Gtx 1050ti for vostro 260

[Legendary_2]

Hi I am planning to buy a dell vostro 260 with folowwing specs
I3 2100 prcessor
8gb ddr3 ram
1tb hdd
And its has 300w built in dell PSU
I want to add GTX 1050TI to my vostro 260 i want to ask is it possible and safe will it work fine? I dont have much money and i want to play games am i making a right decision by buying vostro 260 or should i go for another system

 

[Gahl1k]

How much are you going to pay for it?

 

[Legendary_2]

I am going to pay 130$ for it and 230$ for 1050ti

 

[Gahl1k]

Well, if you are going for 1050 Ti, then you need a better PSU from a good brand, something like EVGA, Seasonic or Corsair at least 400W. Plus, that CPU will bottleneck the GPU in some games.

 

[Legendary_2]

I have read that 1050ti works fine even on 235 and 275 watts of PSU
What if i get i5 with a 2nd gen processor

 

[Gahl1k]

Usually, Dell, HP, etc. use low profile components to keep the costs down, so I wouldn't trust that PSU. Don't get me wrong, it's a good value for money, but you might need to change that PSU, and you will be good to go.

 

[Legendary_2]

Will my cpu bottleneck my gpu ? What if i get i5 2400

 

[Gahl1k]

[strike]Yes and no. Bottleneck is not a straightforward thing — in CPU intensive games, the GPU will bottleneck the CPU; in GPU intensive games, the CPU will bottleneck the GPU, no matter how good the paired parts are. Definitely i5-2400 is better than i3-2100 if you can pay $144 for it.[/strike]
Edit: I must had drunk something or I was really sleepy to write this nonsense. (Seeing the comment was posted at 4:15 AM, I would go with the latter.)

 

[Legendary_2]

What if i get optiplex 990 or something like that?
But they have less power supply at 250 or something will I be able to run my GPU with the stock PSU or not some people say they are running 1050ti on optiplex 790 MT with stock PSU the thinf is am totally out of budget so, I wount be able to change the PSU.

 

[Gahl1k]

I would stick to Vostro 260 in that matter.

 

[Legendary_2]

But vostro 260 is i3 2100 will i get decent gaming performance out of it !!!! Is it a good use of my money ?

 

[Gahl1k]

Yeah, pairing it with GTX 1050/Ti would be a great performance/price.

 

[Legendary_2]

So I just plug in 1050ti and it will work ?

 

[Gahl1k]

Yup, that's the beauty about GTX 1050 Ti — it doesn't require any additional connectors other than the PCI-E Slot to power it.