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Hey all, I recently purchased a Dell Gaming PC that includes (Intel i7-8700/1TB HDD/256GB SSD/16GB RAM/NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/Windows 10). The PC has been running fine for 5 days, but I'm curious as to if this PC can run 2 games at once or stream on platforms like Twitch or Youtube gaming. I'm no expert for PC's, so I'm asking here. Is a 460w power supply strong enough to run 2 games at once or stream? How exactly does the power supply work? Is it really capable of handling an okay GPU/CPU? Especially while playing 2 games at once or streaming? Or would I need to invest a little bit more for another power supply?

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Power consumption is definitely a non-issue for the wattage especially if that's how it came.

By any chance, what PSU is it? Could you potentially take a picture of it?

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It will work but you can look into buying a PSU replacement just make sure connector for you pre-built from dell doesn't have non-standard connectors.

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How "strong" a 460W PSU is depends on the PSU.  That's why there are so many PSUs out there.  If all 450, 460 or 500W PSUs were the same, we'd only have one brand available.

 

Dell tends to spec exactly what their build requires (without additional upgrades) without having any issues.  So 1 game or 2, streaming or not... if you run into problems with that build as-is, it's not going to be because of the power supply.

 

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