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Hello, I've been searching and getting confused all over the web. So I decided to bother you guys. I'm getting Its gonna be on for at least 16 hours. Don't care about the noise since the 5 fans are pretty loud. I called bunch of tech supports from online shops here and everyone is saying different things. (One said 850, other one said 1200, one said 750 is fine) Budget is pretty maxed so the cheaper the better, I was thinking Cooler Master MasterWatt 650 or SilverStone ET650-HG 650GOLD. (Also do the ratings matter?) Thanks a lot for your help

Very sorry to bother you all. I've just built a new PC, and I'm having really weird RTX 3080 performance. I've seen others with similar problems online, but I've noticed they've given a lack of information, so I thought if I provided more data, someone might be able to provide an answer. So the rig I've built is: Ryzen 5800x GSkill Trident Z Neo 3200mhz 16-18-18-38 32gb (2x16gb) ASUS TUF RTX 3080 OC Edition (10gb vram) ASUS B550m+ Motherboard 1 x NVME Drive 1 x SATA SSD 1 x SATA HDD PSU Corsair RM850x As you can see, the Power Supply should be generating more than enough power (and it does from the stats I've checked). So the problem is, in certain games (mostly DX12), I'm having very low GPU usage despite the CPU not being saturated in use. The CPU still has room to work with, but the GPU is just not drawing any power, and is not boosting correctly. Look at these screenshots: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CLB2hFP3K82vMnsZeUDSy310zxQwxIXq?usp=sharing You can see that the GPU is drawing less than 150w of power when I look at an intense scene in Gears of War 5, then when I turn to face a low intensity area, the wattage spikes way up, and the GPU has more utilisation (though still not much above 50% if at all). This happens on the lowest preset at 720p also. In Cyberpunk too, the same problem arises. It will always play at 28-32fps whether that's full ray tracing 4K, or whether I do lowest settings at 720p, it's always at a 28-32 fps range. When I go out into the desert, and find a very low intensity area, I suddenly cross an invisible line, and the frame rate will shoot up to 103fps as it should be for my rig. The wattage also jumps up to 300watts used (which is normal for this card). So basically, my graphics card is not pulling enough power when it needs to be working hard, and it does pull all of that power in really quiet areas with nothing happening. It's a really weird behaviour, and I was wondering if anyone has ideas on what to do. What I've tried myself: 1] DDU uninstalling gfx card drivers and doing clean install (also tried a clean driver install, without using geforce experience at all). 2] Not daisy-chaining the power leads into the gfx card. Have separated both 8pins into the gfx card. 3] Reinstalled windows completely 4] Updated motherboard bios and tried older versions (can't go too far back, becuase I have to use October ones at minimum for Ryzen 5000 support). 5] Updated all CPU drivers etc on the system 6] Reinstalled both games multiple times 7] Booted system in safe mode etc. 8] Ran programs in administrator mode, and used certain .exe hex edits for Cyberpunk suggested for improving CPU and GPU performance 9] I know my ram is sitting at 3000mhz right now, that's because one module isn't able to post at 3200mhz, so I've downclocked both to 3000mhz. I do have a warranty, but there are reasons why I can't return them currently. They're not broken otherwise, just failed the quality assurance for 3200mhz, but work fine at 3000mhz, so I've left them there. Have also tried switching out ram with some Corsair Vengeance ones from my friend at 3200mhz and working correctly according to their rated spec, with same results. As you can see, nothing works. The only clues I have for you are the HWINFO numbers, AMD's Ryzen Master's information on the CPU, and what MSI afterburner shows. The one thing I've noticed, is there's a voltage limit warning in MSI when I do find areas that are behaving "normally" FPS-wise. Any ideas gang? I would really appreciate the help, because I've spent a lot of money on a new PC which doesn't seem to function properly Just bad drivers right now? Should wait until Nvidia patches a few things? Thought I'd also mention, the ASUS TUF 3080 only has 2 x 8 pin connections, whilst most others have 3 x 8pin. I'm sure there's a reason for that, and I don't think that's a mistake on their account. The mosfets are 6 x high quality caps too. No cheap black ones. I've inserted a GTX 1050ti that I've inherited recently to test more things out, and that works fine even in the 2 games I've shown. So I've narrowed the problem down exclusively to the ASUS TUF RTX 3080. Also just wanted to point out that the card sits at around 1700mhz normally in its problem-mode, but boosts to around 1950mhz in the better areas. That's another clue hopefully. It's really weird. The card runs faster in low intensity areas, and runs slower in busy areas where it needs to be running faster >_>

