HP Compaq 8200 Elite SSF: Can 240W PSU Handle Geforce GT730 2GB Card?

Question

Hello. I have an HP Compaq 8200 Elite SSF computer and I would like to buy a graphics card for it, unfortunately my PC has a 240 W power supply and my question is whether it can handle a 2 GB GT730 card.

CPU Intel Core i5 (2nd Gen) 2400 / 3.1 GHz
Max Turbo Speed 3.4 GHz
Number of Cores Quad-Core
8 GB RAM

qs300 · Answer

It depends, if the card requires additional power supply (6 or 8 pin connector), then this power supply may not be able to do it, such cards require a power supply min. 400Watt.

mate7 · Answer

I was thinking about such cards. I would also like to buy a better power supply but I have seen it hard to find a better one for this model.

Kasek21 · Answer

The power supply is only worse with compatibility with the motherboard! If the card is to be bought for games, this is not a good choice!

dt1 · Answer

Poor cards, generally GT730 is unprofitable. At a similar price you can buy the GT1030, and this one has slightly lower performance than the GTX750Ti (it is three times faster than the GT730) and gets a modest 35W. Except that for GT1030 it would be good to have a monitor with digital input (HDMI, DP, DVI).

For GT730 (and GT1030) 240W power supply is enough.

qs300 wrote:
It depends, if the card requires additional power supply (6 or 8 pin connector), then this power supply may not be able to do it, such cards require a power supply min. 400Watt.

Seriously? Cards requiring about 100W already require 6 pin power. The new generation quad-core processor needs 65W. Here we have an old generation, so let's count 100W. Even adding 50W of supply, 250W is required, not 400W (and even less with the new generation). The power supply requirements are based on the power demand of the individual components, not on the presence of a power outlet.

mate7 · Answer

So what can I do about this problem? When it comes to games, I have WoT installed and I play on minimal settings. I just wanted to fix it with this card.

dt1 · Answer

I found a video in which the guy installed the GTX1050, so with compatibility it may not be that bad, at least with the nv cards: - although with the GT1030 I did not manage such a set found. Added after 1 [minutes]: What is your monitor model? If it has DVI / HDMI / DP then you can buy GT1030 (from some reasonable store, where you can do a refund without any problems).

mate7 · Answer

Monitor to BenQ G2010W.

dt1 · Answer

I have bought DVI-D, i.e. GT1030 in a low profile version, for example:

http://www.zadowolenie.pl/podzespoly-komputer...-1030-2gb-gddr5-64bit-hdmi-dvi-hdcp-lite-pack (free shipping) or https: // www.morele.net/karta-graficzna-zotac-gt-1030-lp-2gb-gddr5-64-bit-dvi-d-hdmi-box-zt-p10300a-10l-1293090/

The ZOTAC card has DVI and has a low profile bracket included (according to information on the manufacturer's website).

For this DVI-DVI cable.

Or a version with a slightly faster clocking (overclocked) - minimal, but it will always be a bit faster: https://www.morele.net/karta-graficzna-gigabyte-geforce-gt-1030-2gb-gddr5-64-bit-dvi- d-hdmi-box-gv-n1030d5-2gl-1256983 / or https://www.komputronik.pl/product/388512/gigabyte-geforce-gt-1030-2g.html or http://www.zadowolenie.pl / computer-components / graphics-cards / gigabyte-geforce-gt-1030-2gb-gddr5-64bit-pci-e-hdmi-dvi (free shipping) and the same DVI-DVI cable to the monitor if you don't have one. This card also has a low profile herring included.

mate7 · Answer

This is all known. I will choose one of those that you recommended to me. Thank you very much for this information and help because I couldn't do it myself. Best regards and thank you again.

dt1 · Answer

There is a small chance that such a card will not move, so buy online, open it without destroying the packaging too much and use the return if necessary. But 80% should start, since 1050 can be started.

qs300 · Answer

It is not about the fact that the card itself needs so much power, but the manufacturer calculates that since the card itself consumes 100 or more Watt and added other components to it, it stated that a power supply of at least 400W or more should be used. I have access to various electronic wholesalers, in which I buy goods for the store and such information is provided in the graphics card specifications, in online stores there is no such information.

dt1 · Answer

I know the manufacturer estimates that. However, there is nothing to take into account of this nonsense. The card manufacturer has no information about the equipment in which the card will work (so apart from the power supply load generated by the card, there is no knowledge about the load on the rest of the components). The card manufacturer also does not know whether it will be a lofty power supply, which under the 500W sticker has a performance of 280W at 12V, of which at 200W the power supply burns, or is it a decent 500W power supply with 480W real capacity on the 12V line.

So, most often the value estimated by the graphics manufacturer is greatly exaggerated - and it's worth counting the power supply performance you need instead, instead of suggesting nonsense data of this type.

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