Hello
I have HP dc7700 small factor computer
PSU model: DPS-240FB - 240W I found out it's Delta Inc product
V12 11.5A VCPU
V12 7.5A
E6600 processor [max 65W]
4 x 1 GB DDR2 RAM
1x HDD regular SATA
1x DVD-ROM
2x about 80mm FANs
I want to upgrade my GPU
I found interesting new card, perhaps it's not powerful, but not bad
it's AMD R7 240 - Max TDP 30W
So, probably PSU can handle it
but
on the producent site there is terrible information: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12543_ca/12543_ca.pdf
PAGE 11
Power for PCI-E x16 is limited to 25W
and I have 3 questions:
1. is it only kinda recommendation not to exceed 25W due to weak PSU
2. if it's limited , so in which way ? by software [bios] hardware?
any possibility to gget additional 5W
3. what will happen if I put 30W GPU into 25W PCI-E x16 slot ?
any ideas what to do?
only 5W to be happy
I have HP dc7700 small factor computer
PSU model: DPS-240FB - 240W I found out it's Delta Inc product
V12 11.5A VCPU
V12 7.5A
E6600 processor [max 65W]
4 x 1 GB DDR2 RAM
1x HDD regular SATA
1x DVD-ROM
2x about 80mm FANs
I want to upgrade my GPU
I found interesting new card, perhaps it's not powerful, but not bad
it's AMD R7 240 - Max TDP 30W
So, probably PSU can handle it
but
on the producent site there is terrible information: http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12543_ca/12543_ca.pdf
PAGE 11
Power for PCI-E x16 is limited to 25W
and I have 3 questions:
1. is it only kinda recommendation not to exceed 25W due to weak PSU
2. if it's limited , so in which way ? by software [bios] hardware?
any possibility to gget additional 5W
3. what will happen if I put 30W GPU into 25W PCI-E x16 slot ?
any ideas what to do?
only 5W to be happy