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Kidsnd274
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I have an old computer from Acer with a GT 920 and an Intel Core i5-3470. It has a 220W Power supply and was thinking if I can upgrade the graphics card to a GTX 1050 or 1050 Ti. The power supply calculator says wattage load would be 213W and recommended would be 263W.

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2 minutes ago, Kidsnd274 said:

I have an old computer from Acer with a GT 920 and an Intel Core i5-3470. It has a 220W Power supply and was thinking if I can upgrade the graphics card to a GTX 1050 or 1050 Ti. The power supply calculator says wattage load would be 213W and recommended would be 263W.

GTX 1050 ti would be what i say as the bare minimum for that power configuration

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7 minutes ago, Kidsnd274 said:

Is it still advisable to upgrade? Even if it's not under the recommended PSU wattage?

I mean an i5-6400 and RX 480 4GB can run on a 300W 80+ bronze PSU, it should still be fine

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20 minutes ago, Ordinarily_Greater said:

GTX 1050 ti would be what i say as the bare minimum for that power configuration

if you want an honest advise then i'd say no. its not good to stress PSU's too much and run them at max load. 

 

however it also depends on what PSU you have. is it a good one? 

 

Can you do it ?yes probably 

 

Will it be okay ? Yes but you are gambling at this point and you really dont want to risk your PSU dying and taking out all the other components with it. (worse case scenario) 

 

best advice, just upgrade to a 300w or 350w or 450w PSU (there isint much difference in prices) and then upgrade to the GTX 1050 Ti. 

 

i'll tell you what my personal experience. i have an i3 2120 and an r7 250 GPU running on an 80+ bronze 250W PSU. This PSU was unable to keep up with the power demands on my system and started restarting the PC during intense gaming sessions. it was annoying. that was an old system (5 years old) but i installed a used GPU in it from my other rig. 

 

EDIT - added in my personal experience. 

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Update the PSU, it is far too low end to be safe putting any thing other than a GT 1030 / RX 550 in there.

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3 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Update the PSU, it is far too low end to be safe putting any thing other than a GT 1030 / RX 550 in there.

with acer.. about 90% likelyhood it has at least a proprietary connector.

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on topic: i'd say GT1030 to be on the safer side of power consumption (and heat kicked out into the case), or GTX1050 if you want to play it risky. do make sure you're buying one without a 6-pin connector.

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1 hour ago, manikyath said:

with acer.. about 90% likelyhood it has at least a proprietary connector.

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on topic: i'd say GT1030 to be on the safer side of power consumption (and heat kicked out into the case), or GTX1050 if you want to play it risky. do make sure you're buying one without a 6-pin connector.

I really hate when they do that... Like Come on Why? I bought your product and you are rewarding me with a Proprietary stuff that i cannot get anywhere else in case you discontinue the thing and am locked down? 

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I really hate when they do that... Like Come on Why? I bought your product and you are rewarding me with a Proprietary stuff that i cannot get anywhere else in case you discontinue the thing and am locked down? 

because its cheaper to assemble?

 

the original PSU in my acer had a 4-pin for the cpu, and a 12 pin for the mobo. and thats it. if there's less to plug in, and the stuff to plug in is smaller, the production line can move faster. and however you turn it, the faster that production line rolls, the cheaper your computer ends up as being.

 

besides, i'd dare say about 95% of their target audience would never even consider upgrading their computer in this way.

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2 minutes ago, manikyath said:

because its cheaper to assemble?

 

the original PSU in my acer had a 4-pin for the cpu, and a 12 pin for the mobo. and thats it. if there's less to plug in, and the stuff to plug in is smaller, the production line can move faster. and however you turn it, the faster that production line rolls, the cheaper your computer ends up as being.

 

besides, i'd dare say about 95% of their target audience would never even consider upgrading their computer in this way.

Point Noted and Agreed. 

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Well looks like everyone is telling me to upgrade the PSU. It's a prebuilt so even the power supply has a weird form factor. My friend already has another gaming laptop but isn't too powerful. It won't be worth it to upgrade to a GTX 1030 as his laptop beats that. I guess I'll not upgrade it since it's too risky.

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