error on newegg's part. 

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-750-ti-review,3750-20.html

 

There's some power consumption information. 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500327

 

The zotac one there also states only 60w of power consumption. 

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I know that's what that one says, and I have a feeling that is an error on newegg's part. 

 

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-750-ti-review,3750-20.html

 

There's some power consumption information. 

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500327

 

The zotac one there also states only 60w of power consumption. 

 

 

118-141w at max... im just worried about the psu, cuz its 300w, but may not give that, so at those max gpu wattage, i could break my psu right?

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Your best bet is the 750 ti, if the price is steep, save up.

It's price is near nothing in the GPU world tbh...

 

The 650 pulls a lot more power than the 750/750ti... Maxwell draws much less power (to the extent that the 60w provided by the PCI bracket is enough for the card)

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even with spikes to 140 or whatever, that computer would still be under 300 watts. Your CPU uses less than 100 watts, and everything else is much less than 50. So even with those spikes you're just in high 200's or so, and that's fine. I wouldn't put a 150w card in there cause running it full out like that would eventually be a problem, but with a spike every now and then or whatever, don't worry about it.

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Umm with that small budget maybe a 640? Bit a 750 ti would be the best you could get at the moment.

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how could i test my system under full load so i can see the wattage of the system without the gpu? i am still a skeptic that my psu would be able to run this without some sort of problem

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looks like this vid was tailor made for you

 

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dont want to spend £100+ on gpu, max i can go is £70-80. 650 is at 65w tdp. so would this still be fine?

 

 

 

it says that i need 500 watt or greater power supply with a minimum of 30 amps on the +12 volt rail.

 

edit- got beat to it

 

 

 

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