Underclock a graphics card

[huricanxl]

Hi,

I have a RTX 2060 with TDP of 160W and would like to run on a power supply that is 525W. My system consumes a lot of power and so i would like to reduce the power consumption of the gpu at full load.

Can I do it using the simple tool we have? What would be a good setting if I am targeting 140W or less for max consumption on my GPU?

[GoldenLag]

5 minutes ago, huricanxl said:

would like to run on a power supply that is 525W.

What 525w PSU?

 

5 minutes ago, huricanxl said:

My system consumes a lot of power

Doubt it exceedes 300w. Which components?

 

6 minutes ago, huricanxl said:

What would be a good setting if I am targeting 140W or less for max consumption on my GPU

Set a lower powertarget in MSI afterburner

[Oswin]

i dont see why you would want to downgrade performance, what are the rest of your specs? and what is your power supply?

[huricanxl]

Hi guys, Its a old system with xeon w3550 TDP 130W with LGA1366 socket motherboard x56 ( i guess). 3 enterprise grade SAS 15K drives.

I have kindup summed up what i would need below, gives a total of 542W.

cpu	1	130	130w
motherboard	1	150	150w
gpu	1	160	160w
sas	3	7	21w
raid-card	1	25	25w
ram	3	5	15w
keyboard	1	3	3w
mouse	1	3	3w
usb	4	5	20w
fans	3	5	15w

 

[Oswin]

6 minutes ago, huricanxl said:

Hi guys, Its a old system with xeon w3550 TDP 130W with LGA1366 socket motherboard x56 ( i guess). 3 enterprise grade SAS 15K drives.

I have kindup summed up what i would need below, gives a total of 542W.

cpu	1	130	130w
motherboard	1	150	150w
gpu	1	160	160w
sas	3	7	21w
raid-card	1	25	25w
ram	3	5	15w
keyboard	1	3	3w
mouse	1	3	3w
usb	4	5	20w
fans	3	5	15w

 

the thing i am more concerned about is the severe bottleneck that will occur with that 2060

[Oswin]

6 minutes ago, huricanxl said:

Hi guys, Its a old system with xeon w3550 TDP 130W with LGA1366 socket motherboard x56 ( i guess). 3 enterprise grade SAS 15K drives.

I have kindup summed up what i would need below, gives a total of 542W.

cpu	1	130	130w
motherboard	1	150	150w
gpu	1	160	160w
sas	3	7	21w
raid-card	1	25	25w
ram	3	5	15w
keyboard	1	3	3w
mouse	1	3	3w
usb	4	5	20w
fans	3	5	15w

 

the thing i am more concerned about is the severe bottleneck that will occur with that 2060

[Vejnemojnen]

UNDERVOLT but DO NOT underclock. Heck, most of the time, you can overclock and undervolt in the same time. 

 

you need not to underclock. just undervolting can keep watts in check! And you might even be able to overclock your gpu, especially the memory (VRAM).

 

[boggy77]

13 minutes ago, huricanxl said:

motherboard 1 150 150w

motherboard doesn't use much wattage. it will most likely be below 50w. so you should be fine.

[huricanxl]

46 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

motherboard doesn't use much wattage. it will most likely be below 50w. so you should be fine.

i appreciate you saying that but would you be able to back it up with a reference. 

[boggy77]

8 minutes ago, huricanxl said:

i appreciate you saying that but would you be able to back it up with a reference. 

what motherboard model do you have?

[huricanxl]

14 minutes ago, boggy77 said:

what motherboard model do you have?

sure, here:

 

[boggy77]

17 minutes ago, huricanxl said:

sure, here:

 

a full system i7-920(TDP 130W) on a x58 motherboard with a HD4870(TDP 150W) managed to draw max 282W. so yeah, the motherboard doesn't draw any power. there are no components on it that produce anything or do anything.

 

https://www.anandtech.com/show/2681/11

[GoldenLag]

3 hours ago, huricanxl said:

i appreciate you saying that but would you be able to back it up with a reference. 

the infamously hot chipset of the x570 plattform (the highest powerdraw component on the board) draws 15w at full load. 

 

older chipsets of that age had a tencency to draw a tiny bit more, but not enough to need loud cooling. 

 

 

that motherboard doesnt draw any where near 150w, probably close to 40w at full total load. 

 

4 hours ago, huricanxl said:

I have kindup summed up what i would need below, gives a total of 542W

you can run your system on a 400w powersupply. what PSU do you have. 

[huricanxl]

Thanks guys, i installed it works just fine.