psu limitations?

[brantley188]

i have a  custom build with a i5 8600k and a 1070 ti ....that is currently out of commision i also have bedroom pc runnign on a i3 6100 with a evga br 40 w 80+bronze psu...my question would be if it would be safe to run my 1070ti  on this power supply for the time being until i get my better pc running?

[Jurrunio]

I wont say yes, EVGA has such a complex PSU lineup that there aren't enough reviews to understand if all of them are decent.

[Chronified]

Power supply calc shows a max load of 387w so it SHOULD work.

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

 

Just stay away from Prime95/Furmark or any other high-stress benchmarking programs, also avoid overclocking until you upgrade. 

If you notice the system shutting off during gaming, enable vsync and lower your settings until it stops.

 

Best of luck. 

[brantley188]

ivwad 2 750 w 80+gold g3's from evga both died within a couple months...so im not a fan of evga thats for sure

[brantley188]

yea i have a mroe beasty build but its got a dead seasonic 80+platinum in it less then a month old....came to the conclusion that the motherboard killed it...considering the motherboard is evga...ive not had any luck out of any evga products besides the 1070 ti i have its been great

[Spotty]

9 minutes ago, brantley188 said:

i have a  custom build with a i5 8600k and a 1070 ti ....that is currently out of commision i also have bedroom pc runnign on a i3 6100 with a evga br 40 w 80+bronze psu...my question would be if it would be safe to run my 1070ti  on this power supply for the time being until i get my better pc running?

The EVGA BR 450W? It'll be fine as a temporary unit, it'll be able to output enough power to supply the 8600k and 1070ti, though I would recommend replacing it with a better unit when you can (and I suppose your other system will want its power supply back eventually as well).

 

3 minutes ago, brantley188 said:

ivwad 2 750 w 80+gold g3's from evga both died within a couple months...so im not a fan of evga thats for sure

That's not normal. Any idea what caused the failure? If you haven't already, RMA the unit(s) through EVGA and get them replaced. G3s have a pretty long warranty and haven't been on the market for that long, so if you bought them new they'll still be covered by warranty.

 

1 minute ago, brantley188 said:

yea i have a mroe beasty build but its got a dead seasonic 80+platinum in it less then a month old....came to the conclusion that the motherboard killed it...considering the motherboard is evga...ive not had any luck out of any evga products besides the 1070 ti i have its been great

Wait... So you've had a THIRD power supply die in recent months?

Either you're the unluckiest person in the world, or something is wrong with your houses electrical wiring that is causing your PSUs to die.
 

4 minutes ago, Chronified said:

Power supply calc shows a max load of 387w so it SHOULD work.

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

Cool... So that means it will only have a max load of 275W then.
Outverision/CoolerMaster PSU calculators are junk that lie about the wattage requirements to convince people to buy more expensive, higher wattage PSUs.

[Chronified]

7 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Cool... So that means it will only have a max load of 275W then.
Outverision/CoolerMaster PSU calculators are junk that lie about the wattage requirements to convince people to buy more expensive, higher wattage PSUs.

8700k max load is 95w 

1070ti max load is 180w

MB Chipset takes about 10w 

and 3 fans+1SSD+1HDD take 10w

 

=295w so you should be okay, but again, upgrade soon if you can. 

 

Give it a shot man, worst case scenario it trips itself and turns itself off. I'd say there's a 0.01% chance of killing your PSU by drawing too much wattage, they're designed to just turn off. If your system runs a Raid array I'd recommend backing it up immediately just incase it shuts off during some kinda data transfer. 

 

[Chronified]

Welcome to the forum btw Happy first post!

[Ankerson]

27 minutes ago, Chronified said:

8700k max load is 95w 

1070ti max load is 180w

MB Chipset takes about 10w 

and 3 fans+1SSD+1HDD take 10w

 

=295w so you should be okay, but again, upgrade soon if you can. 

 

Give it a shot man, worst case scenario it trips itself and turns itself off. I'd say there's a 0.01% chance of killing your PSU by drawing too much wattage, they're designed to just turn off. If your system runs a Raid array I'd recommend backing it up immediately just incase it shuts off during some kinda data transfer. 

 

Nope, not even close in reality, you are at least 150W off.

 

8700k max load is about 140W +

1070ti max load is 250W +

MB Chipset takes about 50W +

[brantley188]

im runnign an i3 6100 wiht a 1070 ti rn as a back up until i get my 8600k back up

[brantley188]

1 hour ago, brantley188 said:

i have a  custom build with a i5 8600k and a 1070 ti ....that is currently out of commision i also have bedroom pc runnign on a i3 6100 with a evga br 40 w 80+bronze psu...my question would be if it would be safe to run my 1070ti  on this power supply for the time being until i get my better pc running?

guess i should resay what i meant....is im tryign to run the i3 6100 with the 1070ti on a 450 watt power supply not the 8600k