260 watt power supply.

[ShaheerWasTaken]

Hello friends! My power supply is 260 watts. Right now I have an i5-2400 and a gtx 1050 2gb. Is my power supply enough? Can I get a 1650 4gb with the same voltage. Am I losing fps with such a low power supply. Bye friends.

[IC4]

What the heck kind of power supply do you have? A 260 watt? Haven’t seen anything of that wattage in years, no I would not upgrade a gpu without upgrading that psu to at least something viable.

[ShaheerWasTaken]

umm ok

[Void Master]

7 minutes ago, ShaheerLikesGames said:

Hello friends! My power supply is 260 watts. Right now I have an i5-2400 and a gtx 1050 2gb. Is my power supply enough? Can I get a 1650 4gb with the same voltage. Am I losing fps with such a low power supply. Bye friends.

It's enough.

2 minutes ago, IC4 said:

What the heck kind of power supply do you have? A 260 watt? Haven’t seen anything of that wattage in years, no I would not upgrade a gpu without upgrading that psu to start least something viable.

Seems like an OEM PSU, those are usually made by delta which is really decent. 

Just now, ShaheerLikesGames said:

umm ok

What brand ? 

[Jae Tee]

I would not suggest the Gpu upgrade without a power supply upgrade. no you would not lose fps, but it might not work at all.

2 minutes ago, IC4 said:

What the heck kind of power supply do you have? A 260 watt? Haven’t seen anything of that wattage in years, no I would not upgrade a gpu without upgrading that psu to at least something viable.

prob. oem

[TetraSky]

3 minutes ago, IC4 said:

What the heck kind of power supply do you have? A 260 watt? Haven’t seen anything of that wattage in years, no I would not upgrade a gpu without upgrading that psu to at least something viable.

More than likely a pre-built. They love to cheap out on the powersupply and only put in the bare minimum.

 

If you want to upgrade the GPU, I'd suggest upgrading the PSU as well, just to be sure.

[ShaheerWasTaken]

3 hours ago, Jae Tee said:

I would not suggest the Gpu upgrade without a power supply upgrade. no you would not lose fps, but it might not work at all.

prob. oem

But im running a gtx 1050 2gb right now and it works fine. It uses the same voltage as the low profile 1650 4gb.

[IC4]

Just now, ShaheerLikesGames said:

umm ok

And sorry I didn’t answer all of your question, no you can’t lose fps with a power supply. But it can blow up if it doesn’t have proper safety’s on it. A 260 I’m assuming nowadays is super old because none of the major manufactures I know sell those things on there main line ups. So yes it would be smart to replace it.

[ShaheerWasTaken]

3 hours ago, Void Master said:

It's enough.

Seems like an OEM PSU, those are usually made by delta which is really decent. 

What brand ? 

[ShaheerWasTaken]

3 hours ago, IC4 said:

And sorry I didn’t answer all of your question, no you can’t lose fps with a power supply. But it can blow up if it doesn’t have proper safety’s on it. A 260 I’m assuming nowadays is super old because none of the major manufactures I know sell those things on there main line ups. So yes it would be smart to replace it.

I get what your saying, i guess ill go for the power supply upgrade first. 

[Guest]

7 minutes ago, ShaheerLikesGames said:

Hello friends! My power supply is 260 watts. Right now I have an i5-2400 and a gtx 1050 2gb. Is my power supply enough? Can I get a 1650 4gb with the same voltage. Am I losing fps with such a low power supply. Bye friends.

What do you mean by voltage? If you mean wattage than no, it's to little. And you aren't loosing fps no worries. A power supply only supplies power as the name says.

[Spotty]

4 minutes ago, ShaheerLikesGames said:

Am I losing fps with such a low power supply.

No. Power supplies don't have anything to do with the FPS you get in games.

 

The 1650 and 1050 have similar power consumption. If the 1050 is working then the 1650 shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure you don't get a card that requires an additional 6/8pin PCIe power connector.

 

1 minute ago, IC4 said:

What the heck kind of power supply do you have? A 260 watt? Haven’t seen anything of that wattage in years, no I would not upgrade a gpu without upgrading that psu to at least something viable.

A lot of prebuilt PCs come with 250-350W PSUs. They're perfect for the system as it's sold and they're not really meant to be upgraded. It's also common for them to use SFF PCs and slim PCs requiring smaller PSUs where it's harder/more costly to get higher wattage units. Besides, no point putting 500W+ PSUs in them because who sticks an RTX2080Ti in a Dell Optiplex office PC anyway?

[ShaheerWasTaken]

My pc is a prebuilt and I don't think I could change the power supply. I know about computers but if I be honest, Ive never actually touched one because im scared ill break something

[ShaheerWasTaken]

3 hours ago, Spotty said:

No. Power supplies don't have anything to do with the FPS you get in games.

