550W G2 enough?

[Lone2121]

So I recently purchased this PSU https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qYTrxr/evga-power-supply-220g20550y1 and I’m wondering if it will be able to handle a R5 3600 paired with a RX 5700 xt (Sapphire Pulse) ? Thanks for any responses 

[Princess Luna]

Yes you're fine.

[berberries]

if you're not overclocking that'll definitely be fine. it should be able to handle a mild oc but nothing too extreme.

[schwellmo92]

Yeah it's fine that's a decent PSU. If you max the CPU and GPU that's like 320w~, round it up to say like 400w~ when including the rest of the system. And when you are gaming your load will be much less.

[PopsicleHustler]

Yes, its more than enough for that build.

[5x5]

Yes, it will also allow for overclocking as both the CPU and GPU are quite efficient.

[Lone2121]

42 minutes ago, berwynhan said:

if you're not overclocking that'll definitely be fine. it should be able to handle a mild oc but nothing too extreme.

I’m only looking to overclock my 3600 to at least 4.2ghz. 

[hello_there_123]

48 minutes ago, berwynhan said:

if you're not overclocking that'll definitely be fine. it should be able to handle a mild oc but nothing too extreme.

Why wouldn,t it be suitable for a heavy oc?

[berberries]

9 minutes ago, hello_there_123 said:

Why wouldn,t it be suitable for a heavy oc?

you never know how much the parts can truly pull when it is pushed to its limits. its best to always have some headroom above what it pulls at max load.

[hello_there_123]

Just now, berwynhan said:

you never know how much the parts can truly pull when it is pushed to its limits. its best to always have some headroom above what it pulls at max load.

lol. of course you can , just look at THW power consumption charts...

[berberries]

Just now, hello_there_123 said:

lol. of course you can , just look at THW power consumption charts...

you do realise charts are all shown with parts at stock speeds. a cpu can easily pull nearly twice the amount when pushed to its limit. besides, there's something called the silicon lottery, every chip will be slightly different and will definitely have a difference in power consumption.

[hello_there_123]

Just now, berwynhan said:

you do realise charts are all shown with parts at stock speeds. a cpu can easily pull nearly twice the amount when pushed to its limit. besides, there's something called the silicon lottery, every chip will be slightly different and will definitely have a difference in power consumption.

Is this good enough for you?

[berberries]

In the first chart "OC" is straight up part of the model name.

 

second chart, yes it is an OCed chip, but do realise there is still silicon lottery. one 9900k at 5.0 may pull 250w at load, another may pull 290w. you can never predict these. the only ones that will even be remotely accurate to what you will get out of the box are those which are at stock speeds and voltages.

[hello_there_123]

9 minutes ago, berwynhan said:

In the first chart "OC" is straight up part of the model name..

I,m sorry , i should,ve specified that that specific card is locked to 180W tdp by gigabyte. This happens on most if not all nvidia cards... so the power consumption isn,t gonna be higher than expected

 

9 minutes ago, berwynhan said:

second chart, yes it is an OCed chip, but do realise there is still silicon lottery. one 9900k at 5.0 may pull 250w at load, another may pull 290w. you can never predict these. the only ones that will even be remotely accurate to what you will get out of the box are those which are at stock speeds and voltages.

Even if silicon lottery can push one 9900k to , say , 5.2ghz on 1.4v , and another only on 5.0ghz when on 1.4v , when both are on 5.0ghz and 1.4v , they will have identical power consumption (source Overclocking discord). And since i,m pretty sure that THW put 1.4v on the 9900k , going to 290W probably will mean more voltage than that applied , and 1.4v is also the cutoff for safe voltage on intel... so 290W on a 9900K will be harmful to its longevity... and the above scenario depicted is worst case , prime95 avx on , no consumer workload will even come close to being that intensive on the cpu...

[Zando_]

1 hour ago, berwynhan said:

if you're not overclocking that'll definitely be fine. it should be able to handle a mild oc but nothing too extreme.

Should handle an OC easily enough. My X5670 (Westmere-EP hexacore Xeon from 2011) at 1.45v on the core, paired with an MSI Gaming X 1080 Ti at the max power target (1080 Ti is a 250W card), pulled 553W absolute max under the toughest Prime95 and Furmark load I could put it under. A 3600 and 5700XT shouldn't pull more than that combo unless something's funky. 

[berberries]

2 minutes ago, hello_there_123 said:

I,m sorry , i should,ve specified that that specific card is locked to 180W tdp by gigabyte. This happens on most if not all nvidia cards... so the power consumption isn,t gonna be higher than expected

 

Even if silicon lottery can push one 9900k to , say , 5.2ghz on 1.4v , and another only on 5.0ghz when on 1.4v , when both are on 5.0ghz and 1.4v , they will have identical power consumption (source Overclocking discord). And since i,m pretty sure that THW put 1.4v on the 9900k , going to 290W probably will mean more voltage than that applied , and 1.4v is also the cutoff for safe voltage on intel... so 290W on a 9900K will be harmful to its longevity... and the above scenario depicted is worst case , prime95 avx on , no consumer workload will even come close to being that intensive on the cpu...

remember OP is not using an nvidia card.

 

Well I didn't check on the 9900k having a max 1.4V, so yes you are right on that. go ahead and be happy that you were right ye.

[hello_there_123]

1 minute ago, berwynhan said:

remember OP is not using an nvidia card.

i should also say that the 5700 xt reference card limits itself to 250W... and messy drivers do the same to aib,s for now...