Choosing an Appropriate Power Supply for Gaming PC with Intel i5 2400, GTX 1050TI, 8GB RAM

Hello. I need help choosing a power supply and its power.
The computer is a collector and at the moment it has:

Intel i5 2400 processor, 4 cores with a base frequency of 3.1 GHz and turo up to 3.4 GHz, 6MB cache
500 GB hard drive with a speed of 7200 revolutions
8 GB RAM DDR3 1333
GEFORCE GTX 1050 TI graphics
320W hp power supply
The computer will be used for games - with one word tormented from morning to night [/ syntax]

400W fortron / delta or more expensive xfx / chieftec / silentium pc.

400W is enough? and not better, so that there is some reserve if necessary?

Branded 400W is enough without a problem.

ok no matter what company? what to look at the price? but does higher price necessarily mean better company and quality? please, give me some hints

What budget?

you know, the less the better; bye, seriously, 2-3 hundred words

What is the name of this connector? It is stamped into such needles on the motherboard

AUX or APC (Auxiliary Power Connector) - you will not need it; unless you are playing with older equipment (eg P4).

It does not look like an old AUX plug to me. Firstly, too small, secondly, no one used it in power supplies for Core II gen. However, it seems that my friend has an HP computer, which is very likely to have a non-standard power supply.

An example power supply from such an HP may look like this:


If such a power supply is included in this computer, then most of the standard power adapters available at a computer store do not have a chance to work with this computer.

On the other hand - why did everyone assume the need to replace the 320W HP power supply? If it has two lines of 18A with a total limit of 320W (26A), one line of which is for the CPU (which needs 8A), then 18A remains on the other line to use for the rest of the hardware. GTX1050Ti needs 75W (rounding 6.5A), the rest of the equipment (reserve) maybe 4-5A.

If it is functional, you can connect the GTX1050Ti to the current power supply and there should be no problems with it.

dt1 wrote:

It does not look like an old AUX plug to me.

And me, of course

This is probably PS STAT - a model of the board or power supply would be useful [you can also check the used pins in the connector / cable, if 4 is rather PS STAT]

You can take a look - https://www.elektroda.pl/rtvforum/topic2621023.html

Yes it is the HP power supply
and I'm thinking of replacing it with a stronger one, because it's a graphics card, slinger processor , windmill fan on the back cover and games that have their own requirements - and if you sit for a few hours on one, it would be better if there was a more powerful power supply, I think?
Added after 4 [minutes]:

Alicja249 wrote:

and I am thinking of replacing it with a stronger one, because it is the graphics card, processor, fan on the back cover and games

I have already counted my friend's pessimistic assumptions:

- processor: 95W
- graphics card: 75W
- all the rest of the stuff: 50W

Together, this gives 220W at maximum load and quite pessimistic assumptions. The power supply has a capacity of 320W at 12V, which gives it 100W of reserve.

Alicja249 wrote:

and if you sit for a few hours on one, it would be better if there was a more powerful power supply?

No, it had better be just sufficient and functional. The excess of available power does not change anything, it does not improve anything. If the power supply is functional, the GTX1050Ti will handle it, it is not a "heavy" card for the power supply.

An office computer is not the best topic for modernization, in the case of this computer even replacing the power supply with another one is uninteresting, due to the fact that standard power supplies do not fit. You can try to download a converter that allows you to get the necessary plugs from a standard power supply with a 24-pin plug.

The computer was bought with the intention of playing - my adviser probably had a slight hearing loss; well, nothing happened ... I have one more question - what motherboard to buy for these components? because I will definitely replace it with the power supply in some time.

Replace the entire computer if you want to replace a disc. This computer (the model of which we have still not met) may be compatible with BTX plates, which are a cure, or maybe the plate is also completely non-standard, which would not be unusual in HP office sets.

Replacing the plate (with a standard one) involves:
- replacement of the power supply
- housing replacement
- replacement of the processor and memory (if you will be replacing with newer generations).

So you might as well just replace the entire computer, and not go to the modernization of equipment that was not intended or adapted for modernization. Thank the advisor for pushing on the mine.

I have such a disc in the new HP:


And the one in the previous HP with the HP 460W power supply:


I think if I should not try to do something with the second disc, there is a power supply (used for several years), but it has normal plugs, so I can easily replace it, or just connect the "new" one and if it falls, then it will be completely replaced as in the above post. Thanks to everyone for the answers.

But what do you want to do? Put on this board with the I5-2400 of this GTX1050Ti, leave the original power supply and it should work. Both boards are BTXy from office machines.

As you purchase your next PC with gaming in mind, I suggest you don't make the same mistake a third time. Choose a computer that is better suited for this. Post-leasing office computers unfortunately have their drawbacks.

So I did thanks.