GTX 1050 Ti ( Zotac ) Questions

HybridWolf

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GTX 1050 Ti ( Zotac )

I am currently buying a more suitable upgrade from my basically "Usable but Useless" Intel Celeron ( Wolfdale ) 2.4 Dual Core Ghz CPU and Intel G41 graphics card.

Going back to one of my earlier threads where LowlySkeleton gave me two solutions which can improve my gaming experience for a affordable but very tight budget of £250-300 on http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3392118/upgrade-graphics-card.html

I chose the second option but decided to upgrade the graphics card to the GTX 1050 Ti OC Edition and buy Arctic-MX-4 Thermal Paste along with another stick of 4GB Ram that may be underclocked by the CPU But I don't mind. Maybe there is another option for ddr3 4GB Ram that is fully compatible which i have not yet seen, if you guys could find that, it would be amazing. ( This setup can be found here at https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/hRL6d6 )

Enough explanation, now for the questions.

Q1 : Does this graphics card draw all power from the motherboard or from an external source? ( Cables. I don't know the name, PCLI or something like that, sorry. )

Q2 : Using PrecisionXOC Software from EVGA, how much can I estimate to get on the overclocks? ( Memory Clock & Core Clock )
 
dude wtf, spend the extra £15 on a g4560 and 8gb ram:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Pentium G4560 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor (£51.99 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Asus PRIME B250M-K Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard (£61.78 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Kingston 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory (£44.57 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB OC Edition Video Card (£139.79 @ Aria PC)
Total: £298.13
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-04-19 14:08 BST+0100

And, no, the zotac card doesn't need an extra 6 pin

Edit: I took the paste off, you don't need it. Almost all CPUs come with a cooler that has paste already applied