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Hello!

I am very new to this community and just came here to ask a few questions.

 

I want a PC done tomorrow and found one on amazon that can get delivered by tomorrow. Here is the link:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071DM6TWM/ref=twister_B073VG29GL?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

 

However I still have some money left over and want to buy a graphics card, I am interested on buying this

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-GeForce-Support-Graphics-04G-P4-6253-KR/dp/B07F4GGWL1/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1537481641&sr=1-1&keywords=Gtx%2B1050ti&th=1

 

The PC’s power supply is 300W and the EVGA 3gb card recommends a 300W power supply and I want to ask if this is a good fit for the prebuilt PC.

 

The only game i am interested in running is CSGO so yeah!

 

Thanks!

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It'll be marginal. You wouldn't have any wiggle room in the long run as PSUs tend to degrade over time, reducing their capacity. But for the meantime, it should be ok. Just wait for a sale on a good PSU and swap it out then since it doesn't seem like Acer uses any weird standards for board power connections like Dell. The second thing to look for is whether or not your board has an actual PCI-e 16x slot for the GPU. Based on some images I found for the TC-780, it should be okay. Though I can't be 100% as slightly different configurations can have boards with virtually no expansion at all. But I'm... 90% sure yours will have it. 

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The 1050 is a very common choice for upgrading these sorts of prebuilts because of their low power draw.

As @BlueChinchillaEatingDoritosaid, replacing that ketchup and mustard PSU later on is a worthwhile investment.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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1 minute ago, fasauceome said:

The 1050 is a very common choice for upgrading these sorts of prebuilts because of their low power draw.

As @BlueChinchillaEatingDoritosaid, replacing that ketchup and mustard PSU later on is a worthwhile investment.

Even a decent 450W one could handle some decently powerful cards, and a decent 650W one could even handle a 1080 Ti.

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