Power Supply Problems

[Boomwebsearch]

I have an HP Elite 800 SFF PC which has the Intel Core 2 Duo E7500, 8GB of RAM, and a 1TB 3.5 inch hard drive. The power supply for this computer can provide only 240 watts, that is ok for now although if I added a GPU such as the AMD DMS-59 would the system be able to handle it? Also what could happen if the power draw of the system is over the rating that the power supply can give?

[sambarr]

With those specs, it won't go over 240 watts, ever. 

 

dms59 is a connector type, not a card model. It's found on basic cards provided by OEMs. You need a breakout cable to adapt dms59 to vga (or dvi)

[Boomwebsearch]

23 minutes ago, sambarr said:

With those specs, it won't go over 240 watts, ever. 

 

dms59 is a connector type, not a card model. It's found on basic cards provided by OEMs. You need a breakout cable to adapt dms59 to vga (or dvi)

The GPU which I want to add is the Radeon HD 3450 GPU which has the DMS 59 connector type, sorry for the confusion.

[sambarr]

38 minutes ago, Boomwebsearch said:

The GPU which I want to add is the Radeon HD 3450 GPU which has the DMS 59 connector type, sorry for the confusion.

The Radeon HD 3450 requires 25 Watts to run