2080 and a 550w PSU

[Flobberknock]

Hi All, 

 

I've just got my hands on a 2080 through a work auction and it's dawned on me that my 550w PSU may not be up to scratch to power it. I only recently upgraded my PSU in September to a Corsair CX550m never thinking I would get such a hungry card, but here we are. 

I've got a stock clocked 9600k on a Gigabyte Aorus Pro Wifi Mobo powering 1 HDD and 3 SSD's. 

 

My PSU knowledge is pretty weak, and I know each system is different, but if I do give it a crack with my 550w PSU and it does have issues due to the low wattage, am I to expect simply 'weird' things such as reboots, slow downs, or can I expect (from what some people have said on other forums) to have components 'fried' due to the strange voltages going on? 

 

Or would you guys expect a 550w PSU from a reputable company such as Corsair to do the job?

 

Any responses appreciated!

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

You're fine.

[Jurrunio]

You can even overclock  though it could get close to the rated output and fan noise could be loud

[emosun]

I'd put a bigger one in , but thats just me. I'm not such a big fan of running hardware near their limits.

That and my 1000w power supply was only 45$ used so there was literally no reason to not buy it

[Ankerson]

2 hours ago, Flobberknock said:

Hi All, 

 

I've just got my hands on a 2080 through a work auction and it's dawned on me that my 550w PSU may not be up to scratch to power it. I only recently upgraded my PSU in September to a Corsair CX550m never thinking I would get such a hungry card, but here we are. 

I've got a stock clocked 9600k on a Gigabyte Aorus Pro Wifi Mobo powering 1 HDD and 3 SSD's. 

 

My PSU knowledge is pretty weak, and I know each system is different, but if I do give it a crack with my 550w PSU and it does have issues due to the low wattage, am I to expect simply 'weird' things such as reboots, slow downs, or can I expect (from what some people have said on other forums) to have components 'fried' due to the strange voltages going on? 

 

Or would you guys expect a 550w PSU from a reputable company such as Corsair to do the job?

 

Any responses appreciated!

 

No, replace it with a 650W unit, don't even think about running that card with that system using that PSU.

 

Something from the 1st 2 tiers here.

 

 

[LukeSavenije]

wattage wise it shouldn't be too bad, but as a owner of a cx550m i can tell you it starts to whine with 1070+ power cards

[Ankerson]

3 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

wattage wise it shouldn't be too bad, but as a owner of a cx550m i can tell you it starts to whine with 1070+ power cards

 

 

I think an RMX 650W would be good for his system.

 

 

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Ankerson said:

I think an RMX 650W would be good for his system.

is certainly a good option, but there are many more

 

the psu tier list is a great assistance with that

[Ankerson]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

is certainly a good option, but there are many more

 

the psu tier list is a great assistance with that

 

I did post the tier list. 

[LukeSavenije]

2 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

I did post the tier list. 

i know... that's why i don't link it again

 

as you can see, i worked on it

[Ankerson]

13 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

i know... that's why i don't link it again

 

as you can see, i worked on it

 

Yeah I know.

 

Much better than the old one.

 

The only thing I disagree with is the gaming system recommendations of Tier B. Budget units and gaming machines are not normally a good mix, especially with the high end GPU's.

 

Should really be Tier A and above really. (Ideally)

 

I won't recommend anything below Tier A personally, no way.

[TheDankKoosh]

4 hours ago, Ankerson said:

 

Yeah I know.

 

Much better than the old one.

 

The only thing I disagree with is the gaming system recommendations of Tier B. Budget units and gaming machines are not normally a good mix, especially with the high end GPU's.

 

Should really be Tier A and above really. (Ideally)

 

I won't recommend anything below Tier A personally, no way.

Most of the tier A stuff ends up making or breaking the cost of a build if someone has a tight budget. My build was just under $600 about 6 months ago with the parts that I have, with the only new component being my CX550M and it can handle my 2600k at 4.6ghz (about 140w avx load) and a maxed out 1070 ti (225w) without issues. Some of the tier b units have decent quality, and I don't think they should be discounted for someone that has a budget under 1k.

[Ankerson]

3 hours ago, TheDankKoosh said:

Most of the tier A stuff ends up making or breaking the cost of a build if someone has a tight budget. My build was just under $600 about 6 months ago with the parts that I have, with the only new component being my CX550M and it can handle my 2600k at 4.6ghz (about 140w avx load) and a maxed out 1070 ti (225w) without issues. Some of the tier b units have decent quality, and I don't think they should be discounted for someone that has a budget under 1k.

 

 

I personally don't care about budget builds and never did.

 

What I do care about is quality of the components and the overall finished build especially when I recommend parts to others.

 

I would rather not see someone with a high end graphics card and other components use something below Tier A and then have issues. They can spend almost $2,000 on just the GPU and MB for the highest end single GPU builds.

 

Yes it does indeed happen a lot and some people actually recommend them for such systems more than ever should be which is never.

 

There are models in Tier A that really aren't that expensive for more budget minded builders.

 

 

 

 

[TheDankKoosh]

56 minutes ago, Ankerson said:

 

 

I personally don't care about budget builds and never did.

 

What I do care about is quality of the components and the overall finished build especially when I recommend parts to others.

 

I would rather not see someone with a high end graphics card and other components use something below Tier A and then have issues. They can spend almost $2,000 on just the GPU and MB for the highest end single GPU builds.

 

Yes it does indeed happen a lot and some people actually recommend them for such systems more than ever should be which is never.

 

There are models in Tier A that really aren't that expensive for more budget minded builders.

 

 

 

 

I'm not arguing the fact that high end builders should always look for a high tier psu since it won't make a dent in the performance on a build, but when you're looking at getting a mid tier build, it really doesn't make sense to spend $100 on a psu when that makes you have to step down on performance when a $50 psu can serve the same purpose. I wish psu prices would start coming back down so amazing units like the 750w G2 could be around the $80 mark again.

[Fasauceome]

I have my rig and its power draw in my signature, for reference. Trust me, you're good.

[TheBean]

10 hours ago, emosun said:

I'd put a bigger one in , but thats just me. I'm not such a big fan of running hardware near their limits.

That and my 1000w power supply was only 45$ used so there was literally no reason to not buy it

ahem.. what if it was a cheapo psu that will blow up in 1 day??

[Ankerson]

1 hour ago, TheDankKoosh said:

I'm not arguing the fact that high end builders should always look for a high tier psu since it won't make a dent in the performance on a build, but when you're looking at getting a mid tier build, it really doesn't make sense to spend $100 on a psu when that makes you have to step down on performance when a $50 psu can serve the same purpose. I wish psu prices would start coming back down so amazing units like the 750w G2 could be around the $80 mark again.

 

I think they will start dropping again, always watch for sales and or rebates on the good models.

 

I have a G2 750 that I got for free in a deal from EVGA when I bought a FTW3 1080Ti.

[emosun]

6 hours ago, Saksham said:

ahem.. what if it was a cheapo psu that will blow up in 1 day??

darn if only i had owned it for a really long period of time to be able to know that it worked out just fine

[hiimFred]

@Ankerson Excuse me, but wtf are you talking about? Just because you don't care about budget builds, means that everyone has to get tier A PSU's? Lmao dude. Some people don't have money, do you know that? There are countless builds running B tier PSUs perfectly fine. Settle down a little bit. His 550 if enough for his build.