 

The 1650 and 1050 have similar power consumption. If the 1050 is working then the 1650 shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure you don't get a card that requires an additional 6/8pin PCIe power connector.

 

A lot of prebuilt PCs come with 250-350W PSUs. They're perfect for the system as it's sold and they're not really meant to be upgraded. It's also common for them to use SFF PCs and slim PCs requiring smaller PSUs where it's harder/more costly to get higher wattage units. Besides, no point putting 500W+ PSUs in them because who sticks an RTX2080Ti in a Dell Optiplex office PC anyway?

Ya im going to get one without the pins.

[Jae Tee]

1 minute ago, ShaheerLikesGames said:

But im running a gtx 1050 2gb right now and it works fine. It uses the same voltage as the low profile 1650 4gb.

Just a precaution. Many people ask if a much better power supply would be enough and the answer is you don't need to over spend on a PSU. How ever you shouldn't go this low either.

[ShaheerWasTaken]

Ya but the 1650 low profile im going to buy is going to be my last upgrade. Then I'm starting high school and will probablly try to save up for a much much better pc.

[Spotty]

1 minute ago, ShaheerLikesGames said:

5.08V and 5.08Vsb???

"Hey boss, we can't quite get the voltage regulation tight on the 5V. It's a little high. Do you want us to make some design changes?"
"No. I've got a better idea..."

[Jae Tee]

1 minute ago, ShaheerLikesGames said:

My pc is a prebuilt and I don't think I could change the power supply.

I'm sure you can find something. many times a better pc of the same model will have a more powerfull psu that is the same size.

[ShaheerWasTaken]

3 hours ago, Spotty said:

5.08V and 5.08Vsb???

"Hey boss, we can't quite get the voltage regulation tight on the 5V. It's a little high. Do you want us to make some design changes?"
"No. I've got a better idea..."

Is my power supply rigged?

[IC4]

2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

No. Power supplies don't have anything to do with the FPS you get in games.

 

The 1650 and 1050 have similar power consumption. If the 1050 is working then the 1650 shouldn't be a problem. Just make sure you don't get a card that requires an additional 6/8pin PCIe power connector.

 

A lot of prebuilt PCs come with 250-350W PSUs. They're perfect for the system as it's sold and they're not really meant to be upgraded. It's also common for them to use SFF PCs and slim PCs requiring smaller PSUs where it's harder/more costly to get higher wattage units. Besides, no point putting 500W+ PSUs in them because who sticks an RTX2080Ti in a Dell Optiplex office PC anyway?

I understand that, wasn’t thinking this is probably some old office pc. Because all of the prebuilts I’ve seen don’t use something like a lite on 260 watter lol. But I only look at “gaming” prebuilts so that’s probably why 

[IC4]

2 minutes ago, Spotty said:

5.08V and 5.08Vsb???

"Hey boss, we can't quite get the voltage regulation tight on the 5V. It's a little high. Do you want us to make some design changes?"
"No. I've got a better idea..."

LOL big meme

[ShaheerWasTaken]

3 hours ago, IC4 said:

I understand that, wasn’t thinking this is probably some old office pc. Because all of the prebuilts I’ve seen don’t use something like a lite on 260 watter lol. But I only look at “gaming” prebuilts so that’s probably why 

Oh this is a lenovo pc its an old slim case like an optiplex. 
here are the specs

 

i5-2400

8gb ram

gtx 1050 2gb

260 watt power supply

500 gb drive

ssd

another drive

 

then i have like a mouse/keyboard/headset/monitor that cost more than my actual pc.

[ShaheerWasTaken]

and a gaming chair. The money ive spent on this stuff is more than a good pc i could have got. idk why i did that. im regretting it all now

[IC4]

Just now, ShaheerLikesGames said:

Oh this is a lenovo pc its an old slim case like an optiplex. 
here are the specs

 

i5-2400

8gb ram

gtx 1050 2gb

260 watt power supply

500 gb drive

ssd

another drive

 

then i have like a mouse/keyboard/headset/monitor that cost more than my actual pc.

Ya know, I understand if you’re on a budget but, if your peripherals cost more then the pc itself. Maybe it’s time for an upgrade a ryzen 3300x  and a 1650 super are a pretty solid pair. But I understand if you have no money to do so 

[IC4]

2 minutes ago, IC4 said:

Ya know, I understand if you’re on a budget but, if your peripherals cost more then the pc itself. Maybe it’s time for an upgrade a ryzen 3300x  and a 1650 super are a pretty solid pair. But I understand if you have no money to do so 

You can also salvage your hdd most likely and your ssd, get a case, ram, psu and cpu (3300x is  solid) (keep your 1050 until you can upgrade) that’s within the realm of 300 ish dollars unless you buy a new gpu. But I think you’d be more impressed with performance gains from doing that.