- Jun 5, 2014
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Hey guys,
I recently bought a HP Z200 workstation. It currently has a XFX Radeon HD 6850 which is demanding a large amount of power when it's under load. The games I play include titles like Age of Empires III, I mostly play war strategy games. I believe that this is causing the PC to crash because it's drawing from a 320w PSU which is probably getting overloaded and causing the game to freeze.
I've done quite a bit of reading around the Z200 and it seems that you can't upgrade the PSU as HP have made it as difficult as possible to do so with custom fixings / sizes etc. It would seem then, that my only option is to upgrade the card to a lower wattage model. I'm looking at the GTX 650-E which apparently draws a maximum of 64w when under load. Therefore, on the basis of my PC's spec below should a 320w PSU be able to handle this card?
HP Z200 Workstation
Intel i3 540 Dual Core - 115w under load
HDDs, RAM, Motherboard,
DVD - RW, fans etc - 110w?
GTX 650 - 64w under load?
Total : 289w
Is that a reasonable analysis / assumption to buy a GTX 650 on? If not, can you recommend any other cards that require less power?
Thanks for everyones help in advance.
I recently bought a HP Z200 workstation. It currently has a XFX Radeon HD 6850 which is demanding a large amount of power when it's under load. The games I play include titles like Age of Empires III, I mostly play war strategy games. I believe that this is causing the PC to crash because it's drawing from a 320w PSU which is probably getting overloaded and causing the game to freeze.
I've done quite a bit of reading around the Z200 and it seems that you can't upgrade the PSU as HP have made it as difficult as possible to do so with custom fixings / sizes etc. It would seem then, that my only option is to upgrade the card to a lower wattage model. I'm looking at the GTX 650-E which apparently draws a maximum of 64w when under load. Therefore, on the basis of my PC's spec below should a 320w PSU be able to handle this card?
HP Z200 Workstation
Intel i3 540 Dual Core - 115w under load
HDDs, RAM, Motherboard,
DVD - RW, fans etc - 110w?
GTX 650 - 64w under load?
Total : 289w
Is that a reasonable analysis / assumption to buy a GTX 650 on? If not, can you recommend any other cards that require less power?
Thanks for everyones help in advance.
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