Will cpu get bottlenecked

[Beno__]

Iam planning to upgrade my 3 year old pc which has i3 3220 and 230 W power supply with gtx 1050 ti without power connector. Is the power supply enought and will my cpu bottleneck gpu.

 

[Autizmo_1]

You will need a 450w power supply at least just because of the recommended power ratings on the GTX 1050ti

 

[Beno__]

I watched videos in youtube that says 1050 ti requires less power that it would work even on a pc with 200 W psu

 

[Autizmo_1]

your cpu uses 55w, the 1050 ti uses 138 ish watts in the real world. Together that is 193w. Lets say your computer gets warm, with both of those running, plus fans, and your HDD and your motherboard required power, and the lost power due to heat in your power supply, and the cpu or gpu, or even both going into boost mode, you will burn a lot more that 200w constantly, causing a bottleneck.

Hop this helps (sorry if it seems rude, I'm just very direct!)

 

[Lopperuk]

Why does your 3 year old pc only have 230w? anyway it's best to just get a whole new system. Not worth just upgrading one thing.

 

[Beno__]

You will need a 450w power supply at least just because of the recommended power ratings on the GTX 1050ti

your cpu uses 55w, the 1050 ti uses 138 ish watts in the real world. Together that is 193w. Lets say your computer gets warm, with both of those running, plus fans, and your HDD and your motherboard required power, and the lost power due to heat in your power supply, and the cpu or gpu, or even both going into boost mode, you will burn a lot more that 200w constantly, causing a bottleneck.

Hop this helps (sorry if it seems rude, I'm just very direct!)

Thanks for your reply. The problem is iam out of budget and i only want to buy a psu if it is really necessary

 

[Autizmo_1]

Well temporarily until you have the money for a PSU you should be OK

 

[Beno__]

Psu says iball PSY 255. I dont exatly know how much watt is it