Best GPU for an HP DC7700 Minitower?

Guest · Jul 3, 2013

Hi,
I'm going to give one of these systems to my friend. It comes with a 365W PSU. I was wondering what the best GFX card this power supply can run? I was thinking a GTX 650 Ti Boost with a Molex 4 pin to 6 pin adapter.

From what I've seen, the power consumption for a system with an overclocked i7 3960X and this card tops out at 289W playing BF3, so a DC7700 with a modest dual core should be quite a bit less right? From my experiences, the HP OEM power supplies are decent, as I am using a 1050W OEM HP PSU to power my i5 2500k and 2 5870's.

Does the 365W PSU in the DC7700 provide enough power in a rail for a GTX 650 Ti Boost?

Thanks

carowden · Jul 3, 2013

what are the rest of the specs on the hp? we need the cpu mainly to get a good calculation of the power consumption

Guest · Jul 3, 2013

carowden :

I believe the specs are:
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0 ghz
4 x 1GB DDR2 RAM
80GB 7200RPM HDD
DVD-ROM Drive

carowden · Jul 3, 2013

with the age of the power supply and all of that included it looks like youd be cutting it close. you can always try it, but youd probably be better off getting a new power supply. just so you know how i calculated it, i'll copy a link to the site i used if you want to enter in the information yourself. also note the last section about capacitor aging, you have to account for it, especially with the cheap power supplies oems use.

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine

these are known to overestimate a little, but are generally in the ballpark of what you actually need.

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