PSU and GPU

[ironer201]

I planing to buy a MSI GTX 1650 . My budget is very tight so i am planing to use Thermaltake 350 Watt PSU. will this psu damage my gpu ?
i am just trying to save money otherwise i will buy Corsair 450 watt PSU. is this saving worth it.
Also one thing should i buy GTX1050 TI in 2022 or it doesn't worth ? (please don't suggest me other GPU)
My PC spec
CPU : i5 3470S
Ram : 8GB DDR3 1333Mhz
GPU : GT 630 DDR3 2GB (only GPU and PSU will be upgraded )
HDD : 1 TB 7200RPM

[Pixelfie]

What specific Thermaltake PSU is it?

 

Have you looked in the used market? Sometimes there's better stuff available there. Just make sure to not get scammed, so if possible get to see it working in person, do some benchmarks and load GPU-Z to see if it's not fake.

[PDifolco]

If you already have a PSU why upgrading it for a 350W one ??

A 1650 needs 100W, your CPU 65W, so mostly any working PSU is enough...

And really a 1650 isn't a good GPU for its price, even a 6500XT is better (and don't cost more)

[ironer201]

4 hours ago, PDifolco said:

If you already have a PSU why upgrading it for a 350W one ??

A 1650 needs 100W, your CPU 65W, so mostly any working PSU is enough...

And really a 1650 isn't a good GPU for its price, even a 6500XT is better (and don't cost more)

But RX 6500XT need PCIe 4 x16 slot

I have PCIe 3x 16 slot

[ironer201]

6 hours ago, Pixelfie said:

What specific Thermaltake PSU is it?

 

Have you looked in the used market? Sometimes there's better stuff available there. Just make sure to not get scammed, so if possible get to see it working in person, do some benchmarks and load GPU-Z to see if it's not fake.

Buying used product is risky so i don't want to take the risk 

[Pixelfie]

43 minutes ago, Md z said:

Buying used product is risky so i don't want to take the risk 

Not much risk, as long as you can actually see it working. I don't mean just booting to the desktop, but actually running games etc. See if it performs like it should, and if temps aren't extremely high.

 

5 hours ago, PDifolco said:

And really a 1650 isn't a good GPU for its price, even a 6500XT is better (and don't cost more)

Problem is that OP has a PCIe 3.0 setup. At PCIe 3.0 it's not much better than a 1650, and in some cases even worse than a 1050 Ti. When it does get higher fps, it's still a stuttery mess, even if it has 60+ fps. Here's a video from HUB that compares it to some other cards.

 

 

[PDifolco]

56 minutes ago, Md z said:

But RX 6500XT need PCIe 4 x16 slot

I have PCIe 3x 16 slot

It's same price, not really worse on PCie3, and will get better when you upgrade your very aging CPU & board

 

[ironer201]

On 7/29/2022 at 9:09 PM, PDifolco said:

It's same price, not really worse on PCie3, and will get better when you upgrade your very aging CPU & board

 

No video dcoder . i use blender some times and will do some video editing in future

[PDifolco]

4 hours ago, Md z said:

No video dcoder . i use blender some times and will do some video editing in future

ok, but then you should get a better GPU like a 3060