My pc psu

[Henr9]

Is my 230w psu enough for gtx 1050 i have i5 8400 2.8hz 

8gb ram one channel

1tb hdd

 

[mariushm]

gtx 1050 consumes up to 75 watts. The rest of your system doesn't consume more than 100 watts.

So if the psu can give at least 180 watts out of those 230w on 12v, you should be fine. Look on the label of the psu and figure it out.

[Henr9]

@mariushm can i use gtx 1050 ti or better

 

Edited May 3, 2020 by Henr9

[Haro]

32 minutes ago, Henr9 said:

@mariushm can i use gtx 1050 ti or better

 

It depends technically it's enough but that PSU is probably old and janky and won't provide stable power for the GPU and the whole  system 

[mariushm]

2 hours ago, Henr9 said:

@mariushm can i use gtx 1050 ti or better

 

Well, it uses about the same amount of power, give or take 5-10 watts.

 

Like I said, as long as the psu can provide a reasonable amount of watts on the 12v output ( multiply the current amount shown in A on the label by 12 to get watts) there's no reason why it shouldn't work.

 

Keep in mind that such small power supplies typically don't have pci-e 6 pin or 8 pin connectors, but you could get an adapter to convert 1-2 molex or sata connectors into 6+2 pin connector. 

 

These may be better value and I would say cards up to around 100-110 watts should work :

 

GTX 1660 Super = up to 110W
GTX 1650 =  up to 80W
GTX 1650 Super = up to 95W

 

Remember you can also configure the power limit to a negative percentage, reducing the performance by some small amount, in order to reduce the power consumption by a few watts, if the power supply can't handle it (and that would result in system restarting by itself or shutting down)

 

Even these cards may work perfectly fine with your 230w power supply if it can supply at least around 180 watts on the 12v output. If you change the power budget slider to something like -5% , you'll shave 5-10 watts, maybe more, from the total power consumption

 

RX 5500XT =  up to 125 watts

GTX 1060 = up to 120 watts

 

[Henr9]

13 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Well, it uses about the same amount of power, give or take 5-10 watts.

 

Like I said, as long as the psu can provide a reasonable amount of watts on the 12v output ( multiply the current amount shown in A on the label by 12 to get watts) there's no reason why it shouldn't work.

 

Keep in mind that such small power supplies typically don't have pci-e 6 pin or 8 pin connectors, but you could get an adapter to convert 1-2 molex or sata connectors into 6+2 pin connector. 

 

These may be better value and I would say cards up to around 100-110 watts should work :

 

GTX 1660 Super = up to 110W
GTX 1650 =  up to 80W
GTX 1650 Super = up to 95W

 

Remember you can also configure the power limit to a negative percentage, reducing the performance by some small amount, in order to reduce the power consumption by a few watts, if the power supply can't handle it (and that would result in system restarting by itself or shutting down)

 

Even these cards may work perfectly fine with your 230w power supply if it can supply at least around 180 watts on the 12v output. If you change the power budget slider to something like -5% , you'll shave 5-10 watts, maybe more, from the total power consumption

 

RX 5500XT =  up to 125 watts

GTX 1060 = up to 120 watts

 

Thanks that really helped im not so good on these things

[Henr9]

 

@mariushm

So how much is the 12v  watts

 

Edited May 3, 2020 by Henr9

[mariushm]

 

3.3v x 8A = 26.5w

5v x 10A = 50w

The combined 5v and 3.3v output should not exceed 55w ... so up to 26w on 3.3v, up to 50w on 5v, but both at same time up to 55w

12v x 15A = 180w max

 

The combined 12v + 3.3v + 5v should not exceed 220w ... so if you use 12v at maximum of 180w, you're left with 40w budget for 3.3v and 5v. With a single ram stick and a mechanical hard drive, you are unlikely to get close to 40w.

 

 

[Henr9]

@mariushm thanks so much ily. So all the gpu s i can out in my pc?

 

[Haro]

45 minutes ago, Henr9 said:

@mariushm thanks so much ily. So all the gpu s i can out in my pc?

 

To put it simply

This is what you can run : 1050ti/1050/1650 

And if you wanna go cheaper the 960 is also a cheaper option