Underpowered Mobo

[Dinomite07]

So I am making a budget gaming pc for fun. It will be my first desktop ever since I always use laptops. I already ordered the used pc. The thing is that the mobo will barely support a 1050ti low profile card. Would increasing the 240w psu to a 450w psu give more watts for the mobo to give to the gpu? The pc is a T573 Dell Optiplex 3010 i5-3470 with 8gb of ddr3 ram and a 1 tb hdd.

[Jurrunio]

2 minutes ago, Dinomite07 said:

The thing is that the mobo will barely support a 1050ti low profile card.

not sure how this one works. If there's a PCIe slot, it will work with the motherboard. Supplying enough power with safety worries or not depends on the PSU solely

[Dinomite07]

Yes, the gpu will work. But the psu might explode. Would upgrading the psu have any affect at all? It is a micro atx mobo that uses a micro atx psu. The pc costed only $125, psu will cost $30 and the gpu will cost like $100-160.

[seon123]

5 minutes ago, Dinomite07 said:

Yes, the gpu will work. But the psu might explode. Would upgrading the psu have any affect at all? It is a micro atx mobo that uses a micro atx psu. The pc costed only $125, psu will cost $30 and the gpu will cost like $100-160.

PSUs, even the most crappy ones will shut down when overloaded. You won't draw anywhere near 240W with a 1050 Ti system, but you'll want to check how the power is distributed on the PSU. 

[Dinomite07]

Should I just upgrade to a 300w plus psu? Because I don't know how to check power distribution. The mobo is a micro atx dell oem board.