evga gts 450 help!

[choiyt]

Yeah. I have a dell optiplex 3010 sff with a 250w psu. Is there any chances that the gpu would run fine with the 250w? I mean, its a 1gb gpu?

 

[Lutfij]

1| What is the age of your PSU/unit? Considering that the effective output of a PSU depends on the health of the capacitors, damage to them via wear and tear/age will mean they wont be outputting as stated on the sticker.

2| The GTS450 will need a PSU of at least 400W. Add a little more for headroom.

3| You should be able to drop in a low profile GT1030 given that the aforementioned card is current gen and should be lower TDP than the GTS450. Mind sharing the specs to your OptiPlex?

 

[choiyt]

The Specs are..

Intel i3 3rd gen with 3.2ghz
8GB Ram
Intel HD Graphics
250W Dell Power Supply.

 

[dontlistentome]

The most important thing is the amperage(A) on the power supply 12V output. It'll be on the label of the power supply. It'll say something like "12V output 18A". If it's 16A or less, I'd say no, don't do it. You're likely to need at minimum 14A on the 12V just for the card and CPU. That's with the PSU operating at full load, which is not a good idea. Ideally you'd want more than 18A on that output. That gives you some headroom and keeps the PSU from working so hard.

 

[william p]

The GTS 450 probably isn't any better than the onboard GPU.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html
The best bet would be a low profile GTX1050, or GT1030 that don't need a PSU swap. The 1050 can run off of a 75W PCIe slot, the 1030 can run off of the 35W slot some SFF came with.
No mention of 35W PCIe limit in the 3010SFF manual.
http://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_optiplex_desktop/optiplex-3010_owner%27s%20manual3_en-us.pdf