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Is my PSU enough?

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November 5, 2013 5:25:22 AM

So I'm not totally new to psus, but I am always confused by which brand is which. However in the past, I have been successful in running a HD 6670 with my Inspiron 580s 250w PSU(people say they underrate their psus). However with next-gen coming up, I'm prepping my Dell for another round. So here are my specs:
Core i3 530 at stock clocks(had them at 4.4GHz, but proved too unstable)
8GB Corsair Vengeance RAM
320GB HDD with 128GB Corsair Neutron SSD
HD 6670

So while roaming the interwebs, I stumbled upon this (http://www.amazon.com/Zotac-GeForce-Express-Graphics-ZT...) which is apparently a low-profile version of the GTX 650. So I was wondering whether I would be able to run this GPU in my Inspiron's 250w PSU; if at all it is underrated.

And plz don't look at the systems in my sig. Because of bad marks I'm banned from using them, and the're soon going to be sold off. :( 

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November 5, 2013 5:33:19 AM

no , probably not enough ..
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November 5, 2013 5:38:45 AM

vipervoid1 said:
no , probably not enough ..


Well, thats wat they said about running the HD 6670 too, but it still ran. So I'm totally confused as to whether the GTX 650 will run or not. Reviews in Newegg say that it needs only 64w TDP.
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November 5, 2013 5:45:06 AM

I'd rather you pay them the $140 to not sell your rig
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November 5, 2013 5:45:24 AM

Well, it might boot. But if you try to play a game your computer will get turned of. You will need a higher PSU.
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November 5, 2013 5:58:04 AM

huilun02 said:
I'd rather you pay them the $140 to not sell your rig


Well, that's d problem. My mom thinks that studies are more important than games. And maybe becoz of too much BF3 I got worse marks than my usual average. So that solidified her decision to sell my rig. Since we had an old Inspiron lying around, she told me I could use that, and I'm limited to 1 game a month, than my usual of 4-5 games on Steam. hehe
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November 5, 2013 5:59:48 AM

Buy her something nice with the $140
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November 5, 2013 6:05:13 AM

I wouldn't risk a new 650 on a prebuilt rig 250 W PSU.

On another note, grades are more important that games. Secondly, tell her that you won't play quite so much. You all will be losing a lot of money by selling that rig. Maybe a 1/3 of the price you paid for it if you're lucky.
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