does this card need extra power or will it work just fine with a 300w PSU and just off of the pcie slot?
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I can't remember the exact power rating, but it just plugs into the PCI lsot
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I just purchased this card and it requires a minimum 300 Watt PS with a minimum of 20A on the 12 volt rail. This is based on a newer core-i7 processor. I have an older core-i7 and my card seems to be working ok with 18A on my 12 v rail. I am only running One monitor at the moment, but I will have to watch during heavy gaming if my PC crashed or reboots. If It does than I will need to update my Power supply.
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This card runs fine off just 300w. Anything larger than this will probably require a lot more, but this card requires only 300w. And yes, you're good so long as you have a pci-e slot.
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my system has a 350W power supply..does that mean i am ok getting this card? or do i need a separate 300w supply? sorry i am new to this... any insight would be appreciated... thanks
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MSI recommends a 350w or greater power supply. Having said that, other reviewers here say they're working fine with as little as a 250w supply. It will all depend on what else is going on with your particular PC. Start adding other things like extra CD or disk drives, extra PC or PCIE cards for other purposes, and you'll have issues. This card is good to upgrade PCs that otherwise cannot be upgraded, especially slimline machines.
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You shouldn't, but it depends on what else is on your machine. I have 3 hard drives and added this card, which only uses 110 watts, and it's working fine with a 500w PS. That's one reason I selected this card because of it's low power consumption.
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I believe so... The card doesn't need it's own power supply, so you should be good. It does require the pci-e slot on your board.
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Yes, it uses a PCI-E x16 slot on the motherboard, and doesn't require any extra power supply.
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I have it in an older Gateway with 300W supply and it is just fine. However, I have no other cards installed, just the ASUS. Using onboard sound.
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Yes. It should be fine. You have a PCI express X 16 slot and unless you've beaten the crap out of the computer or you already have a bunch of attachments your PSU should still have enough juice to power it?
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This card uses 105W. My PC power supply is only 320W but I do not have anything in the other PCIe slots and it works fine.
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What little power this card needs it draws directly from the slot. You don't even need to run a line to the power box. You shouldn't have a problem.
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the wattage should be fine but you also need supplemental power plugged directly into this card from the psu.
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Mine is in a Dell that had a 300w that went bad. I replaced with a 600w and have had no issues. When I did research before I bought the card, the suggestions that I read were a 400-500w psu
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I have this card and have been running it with only a 320w power supply driving dual monitors, no issues for months now.
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This card requires a 750W or greater power supply with two 150W 8 pin PCIe connectors. I hope this helps.
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Forgot to mention, these cards do not require any extra plug ins from your power supply. That should give you an idea how little the video card needs.
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Not sure if this helps but I am using it on a Dell Optiplex 780 with a 235w power supply with no problems.
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Hi Luis. There's no extra power plug for this card, so that part is fine for you. But only 300W is pretty low. You can try it, and if you experience random shutdowns and instability, that's your primary cause and you should upgrade the PS to 600W or so. Obviously, no video card will really use 200W (it would simply melt down), but most PS are 80% efficient, a hard drive takes some more, the CPU takes some, on and on. As you can read, some folks are using it with 300W just fine. You need to take into account how much other stuff you have plugged in and running. I had five hard drives, a 125W CPU and so on, so it was unworkable to have just 300W. Hi Luis. There's no extra power plug for this card, so that part is fine for you. But only 300W is pretty low. You can try it, and if you experience random shutdowns and instability, that's your primary cause and you should upgrade the PS to 600W or so. Obviously, no video card will really use 200W (it would simply melt down), but most PS are 80% efficient, a hard drive takes some more, the CPU takes some, on and on. As you can read, some folks are using it with 300W just fine. You need to take into account how much other stuff you have plugged in and running. I had five hard drives, a 125W... » Read More Hi Luis. There's no extra power plug for this card, so that part is fine for you. But only 300W is pretty low. You can try it, and if you experience random shutdowns and instability, that's your primary cause and you should upgrade the PS to 600W or so. Obviously, no video card will really use 200W (it would simply melt down), but most PS are 80% efficient, a hard drive takes some more, the CPU takes some, on and on. As you can read, some folks are using it with 300W just fine. You need to take into account how much other stuff you have plugged in and running. I had five hard drives, a 125W CPU and so on, so it was unworkable to have just 300W. « Show Less