Can I use a low profile 1050ti with this 300w PSU

[GCandy77]

Hi,

 

Was given a PC by a friend and asked to fix his mistakes ( loose wiring ) and then install Win7 & CS6 on it ( will be completely offline ) ..  The PC is a Sff Dell Optiplex 3040 and hes butchered the hell out of it but it still works ( dont ask )

 

The only components that are connected are - x1 dvd drive, x1 120gb SSD, a Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 Fan, x1 80/80mm Fan & a Geforce 710  GPU ( the HDD is not connected )

 

 

My issue is that I I have not re-built a Pc in a while and I do not know if the PSU can handle the Low profile 1050ti I want to put in.

 

I believe the current PSU is 180w (see pics ) and It currently has a Geforce 710 in there of which the specs page advises a 300w PSU is needed?? .. yet everything works fine apart from basic modern"ish" gaming looking pretty bad.

 

https://www.geforce.co.uk/node/13144/specifications

 

The 1050ti also recommends a 300w PSU too n this is where Im hitting a problem. 

 

https://www.nvidia.com/en-sg/geforce/products/10series/geforce-gtx-1050/

 

The 1050 pulls 75w and the 710 pulls 19w but they both recommend the same 300w PSU. 

 

The new egg PSU calculator suggests that Im currently using 193 Watts with the 710 installed and would up it to 243 Watts if I added a 1050ti.

 

Logic tells me that there should be a problem already as the im already using 193w from a 180w the PSU provides ... Yet everything works fine with the 710 installed, so Im confused

 

There will be no hardcore gaming done on this machine, just games like - Inside, getting over it and potentially Goldeneye on Xenia ... 98% of the use will go on CS6

 

Can anyone see any problems that could arise or am I good to defy all logic and go ahead with the purchase?

 

Any better suggestions on low profile GPUs also welcomed

 

Thx

 

 

 

 

 

[gal-m]

@GCandy77 just wanted to say I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the handiwork 

[Tan3l6]

Yup, the casemod is a rat rod ...

[mariushm]

It's not a 300 watts power supply, it's an 180 watts power supply.

 

GT710 consumes up to around 20 watts,  the GTX 1050 consumes around 75 watts.

 

As for the rest of the components :

x1 dvd drive (less than 1w when not in use, maybe 5-10 watts when writing discs)

x1 120gb SSD (around 2-3w)

 Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 Fan (maybe 3-5 watts)

x1 80/80mm Fan (around 2 watts)

each stick of ram consumes around 2 watts

Then your motherboard consumes 10-15 watts (onboard audio, network, chipset)

Your processor ... no idea what processor you have, but I'd guess 30-50 watts on average.

 

So at the moment your computer probably consumes under 100 watts ... if you remove the gt710 your power consumption will go down to maybe 70-80 watts.

If you add a 75 watts video card, you'll be very close to the power supply's maximum output so I don't recommend it.

A 300 watts power supply will work, as long as it can supply at least 220-250 watts on 12v.

 

 

[GCandy77]

8 hours ago, gal-m said:

@GCandy77 just wanted to say I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the handiwork 

Not my handiwork ... but il pass the message on

7 hours ago, mariushm said:

It's not a 300 watts power supply, it's an 180 watts power supply.

 

GT710 consumes up to around 20 watts,  the GTX 1050 consumes around 75 watts.

 

As for the rest of the components :

x1 dvd drive (less than 1w when not in use, maybe 5-10 watts when writing discs)

x1 120gb SSD (around 2-3w)

 Arctic Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 Fan (maybe 3-5 watts)

x1 80/80mm Fan (around 2 watts)

each stick of ram consumes around 2 watts

Then your motherboard consumes 10-15 watts (onboard audio, network, chipset)

Your processor ... no idea what processor you have, but I'd guess 30-50 watts on average.

 

So at the moment your computer probably consumes under 100 watts ... if you remove the gt710 your power consumption will go down to maybe 70-80 watts.

If you add a 75 watts video card, you'll be very close to the power supply's maximum output so I don't recommend it.

A 300 watts power supply will work, as long as it can supply at least 220-250 watts on 12v.

 

 

Thx for that breakdown .. I am aware that its a 180w PSU as posted (soz if I wasnt clear on that), but its the how much the rest of the components draw that I wasnt to sure about n I totally forgot to add the RAM n motherboard    Its got a skylake 6500 btw.

 

You do make a very good point about being close to the power supply's max output n I agree, prob not a good Idea n I need to hunt for something else.  Thx again