- Jun 29, 2012
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I'm one of those who's rocking a prebuilt, off the shelf PC from Staples. (Specifically, it's the Dell Inspiron 3847.) It's specs are pretty decent considering the entire thing costed $300+. I play a lot of games and such and realized the GPU or lack thereof wasn't going to cut it (Intel HD 4400 simply sucks.) And I'm currently looking for a replacement.
At first, I wanted to replace the PSU to make sure everything was comfortable enough to run something like a GTX 960, or r9 270. My current PSU is a 300w and I thought that it wouldn't be able to handle those cards. I buy an EVGA 500w PSU, but when I was trying to take out the power pins of the current PSU, it just wouldn't budge. I tried to be careful, but pulled it decently hard. Me, not wanting to damage anything just left it alone to look for alternatives.
Then comes the GTX 750 ti. I hear this baby can work under a 300w PSU, which is perfect for my needs! Thing is though, after looking up this card on this build, it doesn't seem like it would work under my PC with a 300w PSU (or at least that's what other people have told me.) Of course, this has led to me feeling confused.
With that said, what should I do? My experiences with dealing with prebuilt PCs are very limited and I need an urgent upgrade fast. Thanks in advance!
At first, I wanted to replace the PSU to make sure everything was comfortable enough to run something like a GTX 960, or r9 270. My current PSU is a 300w and I thought that it wouldn't be able to handle those cards. I buy an EVGA 500w PSU, but when I was trying to take out the power pins of the current PSU, it just wouldn't budge. I tried to be careful, but pulled it decently hard. Me, not wanting to damage anything just left it alone to look for alternatives.
Then comes the GTX 750 ti. I hear this baby can work under a 300w PSU, which is perfect for my needs! Thing is though, after looking up this card on this build, it doesn't seem like it would work under my PC with a 300w PSU (or at least that's what other people have told me.) Of course, this has led to me feeling confused.
With that said, what should I do? My experiences with dealing with prebuilt PCs are very limited and I need an urgent upgrade fast. Thanks in advance!
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