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Can HD 6570 run on a 250w PSU?

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July 11, 2013 6:37:03 AM

My specs:
Athlon 64 X2 3800+ EE 2 GHZ AM2 Windsor
4GB DDR2 800MHZ RAM
250w Delta PSU

I wanna run a HD 6570 1GB DDR3 version
http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Radeon-PCI-Express-Graph...

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July 11, 2013 6:38:57 AM

TDP is 60 watts, could draw 80 watts at heavy load. What GPU is in there currently?
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July 11, 2013 6:45:38 AM

sam_p_lay said:
What GPU is in there currently?

Integrated nVidia GeForce 6150 SE
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July 11, 2013 6:50:40 AM

I'd say it's close, but you're probably gonna exceed 250 watts. Delta PSUs are generally high quality and may allow you to slightly exceed 250 watts, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you decide to try anyway, don't overclock!
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July 11, 2013 6:55:00 AM

sam_p_lay said:
I'd say it's close, but you're probably gonna exceed 250 watts. Delta PSUs are generally high quality and may allow you to slightly exceed 250 watts, but I wouldn't recommend it. If you decide to try anyway, don't overclock!

With all my components at 100% peak, it is around 260-265
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July 11, 2013 7:00:24 AM

Haha OK then you're probably better off not installing anything then! If you really want to risk it, don't go higher than a Radeon 5450 or 6350. Even then, you'll be close to 300 watts at load which is asking for trouble.
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July 11, 2013 7:11:44 AM

sam_p_lay said:
Haha OK then you're probably better off not installing anything then! If you really want to risk it, don't go higher than a Radeon 5450 or 6350. Even then, you'll be close to 300 watts at load which is asking for trouble.

No you read me wrong, all my components, INCLUDING the HD 6570 are at 265 at 100% peak, at about 90% it's around 245w. And you components will never exceed 90% unless your doing tests.
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July 11, 2013 7:21:50 AM

Ah I didn't realise you already had it. Well that's still cutting it very close then but probably fine since it's a quality PSU.
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July 11, 2013 7:25:19 AM

sam_p_lay said:
Ah I didn't realise you already had it. Well that's still cutting it very close then but probably fine since it's a quality PSU.

I don't have it yet lol... I used extreme PSU calculator and put all my exact specs
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July 11, 2013 7:31:02 AM

Gotcha. Well I'd estimate the minimum your current hardware is consuming will be around 200 watts. The 6570's TDP is 60 watts, but at load you'll need to allow for more (TDP is not the maximum a piece of hardware will draw). The Radeon 5450 and 6350 are rated to 19 watts so should be fine. They're not as fast, but still slightly better than your integrated. It won't be a major upgrade but it won't be expensive either and should be fine on your PSU. That PSU calculator is good, but it's optimistic interms of how much graphics card will draw. If you check out some recent reviews (GTX780 for example) you can compare TDP to maximum draw. You'll see they can be quite different (and not just high-end cards either).
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July 11, 2013 7:47:26 AM

sam_p_lay said:
Gotcha. Well I'd estimate the minimum your current hardware is consuming will be around 200 watts. The 6570's TDP is 60 watts, but at load you'll need to allow for more (TDP is not the maximum a piece of hardware will draw). The Radeon 5450 and 6350 are rated to 19 watts so should be fine. They're not as fast, but still slightly better than your integrated. It won't be a major upgrade but it won't be expensive either and should be fine on your PSU. That PSU calculator is good, but it's optimistic interms of how much graphics card will draw. If you check out some recent reviews (GTX780 for example) you can compare TDP to maximum draw. You'll see they can be quite different (and not just high-end cards either).

Well without the card it is about 209w. When I add the card, it's a 244w. I believe I would be fine seeing how I'm doing casual gaming. Like cod, sc2, hots and ac 1,2 and minecraft. Watching youtube videos and browsing the web. Maybe recording some videos.
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July 11, 2013 7:55:20 AM

Skrillex24 said:
sam_p_lay said:
Gotcha. Well I'd estimate the minimum your current hardware is consuming will be around 200 watts. The 6570's TDP is 60 watts, but at load you'll need to allow for more (TDP is not the maximum a piece of hardware will draw). The Radeon 5450 and 6350 are rated to 19 watts so should be fine. They're not as fast, but still slightly better than your integrated. It won't be a major upgrade but it won't be expensive either and should be fine on your PSU. That PSU calculator is good, but it's optimistic interms of how much graphics card will draw. If you check out some recent reviews (GTX780 for example) you can compare TDP to maximum draw. You'll see they can be quite different (and not just high-end cards either).

Well without the card it is about 209w. When I add the card, it's a 244w. I believe I would be fine seeing how I'm doing casual gaming. Like cod, sc2, hots and ac 1,2 and minecraft. Watching youtube videos and browsing the web. Maybe recording some videos.


I would not run anything with that close to your max power. Max power is just that, MAX power under ideal conditions for most power supplies. It's not a rating you want to be running close to all the time. I'd get a 300+ watt PSU to use, or a lower power card. You can run a car at max speed everywhere you go, but it won't last too long doing that.
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July 11, 2013 7:58:19 AM

Well I am still not exactly sure if its EE 2ghz Windsor or EE SFF 2ghz Windsor
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July 11, 2013 8:23:01 AM

Skrillex24 said:
Well I am still not exactly sure if its EE 2ghz Windsor or EE SFF 2ghz Windsor


That won't make that much difference, I think the difference in the different builds of the X2 CPUs are 20 watts at most. Which is not really enough overhead freed up to run the system well. You are better off spending $40 on a better power supply than risking frying your motherboard and video card if anything goes wrong. If you run the CPU-Z program it should tell you exact model of the CPU.
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July 11, 2013 8:31:17 AM

What is the usual system load? Like 80%, 85%, etc.
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July 11, 2013 8:41:21 AM

Much less usually. Try it if you want.
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July 11, 2013 8:52:59 AM

Skrillex24 said:
What is the usual system load? Like 80%, 85%, etc.


Depends on the power supply, you want about 20-30% headroom between your max system power use and the max power supply use. The % load on the power supply depends on the system and the power supply, the more power the PSU has, the lower the load would be ofcourse.
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July 11, 2013 9:52:43 AM

Do you think I could run fine with a radeon hd 5570 1gb? It's almost same performance as 6570
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July 12, 2013 9:16:06 AM

Skrillex24 said:
Do you think I could run fine with a radeon hd 5570 1gb? It's almost same performance as 6570


Yes, a 5570 will be safter to run in your system, it uses about 20w less power.
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July 12, 2013 10:48:42 AM

hang-the-9 said:
Skrillex24 said:
Do you think I could run fine with a radeon hd 5570 1gb? It's almost same performance as 6570


Yes, a 5570 will be safter to run in your system, it uses about 20w less power.


I still believe I am getting the 6570. I found out I have the 3800+ EE SFF. And the 6570 I'm getting is the ddr3 model which is 44w.
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