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Confusion As To if My Power Supply Can Handle A New GP

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October 30, 2013 9:31:10 AM

A big Hi to the community. Well, I have decided that I'd probably buy an Asus HD 7770 2 GB DDR5 graphics card alongwith 8 GB corsair ram from Amazon. But when I came to know that my now-three-year old PC has standard fan and heatsink (73 W), I became a bit skeptical. Can you guys tell me wether my 73w standard fan and heatsink be able to withstand 8 GB of ram and the power of a HD 7770 when I play F1 2012 on it ? Will it overheat or remain fine ?

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October 30, 2013 9:35:07 AM

It should be fine but whats your PSU make and wattage? Is it 500Watts? Does it have a 6pin pcie power connector? If not then you would need a new PSU.
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October 30, 2013 9:35:53 AM

i don't understand about the 73 watt standard fan and heatsink, i think that is the amount of heat your cpu cooler will dissipate. we need to know what PSU you have
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October 30, 2013 9:46:05 AM

Can you guys tell me where can I come to know exactly what my PSU is ?? Will it be in the invoice of the order only ??
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October 30, 2013 1:00:36 PM

MayankTheTechGuy said:
Can you guys tell me where can I come to know exactly what my PSU is ?? Will it be in the invoice of the order only ??


if you look at the back of your pc, where you plug in the power cable it may tell you what it is. Just read any text as it may give us an idea
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October 30, 2013 10:24:05 PM

I think it is just a 250 watt PSU since my computer is a dell inspiron T24010IN8 580s. The graphics card I need would surely need about 400-500 wattage. So should I buy a new PSU as well as a new PCIe connector ?
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October 30, 2013 10:24:06 PM

I think it is just a 250 watt PSU since my computer is a dell inspiron T24010IN8 580s. The graphics card I need would surely need about 400-500 wattage. So should I buy a new PSU as well as a new PCIe connector ?
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October 30, 2013 10:24:38 PM

I think it is just a 250 watt PSU since my computer is a dell inspiron T24010IN8 580s. The graphics card I need would surely need about 400-500 wattage. So should I buy a new PSU as well as a new PCIe connector ?
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October 31, 2013 12:19:14 AM

Yes buy a new PSU. Get a Corsair CX500W. Assuming you are from India it would cost you 4000INR and if you are from US/Canada then around 50$.
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