I have a 500w power supply. Will I need a power supply upgrade?
1968831
You shouldn't, but it depends on what else is on your machine. I have 3 hard drives and added this card, which only uses 110 watts, and it's working fine with a 500w PS. That's one reason I selected this card because of it's low power consumption.
1968832
the specs on this card's webpage say the minimum wattage power supply required is a 450W, however if your power supply is of low quality (many are) 500W probably wouldn't be enough. personally, i would upgrade to a 600W just in case, and also so that there is more room for power in the future.
1968833
It is highly unlikely that you will need to upgrade your PSU. It is all dependent on what your other hardware is as well, but I doubt you will need to upgrade.
1968834
This graphics card requires the 6 pin PCIE power supply connector and a minimum of 450 watt power supply that is capable of 24 amps on the 12 volt supply. Depending on your existing system setup, you may need to upgrade.
1968835
I am running a Dell XPS 8700 with Intel Core i7 4770 CPU, ITB HD, 16GB 1600 RAM, and the GTX 660 w/2GB DDR-5 VRAM on a 460watts power supply. So far, after 6months, I have had no problems.
1447606
It would really depend on everything else in your system. If everything else pulls to much power, and there isn't enough for the video card, it will not preform as well and your power supply will wear out very quickly. I know from experience that too small of a power supply will burn out and need to be replaced. I would recommend at least a 500w.
1067926
I have my whole system hooked up to a 750 watt PSU except for my second card, which is hooked up to my 500 watt PSU. So if you're putting both cards on the 750 watt PSU then you should be fine.
650869
No, I wouldn't recommend you use this card with such low PSU. If you can't upgrade your power supply I would go with a 7750 instead. It would be better if you upgraded the power supply and buy a better card than either though.
1213190
You need upgrade your power supply and i think you need 800 watt for more stability
436542
The power supply is fine for the unit as is, unless you decide to upgrade something like the graphics card. That would necessitate a power supply upgrade as well.
1427527
Nope. You will only need a new power supply for an upgraded video card or major internal items.
63114
In all honesty a 250w power supply means a lack of power and I would question if you had the right hardware to support this card in the first place. Get a larger power supply they are cheap
921160
You will need at least a 400w power supply. But it does depend on the other components in your computer. You can figure this out by adding up the power usage of all your components. You will want your power supply to provide more power than you need. You can search on line for power supply calculators. They will make determining your power supply needs a little easier.
555630
Hi. I wouldn't try it with less than 500W. Obviously it doesn't consume that much, but if you're thinking of upgrading to this card, you probably have a couple hard drives, a higher-performance CPU and so on, and would need that much for other reasons. I had a 400W PS that was unable to power my system a few years ago, resulting in BSODs and random freezes, so I changed that out for my current 600W supply, which does just fine. I have an 8-core CPU, this video card, an SSD and four hard drives. I just had a look at EVGA's specsheet about this, and it says minimum 350W PS. I would imagine that is in a minimal system with nothing else hooked up. If you have any plans to upgrade anything in the future, being stuck with a tiny power supply will limit your options. I'd say start your search at 500W and if you find a good manufacturer of a more powerful one that's reasonably priced, get it.
1446085
Almost definitely. I was running it on a 500w PSU but I also have a lower power consumption from my CPU to help with that. Unless you are running it with a AMD 9590 or something like that, 650w PSU should work great.
1678994
I would get at least a 450 W PSU... preferably 600 W. I was running into issues with a 450 W, but upgrading to 650 solved all my issues.
658234
Yes. Your machine uses a standard ATX form factor power supply and the EVGA 500B is an ATX power supply.It would be a good choice to replace your current power supply.
1606211
500W is fine for a PSU. For future reference use this page: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jspI find it more accurate than the one provided here from Asus.
2253337
Hi dude, the box says: "500Watts or greater power supply". If you have a certified (real) 500W PSU, you'll be ok.
1909116
Dont believe so, on the box it says it requires a 500W power supply, I run a 600W supply with this card.
1739198
Depends on all the other hardware you may be running. Such as extra CD/DVD drives, multiple hard drives, etc.. But with a stock PC, the standard power supply that came with it will be sufficient. Personally I would prefer to replace it, if your PSU is under 400w and in addition if it is already several years old. A reliable brand replacement of 500w-600w is available for around $50 or less. It does have an install disc, but it is best to get the newest driver directly from nVidia website. http://www.geforce.com/drivers From menu on this page select 'GeForce', select 'GeForce 6 series', select your operating system, 'start search'. Select newest driver on top of the list, download and install. Couldn't be easier. :=)