Does this card even need to be plugged in straight to the power supply? I only have a 300w PSU. Since there is no mention of wattage, it confuses me.
619305
not need to be plugged in straight to the power supply. I have a 300W PSU and work fine
619306
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
619307
Per the EVGA website you need a "Minimum of a 350 Watt power supply".You didn't mention what type and model PC you have. If it is an HP they come terribly under-powered. I would upgrade your power supply. Do not try and use that card with anything less than a 350 watt power supply. I'd get a bare minimum of a 450W power supply.
619308
No. It doesn't required separate power plug. Your 300W power supply will be fine. It is a good vid card.
619309
you should have min 350 watts ps, the total power draw is 65watts. anything less your taking a chance with you system crashing or worse also PCI-E power connector is is used for more info go to http://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/EVGA_Manual_EN.pdf this the manual and may give a better ideal
619310
I dont believe it plugs right into the PSU but it does recommend a 330w power supply which could cause the card to short out earlier in its life. It should be fine but You never know. It's a decent video card too.
619311
No it does not need to be plugged into the psu, you can install it and use the disk that comes with it right out of the box.
1834062
Yes and no, it may cause issues as the card needs 300w to run, but I ran it on 500w for about 2 months before I upgraded and it caused power surges but as long as your power supply has a 6 pin and 8 pin, then you should have no issues running it, it more depends on its power consumption while gaming
618402
Technically, it should be higher, but it may still work well. There was some sort of incompatibilty between my card and PC (wasn't able to determine the cause), so I traded with a friend. He's now running it on a higher-end medium performance pc with only a 350w psu and it's working perfectly for him. Granted, he only buys high quality brand psu.
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The card itself is rated by Nvidia to use about 155 watts. If your just running one you won't need to buy a real heavy power supply. the computer I built with this card calculated to use just under 400 watts overall (and I put a 4th gen i5, 8 gigs of ram, 2 hard drives, multiple fans, 2 DVD/blu ray roms, and a decent mobo) and I used a 500 watt psu. Just make sure your power supply has the proper connectors ( you will need an 8 pin and a 6 pin connector to power this card, careful not to confuse your 8 pin motherboard connector with your 8 pin video card connector.)
1909116
Dont believe so, on the box it says it requires a 500W power supply, I run a 600W supply with this card.
429211
I believe the minimum wattage as stated by manufacturer is 500. But, yes, 600 watts should work for you. I'm currently using the card with a 600 watt PSU with no problems.
1291525
Your power supply is more than enough for this card. 300 watts is the minimum requirement, you have 350 watts so you are good to go, my friend.
145875
No power cable is needed. The card gets its power from the motherboard via the PCI connector.
1110841
it depends on the rest of your system but this GPU isn't a power hungry . only uses 65watts max so it do'll find on a 300 watt PUS :D
249996
This is a really great card. however, your concern is correct. I wouldn't try running it on a power supply that is less then 700w just to be safe. I currently run a 1100w Therm, and have had no problems.
1451442
Hey there, the card has been measured around 220 watts by several hardware reviews, this is also close to what the spec says. Now for a PSU overall power you need to check what's in your system overall. Note overclock causes significant overconsumption (upto 280W in some Vmod cases).
1910204
It's actually a very small and compact card! Use very little energy alongside with intel set-up.Minimum PSU wattage is 450W
2180777
no this card does not... it is completely powered by its motherboard connection, no external connection needed, although i do recommend having at least a 500w power supply
261131
I have this card and have been running it with only a 320w power supply driving dual monitors, no issues for months now.
1986190
This card pulls at max 75W from your PSU. That being said, PSUs cannot be measured by their rated watt output. A lot of units may be rated for 700W and 80+GOLD, but they can damage your parts and literally ignite a fire if they hit 300W. Only use quality PSUs when building a computer.
1062267
I would suspect that if you're replacing a prior card in your system, your power supply will be adequate. This card does not require any additional power cable to be attached, it gets all its power from the graphic's slot. I would imagine if you have over a 300W power supply you're OK.
1690033
My Dell XPS Studio also has a 300 Watt power supply and I have had no issues since installing the card