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GTX 770 on a 500w PSU

henryjhost
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So I'm building my dad a video editing and general use PC, and I happen to have a couple EVGA GTX 770s: a 2GB blower style card, and a 4GB SC edition. I also have a EVGA 500w 80+ white PSU. My dad is on a budget so I don't want to buy him a new PSU, but the minimum recommended PSU for the 770 is a 600w unit. I also tried the combo on some older LGA 775 hardware, and experienced seemingly random crashes, but that might just have been the older hardware. Will I be OK with the 500w PSU running with a modern Ryzen 6 1600, or do I need to spend an extra $45 on an open box 600w unit?

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The power supply will work, but what CPU is it combined with?

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

The power supply will work, but what CPU is it combined with?

A Ryzen 6 1600

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1 hour ago, henryjhost said:

A Ryzen 6 1600

Shouldn't be a huge problem then. Even though I wouldn't personally keep using the unit, it's not exactly fire hazard territory.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 10 and Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

How many watts do I need? ATX 3.0 & PCIe 5.0 spec, PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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1 hour ago, henryjhost said:

Yes

I would probably get a seasonic s12iii 450w/500w to replace the evga 80+ white...

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9 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Shouldn't be a huge problem then. Even though I wouldn't personally keep using the unit, it's not exactly fire hazard territory.

They kind of are , though... Tons of missing protections , group regulation , insanely loud , double forward among other goodies...

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3 hours ago, henryjhost said:

I happen to have a couple EVGA GTX 770s: a 2GB blower style card, and a 4GB SC edition. I also have a EVGA 500w 80+ white PSU.

One card should work.

Two cards definitely not.

CPU: Intel i7 6700k  | Motherboard: Gigabyte Z170x Gaming 5 | RAM: 2x16GB 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance LPX | GPU: Gigabyte Aorus GTX 1080ti | PSU: Corsair RM750x (2018) | Case: BeQuiet SilentBase 800 | Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34 eSports | SSD: Samsung 970 Evo 500GB + Samsung 840 500GB + Crucial MX500 2TB | Monitor: Acer Predator XB271HU + Samsung BX2450

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