[SOLVED] GT 1030 on 250W psu

[mmarcjervin]

250w psu
Gt 1030 ddr5
I3-2120 cpu
x2 4gb ram
120gb kingston ssd
2 fans
Mouse/keyboard

Im a little worried about using this graphic card on my pc because the card said it requires minimum of 300W or greater than that and my psu is only 250w. Should i get a new psu ?

 

[Noobiness_Unlimited]

What is the manufacturer of your PSU? You should
atleast buy a 300 watts psu, because with my system, I use 450 watts, but it is not really 450 watts as the manufacturer is not branded and the real power is only about 300watts

 

[arif1752002m4a1]

First all it is only 35 watt GPU (I am using this GPU)
And it will work without problem. But I really recommend you to use Coolermaster MWE 450 PSU at least

 

[King_V]

Assuming the PSU puts out at least 18A on the 12V rail, this should be just fine.

i3-2120 is 65W, TG 1030 is 35W.

I used a 55W card (R7 250E) on a Haswell Pentium system with a 220W Dell PSU for over a year without issue.
- CPU was 54W
- GPU 55W
- PSU label stated 18A on 12V rail, so 216W available.

I also had an HDD rather than SSD, so, that drew a little more power.