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So... I just did some calculating... turns out that my whole system without the gpu is 300w (according to this site)

My PSU supports 650w, but I'm thinking of getting a new GPU to replave my old 150w one, which (by the look in the specs) requires 600w...

Wuuut, is this a mistake? How can a single card draw so much power? :o

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So... I just did some calculating... turns out that my whole system without the gpu is 300w (according to this site)

My PSU supports 650w, but I'm thinking of getting a new GPU to replave my old 150w one, which (by the look in the specs) requires 600w...

Wuuut, is this a mistake? How can a single card draw so much power? :o

That's the entire system's advised wattage, not just the GPU :P

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That's an estimate based upon whole system output, and it's pretty much there to cover their asses from shitty PSUs.

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Oh... The Irony hurts:) will this psu do the trick?

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I would recommend bumping up your PSU for an AMD card. 750-850.

That's a little overkill, especially if you get a quality PSU from SeaSonic or EVGA.

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Card isn't 600w. 600w is the recommended for the power supply in the system to be. They go off some conservative basics on how much other parts use, add the gpu's draw, then some headroom in case the power supply is a shitty one. So they recommend that the TOTAL system have at least 600w. I would use PC Part picker for a more accurate breakdown.

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That's a little overkill, especially if you get a quality PSU from SeaSonic or EVGA.

Evga sells cheap 700- 850. For normal use, overclocking and upgrading in the future, I would recommend a 700-800 watt PSU.

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That's a little overkill, especially if you get a quality PSU from SeaSonic or EVGA.

Yeah I wanna overclock, so is it still ok for that? Thanks for answering to my awful stupidity :(

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I would recommend bumping up your PSU for an AMD card. 750-850.

Thats really overkill, I hqve the evga 500b 500w psu and the r9 280 with an i5 4440

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So... I just did some calculating... turns out that my whole system without the gpu is 300w (according to this site)

My PSU supports 650w, but I'm thinking of getting a new GPU to replave my old 150w one, which (by the look in the specs) requires 600w...

Wuuut, is this a mistake? How can a single card draw so much power? :o

Why put AMD on the spotlight when nVidia has the same requirements. http://www.gigabyte.ie/products/product-page.aspx?pid=5393#sp

 

If they list their actual requirements that doesn't leave any headroom for things like capacitors aging over time which lowers the power output. So they list higher to compensate. Also they don't assume everyone is going to be buying 100% efficient PSUs.

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Yeah I wanna overclock, so is it still ok for that? Thanks for answering to my awful stupidity :(

Should be.

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CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

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Evga sells cheap 700- 850. For normal use, overclocking and upgrading in the future, I would recommend a 700-800 watt PSU.

For AMD GPU's, for sure, but for Nvidia, that's not always necessary.

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My Setup:

 

Desktop

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CPU: Ryzen 9 3900X  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15  Motherboard: Asus Prime X370-PRO  RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 @3200MHz  GPU: EVGA RTX 2080 FTW3 ULTRA (+50 core +400 memory)  Storage: 1050GB Crucial MX300, 1TB Crucial MX500  PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 P2  Chassis: NZXT Noctis 450 White/Blue OS: Windows 10 Professional  Displays: Asus MG279Q FreeSync OC, LG 27GL850-B

 

Main Laptop:

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Laptop: Sager NP 8678-S  CPU: Intel Core i7 6820HK @ 2.7GHz  RAM: 32GB DDR4 @ 2133MHz  GPU: GTX 980m 8GB  Storage: 250GB Samsung 850 EVO M.2 + 1TB Samsung 850 Pro + 1TB 7200RPM HGST HDD  OS: Windows 10 Pro  Chassis: Clevo P670RG  Audio: HyperX Cloud II Gunmetal, Audio Technica ATH-M50s, JBL Creature II

 

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CPU: i5 2520M  RAM: 8GB DDR3  Storage: 275GB Crucial MX30

 

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