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Can I put a GTX 1660 super mini in my PC with 320W PSU?

FinishGamer86

It's just for asking , I don't actually intend to buy a 1660 any time soon , for that I need to build a new computer. Let's start with the fact that this PSU is not shitty at all and it's power efficient , as it powered a Zotac 750ti 2GB card for a year and now it has been powering for two months a GTX 1650 MINI ITX from Gigabyte , the 750ti was oveclocked , and the 1650 is still overclocked and.I saw Linus do something similar (The GPU was a 1660ti)only with a Dell PC that had a 275W psu and an i7-3770 in it. 

I have a HP Compaq 6200 Pro MT with an i7-2600 and a 320W psu. Can I do what Linus did , by adding a SATA to Pin cable and knowing that this psu has 45 watts more and also that this psu is not a bad one? 

(I know I could go with a RX580 but my PC supports low profile and single fan cards only, and going with RX550 o 560 is going to hurt performance as they are somewhat slower than my 1650)

This is the video I am talking about: 

 

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I wouldn't recommend it as the recommended PSU for the 1660 super mini is a 450w psu

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13 minutes ago, MrTuffguy said:

I wouldn't recommend it as the recommended PSU for the 1660 super mini is a 450w psu

Yeah But the 1660ti which Linus used also recommends a 450W psu, but he was using it with a 275W PSU and without any problems with even less wattage compared to mine. Anyway why would've he go with that then? Knowing that the recommended PSU wattage was 450W? 

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It would be bad in the long run though Linus used it just for that video, So he wouldn't worry about the longrun

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8 minutes ago, MrTuffguy said:

It would be bad in the long run though Linus used it just for that video, So he wouldn't worry about the longrun

But he also reccomended it , so wasn't he already thinking about longrun use? 

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Worse case you just underclock/volt a little on the cpu or gpu.

 

However in my experience, that won't necessarily solve spikes in power draw and didn't help me run 2x1060s or 2x rx580s

CPU: Ryzen 2600 GPU: RX 6800 RAM: ddr4 3000Mhz 4x8GB  MOBO: MSI B450-A PRO Display: 4k120hz with freesync premium.

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1 minute ago, FinishGamer86 said:

But he also reccomended it , so wasn't he already thinking about longrun use? 

I don't know about that, I would say cheaping out on a psu is NOT worth it.

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On 9/6/2020 at 9:26 PM, MrTuffguy said:

I don't know about that, I would say cheaping out on a psu is NOT worth it.

This PSU is not bad at all , it handled an overclocked GTX 750ti for a year without any problems and with heavy use. Now it has been handling a 1650 Mini ITX OC from Gigabyte for 3 months. 

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4 hours ago, FinishGamer86 said:

This PSU is not bad at all , it handled an overclocked GTX 750ti for a year without any problems and with heavy use. Now it has been handling a 1650 Mini ITX OC from Gigabyte for 3 months. 

Then why ask dood go for it...

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