Will this run on a 300 watt power supply. My graphics card is a EVGA GeForce GT 610 2048MB GDDR3.
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Its a bit borderline....but it will work. A system with the components you listed consumes about 100 Watts at Idle, and under load closer to 200 Watts (rougly 190). Built Similar System for Friend....same components as above plus 960GM/U3S3 FX 8GB RAM 2 Hard Drives 2 DVD-RW Drives Measured power draw from the "Wall" using Kill-a-Watt EZ for the figures above
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"It depends." Here's the long answer: Read the label on the side of your power supply about the total watts available on the combined legs of the output. Now add up the power used by all your components--use google to find that information, or check the manuals. If the total is less than the legs, it is certainly worth trying.This is the short answer: If this 300-w. PSU is one of the 'no-name' ones that came with the case for $39.99, shipping included. It most assuredly will not. (At least for very long.)
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Depends on alot of factors(psu eff. periferals, age, etc.) There are calcs avail various places, use one.
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Its a bit borderline....but it will work. A system with the components you listed consumes about 100 Watts at Idle, and under load closer to 200 Watts (rougly 190).Built Similar System for Friend....same components as above plus960GM/U3S3 FX8GB RAM2 Hard Drives2 DVD-RW DrivesMeasured power draw from the "Wall" using Kill-a-Watt EZ for the figures above
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Will it run? Yes ...........will it perform in the way you want it to for the reason you are buying the card in the first place? no! As a rule of thumb any graphics card that requires a 6-pin pcie power connector needs a minimum of 500 watts. This card should have about 600 to run correctly.
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You're right, 300W is minimum for 8500GT made by BFG per power supply requirements stated on the box. For PNY Verto GeForce 8500GT, with 512MB, also stated on the box, I was surprised to read "300W" is still the minimum recommended. So, we just may be able to squeak by with any available memory version - 512MB preferrably - 8500GT video card, for future-proof support of games designed to run with Vista's DX10.
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NVidia's online calculator says the stock (non-overclocked card) will work with a 300W power supply. This one should as well. It has an on-board power regulator that prevents it from drawing more than 75W. See NVidia dot com/content/HelpMeChoose/fx2/HelpMeChoose.asp?lang=en-usThis does have the 6 pin power supply connector for a cable from the power supply to the card, on the top edge near the mounting bracket.
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Yes it will. If you are going to use powerful graphic cards, the 725 watt supply would be best.
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it should run just fine, as long as you have at least a 300 watt power supply and a 16X pcie slot. it will be a slight upgrade, not a ,major boost.
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Heres the specifications for this cards wattage from a reputable review site. I use a Rosewill RG630-S12 630w psu with 40ish watts on the single 12volt rail. http://hothardware.com/Reviews/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-650-Ti-BOOST-Review/Perhaps it should run on your PSU, but it would have to depend on how many amps or power to your 12volt rails you got and what else is using your power IE; cpu/HDD/extra pci cards. The card is a single 6 pin Connector for power. Hope that helps.
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No. I would not recommend a 300w PSU. I have a 550w PSU with my installation.
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Caroline Yes but only mid level card the 300 watt Power supply won't support the high end cards. PC Mag did a good review of this PC http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2413568,00.asp I hope this is helpful Rick
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500w is recommended yes, but this cards typical power usage will be around 150w at peak, graphics cards generally don't use all the 500w. To be safe i would highly recommend a 600w psu, just so you can have some head room so you don't bottleneck the power supply.
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Per the EVGA website you need a "Minimum of a 350 Watt power supply".You didn't mention what type and model PC you have. If it is an HP they come terribly under-powered. I would upgrade your power supply. Do not try and use that card with anything less than a 350 watt power supply. I'd get a bare minimum of a 450W power supply.
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You could run this on a 150w power supply as long as it wasn't garbage. It has no external power requirements, so the most it could possibly draw is 75w. This card won't even come close to that. The recommended 350w is extreme overkill because some people have extremely low quality PSU's that come with cases.
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Sure, I run it on a 600watt no problem, it doen't support pci power, just the pci express conection. Not the best for gaming, decent for designing
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NVidia's online calculator says the stock (non-overclocked card) will work with a 300W power supply. This one should as well. It has an on-board power regulator that prevents it from drawing more than 75W. See NVidia dot com/content/HelpMeChoose/fx2/HelpMeChoose.asp?lang=en-us This does have the 6 pin power supply connector for a cable from the power supply to the card, on the top edge near the mounting bracket.
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Here is info from the GeForce NVIDIA Web site: http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gt-630/specifications Thermal and Power Specs: Maximum Graphics Card Power (W) 49W Minimum System Power Requirement (W) 300 W
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you will be perfectly fine i have a 430 watt psu currently and i never even get near t going over that. this graphics card uses only about 80 watts on average. The only time you need to worry about wattage is when you get higher end cards or more of them.
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Yes and no, it may cause issues as the card needs 300w to run, but I ran it on 500w for about 2 months before I upgraded and it caused power surges but as long as your power supply has a 6 pin and 8 pin, then you should have no issues running it, it more depends on its power consumption while gaming