It’s a 420W on the 12V rail—pretty much mid-range stuff from about five or six years ago. I suppose that might be something worth swapping out eventually.
The CPU and GPU are basically sucking up all the power on that 12V rail since they're the heavy hitters here, along with some of the Newegg drives and fans (which doesn't really matter)... so, yeah, 420W.😛
Your setup is great for light tasks and browsing, though that power supply looks a bit sketchy.
If the card doesn't need an extra power connector, you're likely looking at a GTX 1050 that pulls barely 50W under load (which is almost three times less than a GTX 1050). So, even that PSU should probably be fine. Just as a precaution, have you tried plugging the graphics card into a different PCIe slot on the motherboard?
I actually spotted an EVGA 500W on Craigslist for $100 with a warranty, located in Chicago. Just in case you end up needing one...
Processors basically never fail, so there's really no reason to be nervous about buying used ones, especially if you can test them out first, like this:
electricharbor30 said:That's 1164 gflops on an overclocked 750 compared to 940 gflops on a GTX 460.... what percentage is that?
Nice job. You found one instance where theoretical numbers actually line up with real-world performance... and you still don't have any actual game benchmarks. 👏
Jesse Hughes said:This case: CoolerMaster Elite 334, black, (W)187 x (H)421 x (L)485 mm, 6kg
That's a chassis, not a CPU cooler 😬
I grabbed it from Best Buy since they have stores all over the country, just in case you wanted to pick it up locally... depends on where you're located.
You've got a great motherboard there too... really solid VRM, and it was actually one of the early ones to feature SATA3 and USB3. I guess if you aren't using anything much better than the stock cooler, you could probably try some overclocking. It might hit 3.5GHz+ pretty easily, which would help eliminate any potential bottlenecks for that new graphics card.
Which power supply are you using? There are some solid 450W units out there that can actually pull over 500W, but then you have all that junk that barely hits 200-250W 😉
To be honest, that graphics card is bottom-of-the-barrel... it’s way weaker than most modern integrated chips. Even FIFA 16 might struggle on it, which is pretty wild considering how demanding it is compared to Tetris.
Unfortunately, Corsair doesn't really have anything worth mentioning in the low to mid-range segments... their power supplies themselves are pretty solid quality for those tiers, but there are always better alternatives out there for the same price or even less.
I’d probably suggest a light CPU overclock since there might be a slight bottleneck here. Maybe Matthew Alvarez can give you a better idea though, since he's running the same CPU paired with a GTX 750 ti.
Well... maybe just list the specific HDD and power supply models you're using. 😬 If they can be repurposed, sure—it might help free up some budget for the rest of your components.