PSU is too weak for a GPU?
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Since your uncle already has this desktop, why not plug it into a a Kill-A-Watt and report back.
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The dell 350watt psu will do with a 5770. but be cautious if you put a more power intensive cards like the 5850+. The newer 7850 should work fine too since these have better power management.
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:secret:
Zoom in on the picture and check the bottom left.
It was in jest. Although admittedly not too funny.
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20.....deca-watts? That would be close because it's a 250W from a Dell Optiplex GX270 or GX260. It's built substantially better than this 500W Hercules reviewed at JonnyGuru.com, which failed at...
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A lot of factors play in. A good chunk of them are most likely misinformed on the
amount of power their systems actually need, and/or they run 2 or more power hungry cards.
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because the 5770 is a relatively economical card - there are GPUs that use 300+ watts of power, systems that support 3-4 such GPUs, and overclocking requires more power as well
also, PSUs are more...
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I really want to understand why some people at overclock love to buy 750W PSU? If you do 5770 crossfire = 216W + 150W rest of the system = 366W. Why do they need a 750W PSU?
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psu industry has no standards. So claimed 600w is closer to 400w or less. Because of this vastly inflated ratings, equipment makers also inflate their needs.
if they need 200w,
they say buy a...
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no, the 5770 GPU is a 108W GPU - look at the OCCT GPU test from larrymoencurly's link, as that is the most taxing test for the GPU
450 is a number that the GPU manufacturer made up out of...
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All I can say is WOW.
That's enlightening info. Thanks for posting it.
No wonders my little 350 watt PSU handles everything that it does.
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20. duh.
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What is the power rating of this power supply?
http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1472/atxpsudellchiconyhipro2.jpg
XbitLabs and SilentPCreview have taken actual measurements of power...
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Agree. One example being psu calculators, they're always way off.
The psu in the dell, will run that system fine op.
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those are recs but are really just numbers pulled from the manu's ass. They tend to just give a high estimate. In today's day and age of energy-efficient computing, very few systems need more than...
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Those PSU's are underrated.
I happen to have exactly that, a Dell XPS with an i7 and a 5770 GPU and 2 SSD's and one spinner, DVD, sound card, wifi, USB3 card, all on that original 350 watt rated PSU.
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But the GPU wants 450 Watt. Plus this is i7.
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dell PSU's are good - yours will do fine
how can a GPU determine how much power a system will draw? the GPU has a TDP of 108 W, and that is the only important/related information that you should...
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It will work fine.
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You'll be fine. Dell does a lot of testing to ensure their power supplies can handle various loads. Your system won't use over 300w.
http://www.techspot.com/review/209-ati-radeon-hd-5770/page11.html...
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My uncle bought Dell Studio XPS 8100 Desktop $1200 (last year).
http://www.dell.com/us/dfh/p/studio-xps-8100/pd
Core i7
ATI Radeon HD 5770 1GB DDR5
PSU 350W
From the GPU specs:
System...
