i have a dell vostro 3669. can i run a gtx 1050ti in it

[rekhakanwar]

i have a dell vostro 3669 with a 240W dell PSU and i want to know that can i add a gtx 1050ti in it and will it run fine then.
my pc specs:
CPU:i5 7400
RAM:4 GB
PSU: 240W

 

[Guest]

On https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-1050-ti/specifications says the minimum power requirement is 300W (though not sure if that's completely accurate)

 

[King_V]

That might be pushing it a little too close. I ran a 55W card successfully on a Dell Inspiron Small Desktop 3647 with a 220W power supply (216 available on the 12V rail).

The 1050Ti is a 75W card. So, 20W more. However, your i5 is a 65W TDP cpu. My system was running a Haswell Pentium, which was 53W.

So, net, you're adding 37W to what I was doing, with only 20W more on the PSU than I had.

Assuming a small motherboard, not a lot of fans, a single hard drive.... I want to say that it SHOULD work, but it's cutting it close. Also, it's likely you'd need a 1050Ti that does NOT use an external power connector, as I would almost guarantee that your existing PSU doesn't have a PCIe power connector for video cards.

Also, check the label on the side of the PSU, and see what it allows on the 12V rail - there will be an Amperage rating for it.

 

[william p]

GTX1050 is listed in the Dell online manual as an option for that computer.
http://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/19/vostro-3660-desktop/vos_3669_3660_om/technical-specifications?guid=guid-e1bab159-4f07-4070-a9dd-3e674df6153e&lang=en-us