Gtx 1050 installation

[MrAlbertrocks]

I'm planning on buying a gtx 1050 for a friend who has a pretty shitty Dell PC. I don't know his full specs and i don't want to ruin the surprise. Is the 1050 supposed to work on any PC just by inserting it in the PCIe without any extra power cables?

[Energycore]

Any 1050 that doesn't have a connector will fit just fine

[Guest]

Yes it should. But you need to check if his PC has PCIE 16 because that could be a thing. And what if he has some 50w PSU that can not power anything else?

[MrAlbertrocks]

14 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Yes it should. But you need to check if his PC has PCIE 16 because that could be a thing. And what if he has some 50w PSU that can not power anything else?

I don't think the PSU will be a problem. But hypothetically, if his PSU doesn't have enough power, what would happen if i install the GPU? 

[Guest]

Just now, MrAlbertrocks said:

I don't think the PSU will be a problem. But hypothetically, if his PSU doesn't have enough power, what would happen if i install the GPU? 

Worse you could damage it?

I don't know. But most Dell OEM should come with around 300w PSU which is enough

[Energycore]

11 minutes ago, MrAlbertrocks said:

I don't think the PSU will be a problem. But hypothetically, if his PSU doesn't have enough power, what would happen if i install the GPU? 

Either it will shut itself off, or the PSU will die. But even a 250W one can take a prebuild and a 75W card.