GeForce GT 610 Needs 300 Watt Power Supply Unit for Inspiron 660s

[Matthew21]

I have an Inspiron 660s the s is for slim and I got the GeForce GT 610 and i know my PSU has 220 watts but I need 300 watts what is the best PSU that will fit?

 

[Supernova1138]

The GT 610 will work on the 220 Watt PSU just fine, it hardly uses any power. The 300 Watt requirement is Nvidia covering themselves for the cheap no name Chinese firecracker PSUs that can't deliver the wattage they promise.

Having said that, the GT 610 is an incredibly weak GPU, it's only going to be about as fast as your integrated graphics. If you are looking to upgrade for gaming purposes, you'll need a better card and a better power supply. I think the best low profile card available right now is the GTX 750Ti, though we might be seeing some low profile GTX 1050s soon. Either card will need at least a 300 Watt power supply for real. Assuming Dell hasn't started using proprietary PSU connectors again, you should be able to find a TFX form factor PSU that will fit in the case.

 

[apk24]

Setting your actual question aside for a moment, please consider that the GT610 may not be worth your money.

It will not be noticeably better than the integrated graphics in your system (I'm assuming you have a 3rd Gen Core i3 or higher). The GT610 (even when it was released) was little more than a graphics output for computers that didn't have one. The only real use case to buy one is if you have fewer working video outputs than you need.

That being said, the GT610 shouldn't have too much trouble with a 220W PSU as long as you have only 1 hard disk and no optical drive. If you do have an optical drive, you risk a system crash each time it tries to spin up the drive (Safest thing to do would be just disconnect the cables and not use it).

I recommend checking out http://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator (Just use the basic tab, the expert tab is a little overkill here).