I was going to build my 8th grader a computer, was going to be my first build and he likes to game and is big into RTS like Starcraft 2, Sins of Solar Empire and Doom/Battlefield type of games and would also be using as his own computer to do his school work on and wouldn't have to share ours, he was using our older AMD desktop with quad core 650 with a 250 watt power supply which is like 6 years old. Long story short, wife was at Best Buy and bought an Inspiron 3650 i3 6100 1tb hd and 8 gb Ram with integrated Intel 530 graphics. Over the phone it sounded great because I thought I could replace the power supply and slap a 1050TI in it and wouldn't have to build one from scratch and was only 329 on clearance. But it has a power supply that can not be upgraded without installing one outside the case/using adaptor and running cables into the case and that's not going to happen. The I3 6100 has max wattage of 51 so pretty efficient. I plugged in my wattage reader in the outlet, plugged the computer into the wattage reader and fired up the computer at startup read about 65 watts when first turned on but when idle was about 45-50 watts total on the system. Speakers have own power, and no usb ports are being used. When playing starcraft 2 on medium settings and downloading a program at the
same time was reading about 60 watts. I saw a video of someone who installed a 1050 TI in same exact computer on youtube which draws at top load up to 75 watts but think it may be too much for everyday using. Here is the photo of the power supply specs. I believe it is about 16 amps more or less on single rail. Someone told me that Pascal is more power efficient than maxwell and to not even worry about the 750TI that draws max wattage of 60 that I might as well go for the 1050TI. Would anyone do this or should I just stick with a 750TI. Here is the photo of the power supply that someone else posted online but mine says same thing. I do know that whatever I use has to be a compact/low profile type of card. He likes the 530 integrated graphics but he has downloaded some steam games and purchased ones he can't play properly with the integrated graphics with his own money. I dont really have the funds at this time to do that 600-700 dollar build I was planning since my wife bought this computer.
same time was reading about 60 watts. I saw a video of someone who installed a 1050 TI in same exact computer on youtube which draws at top load up to 75 watts but think it may be too much for everyday using. Here is the photo of the power supply specs. I believe it is about 16 amps more or less on single rail. Someone told me that Pascal is more power efficient than maxwell and to not even worry about the 750TI that draws max wattage of 60 that I might as well go for the 1050TI. Would anyone do this or should I just stick with a 750TI. Here is the photo of the power supply that someone else posted online but mine says same thing. I do know that whatever I use has to be a compact/low profile type of card. He likes the 530 integrated graphics but he has downloaded some steam games and purchased ones he can't play properly with the integrated graphics with his own money. I dont really have the funds at this time to do that 600-700 dollar build I was planning since my wife bought this computer.
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