can 300w support this card
741520
I had a 350w with no problems. Depends on the CPU your using. I had an i5-660 with 4GB Ram. This card uses about 80-90 watts at full load.
741521
I have this card on a 280w- core i5 machine - without any problems for about an year! Worth to mention: I use a pair of ssd's instead of hdd - there is significantly less power drainage from hard disks....
741522
I would say yes but NO. I would go with a 400 psu just to be safe. But this will definitely runs on a 350 psu
491350
Make sure that you listen for buzzing noises which might mean that the card is pulling too much power. It should work fine with a 300 to 350w power supply but the recommended wattage is 450w.
1986191
It should work, if anything, at least make sure your PSU is reliable. I had this card running with a 65W CPU on a 300W PSU
1416480
I looked up that build and I don't know that the power supply is beefy enough, 250 or 300w is the size I found for it. 400w is the minimum for this card I believe. (mine is 450w and I have had no issues with the card at all.) I can't recommend it for you on that computer, because it would likely cause issues for you. Sorry. :/
373470
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.
2027662
My SFF PC is running off a 250W power supply so I guess if your CPU is not the power hungry type (mine is the low end dual-core 3M cacahe 2.7GHz type), 300W probably will be okay.
1594498
No. I would not recommend a 300w PSU. I have a 550w PSU with my installation.
368230
Hey man, the best advice I can give is go to pcpicker dot com and "build" your computer within the website. It should tell ya if 300W is enough. :) That is what I did when building my computer!
555630
Hi. I wouldn't try it with less than 500W. Obviously it doesn't consume that much, but if you're thinking of upgrading to this card, you probably have a couple hard drives, a higher-performance CPU and so on, and would need that much for other reasons. I had a 400W PS that was unable to power my system a few years ago, resulting in BSODs and random freezes, so I changed that out for my current 600W supply, which does just fine. I have an 8-core CPU, this video card, an SSD and four hard drives. I just had a look at EVGA's specsheet about this, and it says minimum 350W PS. I would imagine that is in a minimal system with nothing else hooked up. If you have any plans to upgrade anything in the future, being stuck with a tiny power supply will limit your options. I'd say start your search at 500W and if you find a good manufacturer of a more powerful one that's reasonably priced, get it.
1081596
I'm gonna be safe and tell you that 300 watts is dangerously low for this card. I would recommend at least a 500 watt power supply. Anything below that and you're pushin' it. You also have to take into account the other things in your build, like CPU and how many Hard Drives you've got. So a 500 would definitely give you plenty of power for the 650ti boost, as well as giving you room for future growth.
1291526
From what I can tell for the 8500GT 256MB it is 300W. That is from the best buy site for a similar card.
1081246
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.
63114
In all honesty a 250w power supply means a lack of power and I would question if you had the right hardware to support this card in the first place. Get a larger power supply they are cheap
1291523
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
817526
300 watt with +12 at 18 amps is the minimum recommended for this video card
1493069
NVidia's online calculator says the stock (non-overclocked card) will work with a 300W power supply. This one should as well. It has an on-board power regulator that prevents it from drawing more than 75W. See NVidia dot com/content/HelpMeChoose/fx2/HelpMeChoose.asp?lang=en-us This does have the 6 pin power supply connector for a cable from the power supply to the card, on the top edge near the mounting bracket.
1981577
This card requires a 750W or greater power supply with two 150W 8 pin PCIe connectors. I hope this helps.