So, In this PSU section, I was seeing a ton of topics saying like"How much watts do I need". You don't have to post anymore about these. You should check EVGA's Power meter. In the Website, choose your parts and it will calculate how much do you need and reccommend you some of their PSUs. Go check out EVGA's power meter in: https://www.evga.com/power-meter/

I recently purchased a Gigabyte Gaming OC Pro 3060ti rev 3.0. My existing system has a Corsair CX550M PSU. To my understanding, the PSU has enough juice to work fine in my system with the new GPU installed. Unfortunately, the PSU only has one cable for PCIe with two 6+2 pin connectors on it. The 3060ti requires one 8 pin and one 6 pin. So I can use the single cable for both GPU slots, but that only delivers 225W to the GPU (75 from 16x slot and 150W from the cable, at least I think) which is less than both the stock and max power limits for the card. My PSU has two unused 6 pin slots available which - based on the included cables - looks like it’s meant for additional SATA / Molex connections. (The two non-labeled ports on the CX550M) My question is: would I be able to buy a 6 pin to 6 pin cable to run between one of these 6 pin ports and the GPU and use the original PCIe power cable only for the 8 pin to provide the full power? Or perhaps buy a SATA / Molex to 6 pin adapter? Are all 6 pin ports on a PSU the same in terms of power (given they have the same pin shape layout, which mine does) and it’s just how the cable terminates that differs? Thank you.

I have a Reebok GB40s Exercise bike that I haven't used in a while. - See the required power supply as per the label on the machine below. Caption: Input area for Reebok GB40s Exercise Bike I have found a power adapter that fits the exercise machine, but I can't remember if it is the adapter that goes with the machine. Would it work with the exercise bike and would you say it is safe to use? Caption: Plug 1 If not, I have seen these other 2 adapters online that are supposed to work with for the same machine that I can buy and have specifically mentioned my model number in the listing. Which one would be the best/safest to buy based on the power stats on the plug? (they cost the same roughly). Caption: Plug 2 Caption: Plug 3 Thanks in advance for any help. - Apologies if this is a dumb post, voltage/watt/amps stuff always confuses me.

So I have a CLEVO gaming laptop with an i7-10875H with undervolt max temps 90*C with temp limits set to -15*C from 100, can undervolt more. RTX 2080 Super Max Q. Currently powered by a 180w supply. I plan to overclock the gpu I feel it reaches a point where it requires more power when it suddenly cuts off when both the cpu and gpu are under high load. But working perfectly if the gpu is the only one under load. But under current overclocking capacity the gpu never goes above 70*C but see a gigantic improvement in performance. Is anyone willing to answer my question please. Also planning to add faster ram and ssd storage x2

Budget (including currency): £500 Country: UK Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Very light mainstream games, Office365 Other details (I'd love some help on peripherals. Found an cheap 1080p IPS monitor but it has 5ms delay. Is that a lot or perfectly ok for a casual who'll most likely play something light like Overwatch, WoW or smth? Also Keyboard + mouse would be nice, max £40 for both.) PCPartPicker Part List CPU: Intel Core i3-10105F 3.7 GHz Quad-Core Processor (£69.98 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: MSI H510M-A PRO Micro ATX LGA1200 Motherboard (£58.49 @ CCL Computers) Memory: Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory (£68.69 @ Overclockers.co.uk) Storage: ADATA SU630 480 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£40.00 @ Amazon UK) Storage: Toshiba P300 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£34.99 @ AWD-IT) Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 6500 XT 4 GB MECH 2X OC Video Card (£148.48 @ Ebuyer) Case: Deepcool MATREXX 40 3FS MicroATX Mid Tower Case (£39.99 @ AWD-IT) Power Supply: EVGA BR 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£40.47 @ Scan.co.uk) Total: £501.09 Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available Generated by PCPartPicker 2022-06-06 12:46 BST+0100 Planning a cheap build for someone I know. A student. I was up to speed on builds back around the Ryzen 2000 launch but now I have no clue. Is this i3 fast enough? The cooler it comes with can handle it? Motherboard's cheap, have I not missed something that might not be obvious? 450W should be enough juice right? Doubt the person will want to upgrade to anything else hence they want someone else to configure/buy/build it for them. Matrexx 40 is a new case, any good? Left out AMD cause all their low end chips seem to be really expensive + can't be bothered with some of the outdated BIOSes PCPartPicker keeps warning me about. I don't have a space CPU that I can just use to update BIOS on a motherboard. Would love help on the peripherals mentioned above. Pretty much the most value for money as possible.

The Ryzen 2700x uses 105 watts but the better performing 3700x CPU only uses 65 watts, so does this mean the 3700x runs cooler than the 2700x? If so, does this mean you can avoid or worry less about CPU TEMPS by simply buying a lower wattage CPU? WHAT Am I missing or not understanding about this? p.s. They also have the same number of Cores and Threads....hu?

