Best GPU for a 300W PSU?

[z]

Title says all.

Okay I know you guys are going to say just buy a better PSU. But I really can't. I'm a very young teenager that has been saving up for this for months. Now that I have a 100$ budget and I want to buy a GPU. Anyways yeah, any help would be appreciated

GPU: ATI HD 4600
CPU: i5 660
8 gigs ram
PSU: Dell VP-09500050-200 - 305W Power Supply for Optiplex 980 SMT

[Mikey]

Now, your best bet is Nivida's new Nvidia 1050 series[www.amazon.com], which costs about $100 and is a really good GPU (I'd know, I have one of them).

Now, the power usage of the 1050's are really, really good, using <80 Watts of power.

I can't really say exactly for which one to go, but try to get a 1050 Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 2GB Graphic Card[www.amazon.com], I love Gigabyte, they're relaible and it's great for what you're paying.

Now, I can help even more if you tell me:

1. What type of games do you play? RPG's? First Person Shooters?
   
2. Do you want framerate, quality, or both?

As far as I'm concerned, you can get Medium quality on most games and a high framerate with this puppy.

For reference, if the 1050 isn't going to cut it for you, Go here, they have a list of power usages of various GPU's[www.guru3d.com]

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Just replace the PSU while you are at it, it's quite old now.

[MaddDoktor [Linux]]

I am running on old Dell XPS 8100 that has i5 650 3.2 GHz, 8 GB, GTX 1060 and maximum power use (measured AC input) is 210 watts total max. While that computer has a 350w psu, I put my old GTX 550 Ti in an older Dell Dimension 4700 with 305w PSU and it had no problem supplying power to that. The 305w Dell PSU supplies 18A on each of its (2) 12v rails, but 22 A maximum combined. The old GTX 550 Ti used 116w va. 120w for GTX 1060.

So the GTX 1050 (or Ti) using 75w would normally work fine, with that your whole computer would be using about 165 watts max. And it should even have enough power for a GTX 1060 if it has a proper power connector.

BUT a potential problem I see is that I am not sure if you can even run a dual slot graphics card. Your blue PCI-E x16 slot for graphics card does not look like it can handle a dual slot card, and your black PCI-E slot is x16 (wired as x4). So I am not sure what single slot graphics upgrade you could do. In an older Optiplex 520 tower I have, the CPU fan shroud prevents installing a dual slot graphics card.

[z]

Originally posted by Dr. Tim:

Now, your best bet is Nivida's new Nvidia 1050 series[www.amazon.com], which costs about $100 and is a really good GPU (I'd know, I have one of them).

Now, the power usage of the 1050's are really, really good, using <80 Watts of power.

I can't really say exactly for which one to go, but try to get a 1050 Gigabyte Geforce GTX 1050 2GB Graphic Card[www.amazon.com], I love Gigabyte, they're relaible and it's great for what you're paying.

Now, I can help even more if you tell me:

1. What type of games do you play? RPG's? First Person Shooters?
   
2. Do you want framerate, quality, or both?

As far as I'm concerned, you can get Medium quality on most games and a high framerate with this puppy.

For reference, if the 1050 isn't going to cut it for you, Go here, they have a list of power usages of various GPU's[www.guru3d.com]

Yeah I was looking into a 1050. But it was a Zotac mini. And I play mainly FPS games. Looking to play around medium-high. But 60 FPS on any game is my main priority.

Originally posted by MaddDoktor Linux:

I am running on old Dell XPS 8100 that has i5 650 3.2 GHz, 8 GB, GTX 1060 and maximum power use (measured AC input) is 210 watts total max. While that computer has a 350w psu, I put my old GTX 550 Ti in an older Dell Dimension 4700 with 305w PSU and it had no problem supplying power to that. The 305w Dell PSU supplies 18A on each of its (2) 12v rails, but 22 A maximum combined. The old GTX 550 Ti used 116w va. 120w for GTX 1060

So the GTX 1050 (or Ti) using 75w should work fine, with that your whole computer would be using about 165 watts max. But I imagine if you find it in your budget at some point, you could even run a GTX 1060, just be aware that some are 6-pin and some are 8-pin power.

Yeah you guys are makings me think I should save a little more and try to get a 400w psu

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Just replace the PSU while you are at it, it's quite old now.

I would if I could. As a kid, it's really hard to get money these days

[CursedPanther]

Originally posted by Quan:

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Just replace the PSU while you are at it, it's quite old now.

I would if I could. As a kid, it's really hard to get money these days

Keep saving, or get a PS4 instead.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Then keep saving until you have enough for a decent power supply (not in watts but actual internal quality; like a Seasonic Bronze or Gold) and decent GPU; like GTX 1060 6GB.

Otherwise it's pretty much a waste.

The CPU and RAM is fine; but given how old that is, I wouldn't trust adding a GPU that could stress such an aging power supply, given that is easily around 8-10 years old.

[z]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Then keep saving until you have enough for a decent power supply (not in watts but actual internal quality; like a Seasonic Bronze or Gold) and decent GPU; like GTX 1060 6GB.

Otherwise it's pretty much a waste.

The CPU and RAM is fine; but given how old that is, I wouldn't trust adding a GPU that could stress such an aging power supply, given that is easily around 8-10 years old.

Oh alright thanks

[z]

Originally posted by CursedPanther:

Originally posted by Quan:

I would if I could. As a kid, it's really hard to get money these days

Keep saving, or get a PS4 instead.

Already have one