Will this card work with a 300 watt PSU?
571223
400 watt or greater is the recommendation for this model. You should calculate how your psu is destrobuting it's power to make sure you can delegate enough to the card
368230
Hey man, the best advice I can give is go to pcpicker dot com and "build" your computer within the website. It should tell ya if 300W is enough. :) That is what I did when building my computer!
1631187
Yes it will. It may say 350W supply but you can get away with 300W with little to no performance drop off.
324419
Depends on the rest of your hardware. This card uses 150w, you will have to calculate the rest on your own.Minimum recommended is 500w.
1272903
I would not recommend this graphics card, get one with a fan, but if you really want this card, it will work with a computer asking it has about 300 watt powe supply
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.
1181173
it depends on your motherboard the total power needed but each GPU requires 300watts
1491827
I am using the card in a couple of old Dell OptiPlex computers with power supplies that are limited to 305W maximum output; all is well. Unless you have three hard drives or other non-typical loads, my educated guess is that the card will work just fine with your 280W power supply.
2143063
It should work. I have a stock psu and it works fine. It is a low consumption card
797102
According to NVidia, this card pulls 49 watts. It does not have any 6 or 8 pin power connectors. As long as you have at least a 300 watt power supply, it will be fine.
518516
It should work, however, you won't be able to take advantage of the full bandwidth of the card as it is a PCIe2.0 card.. In other words, you will be paying for features your computer can't exploit. Your dimension has a 305w power supply so it should be able to handle the 300w power supply requirement of the card. If you can find something that is only PCIe1.1 compliant you'll get better bang for your buck.
429211
I believe the minimum wattage as stated by manufacturer is 500. But, yes, 600 watts should work for you. I'm currently using the card with a 600 watt PSU with no problems.
2150422
I would expect so, as long as you're not overloading it with other accessories or CPU power. The card specs say it needs 300W in addition to what the bus provides. The PSU lists 4 x (6+2 PCIe power connectors) which are what is needed to plug directly into the video card (1 or 2 of these). The graphics card should also come with a Molex to PCIe power cable, which you could also use to power things up. Have fun!
1834060
I think it will work. I didn't try it with a 500w power supply. But you can check it with yourself by checking the ampearage. Check the ampearage of the +12v rail. If it have a value of more than the card requires it will good to go..
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.
959135
Check the clearance for the card and the amps and wattage on your power supply. If all is right then yeah it will work.
2055935
Yes it will. Are you adding components? If not, 600w may be a bit high. The only reason to go 600 is if you're adding power-hungry components like a gaming video card. As an upgrade straight up, and considering the OEM PSU is only 350w, you can consider 380w,430w or 500w 80Plus bronze models from Corsair (CX or TX series), Antec (Earthwatts) or Seasonic (expensive but topnotch). Hope this helps.