Can a RX550 4GB work with a generic PSU?

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clasigamer

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Hi. I just bought the RX 550, it's 4GB version, since it seems to consume only 50w, just 20w more than my GT 610 is using right now. The psu I have came along with my pc's case. It says "750w", it's maybe the half or even less though. I has been doing ok until now, 5 years so far, and since my new gpu won't need any pci connectors I won't need to replace it, and I can't really do that right now. My cpu is an i5 3330, 8gb ddr3 for ram and one 1tb hdd sata.
Will It be alright?
 
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Yes it should be fine. One possible issue is some pre-built computers, like Dell, sometimes use motherboards which do not output the standard 75W on the videocard slot. I've seen some that output only 30 or 35W on that slot. If you had such a computer, then obviously a 50W card would not work.
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Yes it should be fine. One possible issue is some pre-built computers, like Dell, sometimes use motherboards which do not output the standard 75W on the videocard slot. I've seen some that output only 30 or 35W on that slot. If you had such a computer, then obviously a 50W card would not work.
 
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My motherboard is Biostar H61MGV3 7.0. I've read that it has a PCI 2.0, but if the cpu is a 3rd gen i5/7 like mine it should work like a PCI 3.0 or something like that. That's all I know about it. Is there any software that could let me check if it outputs what it should?
 
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