MSI GeForce GT620 (2GB)

[greyfox007]

I have a Dell Optiplex 990 (DT) with 250watt PSU, works fine. Graphics card does not have a 6pin power connector on top the card. Safe to run it on 250watt Dell PSU?

Been running it this way for 24 hours now.

 

[Barty1884]

Dell's OEM PSUs are usually decent enough. Worst that'll happen is it'll shut down/crash, not likely to cause any damage.

250W is really low, and what power is left available depends on the balance of the spec. The GT620 is a 30W GPU, and hardly a powerhouse.

If it's running ok now, and you've pushed it with something reasonably demanding without issue, I suspect you'll be fine.

 

[greyfox007]

I figured I would be ok, I was using MSI's PSU Calculator to help me.

MSI GeForce GT 620
Intel Core i7-2600 at (95)
1 HDD
1 DVD/RW-CD/RW (combo)
8 total USB ports (4 front-4 back)
8GB DDR3 RAM
1 system fan.

Thank you for the advice!

 

[lakimens]

Can I ask why you bought that GPU? And the 2GB version too?

 

[greyfox007]

I needed a better graphics card than what I had, didn't need a powerhouse for movies, photos and other videos, maybe play some old game titles. As for why 2GB is because it was on ebay brand new for $25 at the time I got it.

 

[lakimens]

Okay, $25 is a good price.