Ideal PSU for GTX 1050 Ti

[muwu24]

Hi, I'm looking to get an OEM PC that will have either a 300W or a 400W PSU, and I'm looking to upgrade it with the GTX 1050 Ti. It'll be just an i3-6100, 8GB RAM machine, so could I pull it off with 300W or do I really need to go with the 400W?

 

[superninja12]

none of both, get this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($46.97 @ Newegg)
Total: $46.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-11-20 09:18 EST-0500

 

[Sakkura]

OEM systems often have low quality PSUs, so I'd say go for 400W... or try to get a reputable PSU model if possible.

 

[muwu24]

For reference, the unit will be the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Tower with a 400W Platinum PSU, the other option was the HP ProDesk 400 G3 Tower with a 300W Bronze PSU. But yeah, I think I'm leaning towards the 400W right now, and I guess I will just upgrade the PSU in a few years if upgrades are needed.

 

[Boots27]

I'd say you'd need a PSU with about 430W - 500W and make sure it has some sort of 80 plus rating. Last thing you want is for it to just die on you an potentially knock out other parts. Do you need it to be modular?

 

[superninja12]

For reference, the unit will be the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Tower with a 400W Platinum PSU, the other option was the HP ProDesk 400 G3 Tower with a 300W Bronze PSU. But yeah, I think I'm leaning towards the 400W right now, and I guess I will just upgrade the PSU in a few years if upgrades are needed.

get the bronze unit, that voltage stability of the platinum is unreliable.
remember bronze , plat , gold is only abou efficiency.

 

[muwu24]

Hmm, so how exactly would I know the voltage stability of the PSU?

The data sheets for the PC's are here:
HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Tower http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04818335.pdf
HP ProDesk 400 G3 Tower http://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/GetPDF.aspx/c04853085.pdf

 

[superninja12]

look around this list ( its a bit old.) the cxm is a great psu, the old cx is thrash.
your hp needs to be avoided.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[jakub_20]

Stay with 300w i have stock hp elite 7500 with 300w oem psu rated for 270 efecient w and it runs with 8 gigs of ram and msi gtx1050 ti 4gb oc without any problem playing gta5 and far cry primal for hours straight, if you wanna invest in new psu do it but dont stay with 1050 go rather for 1060 so its more futureproof