Is there a minimum PSU wattage required? I have a 300w psu and am curious if i need to upgrade before installing this card
1678992
I just upgraded to this card with the stock 300W ps and am extremely happy. The performance exceeds my expection. If fact, this card doesn't even have an aux socket for you to plug in for add'l power.
1678993
It is "low-power" but all the video cards do better with the extra room. I have 400 watt PS in a Dell 8300 and this 7750 rocks totally. This little (price) card is a real Gem. SKYRIM defaults to Ultra High quality and the HD graphic mods on Nexus present no problems.
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.
1416480
I looked up that build and I don't know that the power supply is beefy enough, 250 or 300w is the size I found for it. 400w is the minimum for this card I believe. (mine is 450w and I have had no issues with the card at all.) I can't recommend it for you on that computer, because it would likely cause issues for you. Sorry. :/
1650975
No, I would recommend at least a high efficiency 450 or 500 Watt, it may power up but you can damage the card with not providing it enough power or damage your mother board. You may find some calculator that says other wise but I wouldn't risk it. (I burned up this same card and ruined my mother board pcie slot, not for running to little power but my power supply shorted giving unstable power, to little power would be unstable.
1909116
Dont believe so, on the box it says it requires a 500W power supply, I run a 600W supply with this card.
1445889
No, the minimum PS requirement is 750W. XFX actually recommends their 850W PSU. Even though it's ambiguous as to what kind of PSU they're referring to, you're hard pressed these days to find anything less than 80%+ effecient. Nominal consumption for this card is between 150-200W, even at 100% efficiency, that's not much left for your cpu and other components, depending on what you have.
1609038
It's really more complicated than that, the card itself is 60W TDP (Thermal Design Point). You must consider your system's makeup -- i.e. processor, expansion cards, USB devices, drives, # monitors, and memory. Try searching on "power supply calculators" to see.That said, this card's TDP is so low, most systems should run it fine. A 300W PSU with an i7 CPU and lots of peripherals might have issues.
1594495
A 300 w PSU will probably allow it to operate, but if you can, I would get a better PSU since it affects graphics card performance. I ordered a new 400 w PSU along with this card. Just make sure you know what you're doing if you swap out the old PSU for the new one.
1273098
I would recommend you upgrade to a 300W power supply if you're going to upgrade the video card.
905686
It depends on how many other things you have in your system, but 850w should be more than enough. I'm running my card on a 550 W PSU right now. As long as you have the needed power connections off your psu you are golden.
1537106
you will be perfectly fine i have a 430 watt psu currently and i never even get near t going over that. this graphics card uses only about 80 watts on average. The only time you need to worry about wattage is when you get higher end cards or more of them.
373470
I have it in an older Gateway with 300W supply and it is just fine. However, I have no other cards installed, just the ASUS. Using onboard sound.
273454
You're PSU must have 75 watts free to have this card run. Example, if your computer and its components run at 400 watts and you have a 500 watt PSU you could add this card and have 25 watts left over.
1032473
Yes anything over 300W is more than enough, however i wouldn't chance it. This is probably the most unstable video card on the market. This model is notorious for blue screens after installation. Buyer Beware.
1497205
That should be fine. I'm running a 500 watt right now with this card, which would more preferable for future upgrades.
1081597
No, the card must have a minimum of 400 Watt power supply. The card alone uses 110 Watts. Source: http://www.evga.com/Products/Product.aspx?pn=01G-P4-3650-KR#
201961
No. It requires a 450w minimum, and installing it with lower could destroy the gpu
1834062
Yes and no, it may cause issues as the card needs 300w to run, but I ran it on 500w for about 2 months before I upgraded and it caused power surges but as long as your power supply has a 6 pin and 8 pin, then you should have no issues running it, it more depends on its power consumption while gaming