Greetings everyone i want to purchase rx6600 xt but iam scared that my power supply wont handle all the pressure My specs 16Gb (2x8) RGB asrock b450 pro4 3 RGB fans Xigmatic liquid cooling for my cpu Ryzen 5 5600x Cv550 80+ bronze certified 2 HDD's 2 Nvme m.2 SSD's

I tried changing the graphics card of my pre-built PC for an RX 570 4gb. The PSU said 650W on the side, so I didn't think much about it; After all, I don't know a lot about power supply units. The graphics card, once installed, brought me numerous problems like driver crashes and low performance. I've been told these problems can be caused by not enough power reaching the GPU. I have yet to confirm that this is the problem for I cannot test this card on another computer due to the lockdown. But if I find out that this is the problem and have to buy a new power supply for it, which one would you recommend? My full rig is as follows, in case you need to know: MOBO: ASRock N68-GS4 FX R2.0 CPU: AMD FX-6300 @ 3.5Ghz GPU: RX-570 4Gb RAM: 8Gb DDR3 generic Add some cheap 1tb HDD and 2 stock case aux fans (Nothing is overclocked.)

Pc Specs- I5-3470 8gb ram 400 wat evga psu rx 570 4gb 500gb baracuda ssd 240gb huyndai ssd will my psu be able to handle this?

Hey Guys, I have lenovo Yoga 920 (20V@3.25A - 65W) and i want to get rid of the chunky, big cable supporting my laptop with a 65W connection. So I am looking at the only portable acceptable alternative, the 'Anker Power Port Atom PD1' which has a highest output of 1.5A@20V - 30W. So my question is, could it be dangerous for my laptop to use this charger? Can it gain damage from only being charged by 30W? I read some threads about this and came to the conclusion that it's going to be ok as long as the Voltage output (20V in this case) is similar to the Voltage input of the laptop (also 20V in this case). Am I right about this? Of course I am aware that the laptop might charge slower in some cases, but as I am a student and only using it for easy work like microsoft office and browsing, so it shouldn't be a problem, regarding the powersupply. Thanks in Advance, El

Hey guys! I just bought an 5700xt rog strix oc, but I didnt check what the PCI pin connector requirements were. I looked at a few and I think they had 1 x 8 pin and 1 x 6 pin connectors. Anyway this one has 2 x 8 pin connectors but my old psu only has 1, and 1 6 pin. Im thinking about buying an adapter for 6 to 8 pin tomorrow but im not sure if my psu Will be up to the task, and if the card Will run if i do. My specs are: ryzen 3600x rog strix b450 gaming f 16gb Ddr4 3200mhz ram 2xssd 1x7200rpm hdd Xfx pro 550w psu (85 rated i think) upgraded from 1060 6gb MSI gaming x to 5700 xt rog strix (not tested yet, due to no adapter) sorry if this is a bad post or posted on wrong Page (im new here)

Hi guys, my build is as follows: Amd Ryzen 5 2600 Xfx Rx 580 Corsair Vengance 2x4 GB DDR4 3000mhz 1TB Barracuda 7200RPM Asrock B450 pro4 Do you have any idea if my PSU will be enough to handle this? Is it ok is the psu runs at 85 or even 90% of its rated power? Thanks!

I'm looking for a specific, I guess you could call it genre of PSU. I've been running a 500W OEM Delta unit in my home server/NAS for a little while now, but it's developed some nasty coil whine, which is driving me crazy. Since it's very low power and I don't want to spend a ton of money, are there any low wattage supplies (like 250 or 300) available that I can get for cheap, but are good enough quality to run in my always-on server?

I am currently planning a new PC build, and this is my first time doing it. I am unsure of how much wattage I need, while having room for small upgrades. Here are my parts: Case: NZXT S340 Elite CPU: i7 7700K CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H100i V2 GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Black Edition RAM: G.SKILL TridentZ RGB Series 16gb (2 x 8GB) DDR4 3000mhz MoBo: ASUS ROG Strix Z270E SSD: Samsung 850 EVO 500GB HDD: Seagate BarraCuda 2TB

Hello, I'm setting up my first build on PCPartPicker, and for one of the versions of my build the estimated power requirement is 410 watts. Currently, I use a CX 500w on good ol' Bessey here that I'm posting this forum topic with, and was curious if I could reuse it for the new build. The rule that I had heard was use a PSU that has a wattage of 100 watts over the build estimate. However, I want to be absolutely sure; maybe less than that works. Thanks.

Is a 550w psu sufficient wattage for an i5 6500 and 980Ti?

