System powerdraw

[Supportsneedlove]

Hi the system I'll be making will have

Xeon x3440 @ 4GHz

16 GB DDR3

500 GB Harddrive

250 GB SSD

Case lighting

and 2 fans. 

 

It's currently got a 400 watt PSU so I wanna know if it could run with a 1060 before I invest in that instead of 970 or 780 ti. 

[Kmrox09]

you can get an estimated value of total power consumption at pcpartpicker.com .

[Supportsneedlove]

1 minute ago, Kmrox09 said:

you can get an estimated value of total power consumption at pcpartpicker.com .

Doesn't work with overclocking does it?

[Kmrox09]

Just now, Supportsneedlove said:

Doesn't work with overclocking does it?

you should go for 150 - 200 watt extra if you are going to overclock

[Supportsneedlove]

Just now, Kmrox09 said:

you should go for 150 - 200 watt extra if you are going to overclock

Also can't find the X3440

[immaguy1234]

500 watts should do it

[Kmrox09]

i think that processor has around 80 watt base power consumption

[Supportsneedlove]

1 minute ago, immaguy1234 said:

500 watts should do it

Then I guess I'll have to go for a better PSU, damn

 

[immaguy1234]

1 minute ago, Supportsneedlove said:

Then I guess I'll have to go for a better PSU, damn

 

what do you have right now? If it's a 400 watt, it will work, but just be careful of OCing

[Supportsneedlove]

Just now, immaguy1234 said:

what do you have right now?

I've currently got a 400-watt Corsair builders series in it. I have a CX550-M but I was hoping I wouldn't have to use it. But if the PSU can't handle it I might as well save a bit of money and buy a 970 or 780 ti instead of a 1060.

[immaguy1234]

Yeah, a 1060 will not run on a 400w PSU, I didn't see the bottom line. if you want a gtx 970, you would need around a 550w

[dhellgaming]

http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/

This is a good overclocking estimator for your power supply just to get an idea if 400 is even close.

[seon123]

Ugh. The 1060 is a 120W card. The system will draw about 200W. Any somewhat decent PSU will have no issues running it. Those start at 400W. 

The old CX does not fall into that category, though. 

[immaguy1234]

2 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Ugh. The 1060 is a 120W card. The system will draw about 200W. Any somewhat decent PSU will have no issues running it. Those start at 400W. 

The old CX does not fall into that category, though. 

it depends on what 1060 you get. Some 1060s will draw a lot more power than 120w. You also need to factor in case, cooling, RGB parts (if any) and future upgradability. 
 

[Supportsneedlove]

10 minutes ago, dhellgaming said:

http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/

This is a good overclocking estimator for your power supply just to get an idea if 400 is even close.

How accurate is this? It says that I need like 700 watt for a 780 ti

[immaguy1234]

1 minute ago, Supportsneedlove said:

How accurate is this? It says that I need like 700 watt for a 780 ti

idk how accurate this is, but if you need a 700w, then this is a great 1000w PSU (a bit overkill)

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-Crossfire-Warranty-120-G2-1000-XR/dp/B00CGYCNG2

[seon123]

18 minutes ago, immaguy1234 said:

it depends on what 1060 you get. Some 1060s will draw a lot more power than 120w. You also need to factor in case, cooling, RGB parts (if any) and future upgradability. 
 

No, it does not. A 1060 won't suddenly start drawing 400W like Vega. The die is the same and the VRMs aren't that different. It might add a few 10s of watts, but it won't get close to things like the 1070 Ti, which would also be fine on a good 400W. 

A good 450W is absolutely plenty for most, unless you run HEDT, Vega and/or >$800 GPUs. 

Edited December 4, 2018 by seon123
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[WkdPaul]

8 minutes ago, immaguy1234 said:

it depends on what 1060 you get. Some 1060s will draw a lot more power than 120w. You also need to factor in case, cooling, RGB parts (if any) and future upgradability. 
 

My system draws less than 300W with my 1060 being OCd ... The 1060 isn't going to be the part that's going to tip a system over.

 

He needs to evaluate how much his system draws without a GPU and go from there.

[dhellgaming]

54 minutes ago, Supportsneedlove said:

How accurate is this? It says that I need like 700 watt for a 780 ti

I have always thought it's fairly good. whats your cpu voltage I only come up at 501W for the load with a 780ti. 

[Supportsneedlove]

4 minutes ago, dhellgaming said:

I have always thought it's fairly good. whats your cpu voltage I only come up at 501W for the load with a 780ti. 

16 GB ram (even though it doesn't make a huge difference) 

100% TDP

4 GHz with 1,35 volt

[dhellgaming]

16 minutes ago, Supportsneedlove said:

16 GB ram (even though it doesn't make a huge difference) 

100% TDP

4 GHz with 1,35 volt

I had 2 X 8GB not sure if that's your config or not just guessed. If you do 100% utilization you it does look like you do run up in the 600 to 700 range.  

 

[Spotty]

The amount of bad advice given in this thread is astonishing. This is why you should ask for PSU advice on the PSU forum and not the  General forum.

 

1 hour ago, Supportsneedlove said:

Hi the system I'll be making will have

Xeon x3440 @ 4GHz

16 GB DDR3

500 GB Harddrive

250 GB SSD

Case lighting

and 2 fans. 

 

It's currently got a 400 watt PSU so I wanna know if it could run with a 1060 before I invest in that instead of 970 or 780 ti. 

The x3440 is what, 2.6ghz stock? Runs a pretty high tdp as well. Assuming you're running a high voltage to get that 4ghz clock speed on that CPU, with my very rough guestimate you could be looking at up to maybe 200-220w at around 1.4v. 

As mentioned the 1060 is a 120w card, but if you unlock power limits and voltage control you could maybe push that to 150w. 

Cooling fans, lighting, HDDs, SSDs all use relatively little power, let's say 30w in total.

Grand total of 400w (and that's assuming stupid high voltage on the CPU and over estimating other things)

 

Problem is the cx400 unit you have isn't very good. I wouldn't use it at all, let alone with a CPU overclock like that. If you have a cx550m available to use as you mentioned then you should use that. It's a much better quality power supply than the older cx400.

 

57 minutes ago, immaguy1234 said:

idk how accurate this is, but if you need a 700w, then this is a great 1000w PSU (a bit overkill)

https://www.amazon.com/EVGA-SuperNOVA-Crossfire-Warranty-120-G2-1000-XR/dp/B00CGYCNG2

1000w, or even 700w, is not necessary for a single graphics card system. Please stop giving awful advice to someone who is asking for help.

[Bouzoo]

9 minutes ago, Spotty said:

Problem is the cx400 unit you have isn't very good. I wouldn't use it at all, let alone with a CPU overclock like that. If you have a cx550m available to use as you mentioned then you should use that. It's a much better quality power supply than the older cx400.

Or a Corsair Vengeance 550M, OP you might them even cheaper than a CX550M. I know I bought 2 recently for friends for few $ cheaper than a CX550M. 

[Spotty]

Just now, Bouzoo said:

Or a Corsair Vengeance 550M, you might them even cheaper than a CX550M. I know I certainly bought 2 for friends for few $ cheaper than a CX550M. 

OP said they already have a CX550m... but yes, the vengeance would be fine as well 

[Bouzoo]

Just now, Spotty said:

OP said they already have a CX550m... but yes, the vengeance would be fine as well 

Oooooooooh I missed that.