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Robin_Andersson
By Robin_Andersson
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Hi, I've been wanting to upgrade my pc, It's a lenovo PC. Would this work and could any components be damadged? 

 

Specs:

  • CPU: i5 4460
  • PSU: 280w bronze
  • Motherboard: SPP0F66949 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-SPP0F66949-H50-50-Socket-LGA1150-Motherboard-/361466206664)
  • GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7470
  • HDD: 1tb
  • Ram: 8gb ddr3 1600hz
  • OS: Windows 8.1

 

I'd like to upgrade to:

 

Thank you in advance //Robin
 

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3 minutes ago, Robin_Andersson said:

Hi, I've been wanting to upgrade my pc, It's a lenovo PC. Would this work and could any components be damadged? 

 

Specs:

  • CPU: i5 4460
  • PSU: 280w bronze
  • Motherboard: SPP0F66949 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lenovo-SPP0F66949-H50-50-Socket-LGA1150-Motherboard-/361466206664)
  • GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7470
  • HDD: 1tb
  • Ram: 8gb ddr3 1600hz
  • OS: Windows 8.1

 

I'd like to upgrade to:

 

Thank you in advance //Robin
 

What is that adapter? i can't view ebay links at school. Everything else looks good.

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4 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Id get the 1050ti.

 

You can use the current psu, its a very low power card.

It is a 1050 Ti

 

The current gpu draws ~25w, I read that having too little power could damadge other components so I'm too afraid to try it.

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5 minutes ago, Robin_Andersson said:

It is a 1050 Ti

 

The current gpu draws ~25w, I read that having too little power could damadge other components so I'm too afraid to try it.

You have a 280w psu.

 

The gpu will pull about 70W

 

You cpu pulls about 50W.

 

Everything else pulls about 30-40W.

 

 

Your fine, and it won't hurt anything if you pull too much power, it will just shut off, but you won't pull too much power.

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11 minutes ago, Robin_Andersson said:

It is a 1050 Ti

 

The current gpu draws ~25w, I read that having too little power could damadge other components so I'm too afraid to try it.

The PCIe spec states that graphics cards can pull 75 W from a PCIe slot, so your motherboard should be able to provide it assuming your power supply can handle it.

 

5 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Your fine, and it won't hurt anything if you pull too much power, it will just shut off, but you won't pull too much power.

I wouldn't rely too much on that, as many cheap power supplies lack overcurrent protection, even though they technically should have it.

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3 minutes ago, Kavawuvi said:

I wouldn't rely too much on that, as many cheap power supplies lack overcurrent protection, even though they technically should have it.

These aren't that cheap of psu's, there from a big brand. They would be stupid to put a cheap psu in.

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