Hey everyone, I just want to how much wattage I'm gonna need for my new pc build. I'm also wondering what ranking I should get (bronze, silver, gold, platinum, titanitum, etc.). Here's my build. Intel i7 7700k processor Asus GTX 1080 ROG STRIX A8G Asus Maximus IX Formula G.Skill Trident Z RGB 2x8GB DDR4 RAM (I might add in a second of this kit so please account for that.) NZXT Kraken X62 Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black HDD 7200RPM Samsung 850 Evo 500gb SSD Samsung 960 Evo 250gb M.2 SSD NZXT S340 elite case (not that it matters) I will also be adding in a few light strips and maybe a few RGB fans. Thanks for the help in advance and please tell me if I forgot to mention anything!

Hi, I will probably order PC parts this week so I want to check it one more time does Corsair CX450M can handle OC Ryzen 1400 on AsRock AB350M DSV, Gigabyte gtx 1060 Xtreme Gaming 6gb also OC, patriot viper 4 3000Mhz 2x4GB and SSD and HDD. System will have 3 120mm fans. Help guys, I don't want to have problems latter. Thanks!

I'm looking to upgrade my GTX 950 build to an rx 480, but I'm concerned about whether my PSU is enough, or if I'll have to upgrade it. Here's my current system: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/znX3M8

Hi wanting to know what wattage PSU I should get and what brand Specs: Cpu- i5 6400 Mobo- msi h110 gaming Ram - 2 4gb ddr4 GPU - gtx 960 g1 Thanks

Hey! I need help choosing a PSU for my build. I've tried using PSU calculators but i'm not really sure what i'm supposed to put the clocks on for the GPU's.I currently have a RM850i PSU for my build, however I got another 1070 to add to my rig for 2 way SLI.My build:Case: Corsair Graphite 780TMotherboard: MSI X99a Gaming 7 CPU: Intel Core i7 5820k @ 4.6Ghz 1.38VRam: Corsair Vengeance LED Red DDR4 3200MHZ 32gb (4x8gb)SSD: Samsung 850 Evo 500GBHDD: Seagate Barracuda 3tb 7200RPM 3.5"GPU: 2x MSI Geforce GTX 1070 Sea hawk EK X (I haven't installed the 2nd one yet)PSU: Corsair RM850iFans: 6x HD120 RGB Fans 120MM and 1x AF140 LED fanWatercooling pump: EK-XTOP Revo D5 PWM -Plexi (ink. Pump)I have a custom loop that is currently cooling my 5820k and my current 1070, I'm going to have to clear out all of the water to put in the new 1070. I haven't really had the time to overclock my current 1070 so when I get both of them installed i'm probably going to apply a very high overclock. So if I have my 5820k @ 4.6 Ghz, 1.38V and 2 GTX 1070's in SLI with a very high overclock, What is the recomended wattage on a PSU? and could you recommend a PSU that is good?Thanks in advance!

Okay, we've been having a few power-cuts lately, and I was thinking about a way to combat this, and I had the idea of a little UPS. Just something with enough power to allow me to save my work and what-have-you's and power the system off without having a abrupt system shutdown and me loosing work. So, I used a PSU calculator to figure how much my system could use if everything was at 100%, and I came up with this. (View attached image) But I made a few adjustments, such as adding a 1060 instead of a 960 as I am going to be getting one for Christmas. I also changed my CPUs Voltage by 0.1V. I have also added many HDD/SSDs as I plan to have 2x PCIe SSDs (One SATA and one NVMe) 2x SATA SSDs and 2x HDDs (One of which is going to be a 2TB HDD and is going to be used as a full system back-up) After getting that out the way, I calculated it and it is saying that I should get a 1000VA UPS, so I started looking and I couldn't find a decent one with high ratings anywhere. So, there is where you guys come in. Could you possibly help me look for a UPS? I will have to have AT-LEAST 4 things connected to it... Desktop, Monitors (1600x900 AOC e2043Fs and LG 25UM58-P 2560x1080) and my speakers. If there are spare sockets, I would also like to add a desk lamp and maybe a phone charger. Also, I'm just wondering but how long does a UPS usually last until it goes dead. I know it depends on the output it's doing, but going with my desktop, 2 monitors and a speaker... How long would it last? You can even guesstimate if you have to. Thank you for taking your time to read this and hopefully help me come to a conclusion. - Joe

I've just bought a new 1080ti / R7 1700 build with a modular Corsair RMx 850 PSU. I'm thinking down the line I might upgrade to dual 1080ti's, but unsure if the 850W PSU will be enough seeing as according to PCPartPicker the estimated max load will be 694W with both 1080ti's. Also as a side note: are PSU's generally given their wattage as RMS or as peak? I tried looking it up for the corsair RMx series and can't seem to find anything on it.