graphics card

[heisenberg]

my pc has 2 power supplys of 230w to power the pc and 180w for graphics card (on a six pin connector) i am using a 1050ti after upgrading my old graphics card and only using 1 power supply now being the 230w.... my pc keeps shutting down and cpu overheating. Is this because there is too much power draw now?

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by fauxtronic:

A 230W PSU is not enough to power a PC with a 1050ti. Keep doing that and you're going to learn a very expensive lesson. Recommended *minimum* PSU for a system with a GTX 1050ti is 400W.

A PC with a GTX 1050 Ti does not pull more then 350W under maximum theoritically power usage. Most 1050 TI's doesnt even need a 6 pin connector and only run on the 75W from the motherboard. An i5 non OC'ed with GTX 1050 Ti will not pull more then 300W under load. However that is mostlikely still to much for a 230W PSU but not the issue here.

A PC will only draw as much pwoer as is needed not how much power the PSU is garunteed to provide. If you put in a 1,000W PSU on that PC the power usage will not go up it will stay at the same level.

Having a hot CPU and therfor an emergency shut down is not depending on the PSU but on the cooling. Either your CPU cooler is defective/broken or it cant handle the TDP in which case you should clean your CPu cooler, try to reapply thermal paste or switch to a betetr CPU cooler.

If you overclock and raised the voltage your should reverse.

[heisenberg]

so a simple question it would be better to buy a graphics card to run on the 180w psu with the six pin connector? please note that the full 180w is for the gpu.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Are your psus 100% effective?
If not they are not even those small numbers.

Its cheaper to buy one reasonable one, with some air in reserve so to say, than to waste money for two half baked insufficient supplies.

The psu is something to not safe on the wrong end.

How did you end up with such tiny psu?

[Zekiran]

Get a 600 w psu.

[Zeppkf]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

Get a 600 w psu.

Yep, so you won't need to do/worry anything when you upgrade.

[tacoshy]

Even high end builds unless using SLI will pull more then 500W. I pretty much have one of the highest power draws for a PC without SLI and not even scratching 450W.

If you having a GTX 1050 Ti you'll never consume more then 300W in reality.

The Efficiency/effectivness has nothing to do how much power a PSU provides. A 400W PSU can always provide 400W but with an efficiency of 80% will draw 500W out of the wall to provide 400W.


However if you on budget go with a quality budget PSU like SeaSonic S12II 520W or 620W. Often the 620W is cheaper. 520W is more then enough for every PC without SLI and power shunt mods on GTX 1080 Ti.

[heisenberg]

its a prebuilt so one powers the full pc and other graphics card but i did it so i only had to run one power plug with the 1050ti

[Viper]

That doesn't make much sense to me . Sounds like you need 2 power cords. Just get 1 PSU. There is absolutely zero reason to have 2.

[Monk]

Just use both power supplies, they might not have the voltage / amperage on the right rails to power it off one even if the total watts are more than enough, if you have two PSU that came with it, use both.
But could you share what pre built you are using? I am guessing it's some odd custom unit with external power bricks instead of a regular ATX PSU.

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by Monk:

Just use both power supplies, they might not have the voltage / amperage on the right rails to power it off one even if the total watts are more than enough, if you have two PSU that came with it, use both.
But could you share what pre built you are using? I am guessing it's some odd custom unit with external power bricks instead of a regular ATX PSU.

His GTX 1050 Ti has no power pins. Only thing he could do is to ruin the CPU one one PSU and the rest incl. MoBo on the other one.

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

Acording to nvidia official site GTX 1050TI's TDP is 75 watt and GTX 1060 is 120 Watt.

[Muppet among Puppets]

Originally posted by tacoshy:

The Efficiency/effectivness has nothing to do how much power a PSU provides. A 400W PSU can always provide 400W but with an efficiency of 80% will draw 500W out of the wall to provide 400W.

At least they dont like full load

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

Originally posted by tacoshy:

The Efficiency/effectivness has nothing to do how much power a PSU provides. A 400W PSU can always provide 400W but with an efficiency of 80% will draw 500W out of the wall to provide 400W.

At least they dont like full load

that depends on the build quality. Low build quality build quality PSU tend to burn out faster while higher build PSU have lower risk. Most 1st class PSU's provide more then their rated Wattage 24/7 just fine as the rated wattage is only the garunteed wattage they provide not the real.

[Muppet among Puppets]

I would go for one that gets tasked 50 -85%.
Not gamble with two.

The cost of 2 small good ones most likely exceeds the cost of one reasonable.

[tacoshy]

Originally posted by Muppet among Puppets:

I would go for one that gets tasked 50 -85%.
Not gamble with two.

The cost of 2 small good ones most likely exceeds the cost of one reasonable.

he already has 2 small ones. He would need to upgrade to get 1 PSU that is good quality, or he just saves the money.