Computer Issues?

[Dalton Erkenbrecher Azztuu]

Alright so, I got this desktop for free. 

its a small form factor, so it had a Micro-Atx, AMD64 X2 4400, clocked at like 2.2 Ghz, 2 gigs of DDR2 ram, 300 Watt PSU and basic components, Windows XP.

 

Bought a Gigabyte Ga-965P-DS3, 4 gigs DDR2 Corsair,  along with a Core 2 duo 6600 clocked at 2.4 Ghz, (I have it clocked at 3.00 Ghz, and the 710 is overclocked as well) and Windows 10 for 10$ altogether. Bought a Nvidia 710 1 gig DDR3 Gpu for 50$, and thats basically it.

Heres my problem, I want to get a 750 TI and it requires 300Watts, but when I looked up my specs on Newegg, it says the components I have now require 378 Watts, I only have a 300Watt PSU, But everything seems to be running great, What should I do?

if you need anymore information, just comment what you need.

 

(Sorry if this isnt the right place.)

[Jon Cannon]

The 750ti itself doesn't require 300 watts, that's an estimated guess for the card with the rest of the components combined. I would be better safe than sorry, and get something 400 or 450 watt, since your parts are significantly older than what the estimation is geared towards. 

And at that, I would also start thinking about an upgrade all together. There are i5 2400's on eBay going for very cheap right now, and while it's already 2 generations old, it would be a huge performance gain over what you have currently. Yes they are non overclockable, but the performance gain would be unbelievable.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Core-i5-2400-3-1GHz-Quad-Core-SR00Q-CPU-Processor-/272297766656?hash=item3f66362f00:g:L9wAAOSweWVXfDBY

http://www.ebay.com/itm/GENUINE-ASUS-P8H67-M-LX-REV-2-01-ASUSTeK-COMPUTER-LGA1155-Computer-MOTHERBOARD-/282006100385?hash=item41a8df99a1:g:I3wAAOSw7KJXERF3

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-E97379-Core-i3-i5-i7-Socket-LGA-1150-1155-1156-NEW-CPU-FAN-HEATSINK-C0155-/222076327098?hash=item33b4c7d4ba:g:tfoAAOSwLpdW8tEP

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Kingston-4GB-1333MHz-DDR3-Non-ECC-CL9-DIMM-SR-x8-/121840936513?hash=item1c5e492641:g:OFwAAOSwLpdW-jDZ

I know that Kozak (Outlawed) has a 2500k but can't overclock it because he purchased a non overclocking motherboard, and has a 660ti, and does just fine with it.

Matt (SealedGecko) is also still on this generation of processor.

Edited July 6, 2016 by Jon Cannon