Will a 1660 ti work with a 500watt +80 psu

[trippypandas]

Title says it all.

[Princess Luna]

1 minute ago, trippypandas said:

Title says it all.

It actually doesn't.

 

That said, wattage wise yes it suffices but do it at your own risk.

[StevieG]

Yes, that'll work fine as long as it is a good quality PSU

[trippypandas]

1 minute ago, Princess Luna said:

It actually doesn't.

 

That said, wattage wise yes it suffices but do it at your own risk.

Do you think I should upgrade my psu, or do you have any recommendations for graphics cards for 1080 p gaming on like meduim graphics at least.

[Fasauceome]

what specific model, that'll say it all

[trippypandas]

I have a Antec VP500P 500W Silent Power Supply

[abhijeet834u]

1660ti require power connector 1*8-pin which draws 150W

So, your Graphics Card will drawing total 225W (including from PCI-Express)

 

You have not shared the other PC Configuration like Processor, RAMs and HDD/SSD details. So, cannot answer about total wattage.

Btw, You can enter your details and check the exact power consumption online from here:

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

 

Apart from that, No doubt Antec VP series is good one [Personally using 700W Model] but it's the cheapest PSU in Antec range.

So, I won't recommend stretching your luck on 500W Model. 

 

Source:

1. Power Connector: https://www.techradar.com/news/best-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti

2. Power Consumption: https://graphicscardhub.com/graphics-card-pcie-power-connectors/

 

 

 

[trippypandas]

6 minutes ago, abhijeet834u said:

1660ti require power connector 1*8-pin which draws 150W

So, your Graphics Card will drawing total 225W (including from PCI-Express)

 

You have not shared the other PC Configuration like Processor, RAMs and HDD/SSD details. So, cannot answer about total wattage.

Btw, You can enter your details and check the exact power consumption online from here:

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

 

Apart from that, No doubt Antec VP series is good one [Personally using 700W Model] but it's the cheapest PSU in Antec range.

So, I won't recommend stretching your luck on 500W Model. 

 

Source:

1. Power Connector: https://www.techradar.com/news/best-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1660-ti

2. Power Consumption: https://graphicscardhub.com/graphics-card-pcie-power-connectors/

 

 

 

I have a i5-8500 

24gb ddr4 ram

1tb hard drive (not sure the brand)

125gog Kingston ssd

4x 120mm fans

H310m pro vd mother board

And a 1060 3gb oc(currently)

[mariushm]

@abhijeet834u you're wrong.

 

A 1660ti MAY have a pci-e 8 pin connector, which means the video card MAY take up to 150w from that pci-e 8 pin cable.

 

If you don't overclock, a 1660ti will consume at most around 135w.  These 135w are taken from the pci-e slot and from an additional pci-e connector.

From the motherboard, a video card is only allowed to take up to 75w. This means, the difference of 135w - 75w = 60w must be taken through an additional cable.

Video cards are allowed to take up to 75w from a 6pin pci-e cables and up to 150w through the pci-e 8pin cable.

 

So technically, a manufacturer could sell a video card with a pci-e 6pin cable, but what will happen if user tries to overclock and video card consumes more than 150w? It will go outside the allowed limits.

 

So for this reason, and to lower the "stress" on the pci-e slot power, manufacturers put a 8 pin connector on the video card: they'll take only around 40w from the slot, and around 90-100w from the pci-e 8 pin connector.

 

@trippypandas

 

So the video card in total will consume less than 130-140w.

 

The Antec is kinda budget and poor performance but it's decent enough to be able to power your video card, it's safe to use.

Yes, the video card will work in your computer, provided you don't have some super monster processor or other video cards installed that would overload the power supply.

 

[mariushm]

2 minutes ago, trippypandas said:

I have a i5-8500 

24gb ddr4 ram

1tb hard drive (not sure the brand)

125gog Kingston ssd

4x 120mm fans

H310m pro vd mother board

And a 1060 3gb oc(currently)

60-80w i5-8500 

5w 24gb ddr4 ram

8w 1tb hard drive (not sure the brand)

1w 125gog Kingston ssd

6w (total) 4x 120mm fans

25w H310m pro vd mother board

~100-120w And a 1060 3gb oc(currently)

 

Basically if you remove the 1060 and install the 1660ti you're gonna raise the power consumption by about 30-50w

In total you're probably not exceeding 250w... you're fine.

[trippypandas]

4 minutes ago, mariushm said:

@abhijeet834u you're wrong.

 

A 1660ti MAY have a pci-e 8 pin connector, which means the video card MAY take up to 150w from that pci-e 8 pin cable.

 

If you don't overclock, a 1660ti will consume at most around 135w.  These 135w are taken from the pci-e slot and from an additional pci-e connector.

From the motherboard, a video card is only allowed to take up to 75w. This means, the difference of 135w - 75w = 60w must be taken through an additional cable.

Video cards are allowed to take up to 75w from a 6pin pci-e cables and up to 150w through the pci-e 8pin cable.

 

So technically, a manufacturer could sell a video card with a pci-e 6pin cable, but what will happen if user tries to overclock and video card consumes more than 150w? It will go outside the allowed limits.

 

So for this reason, and to lower the "stress" on the pci-e slot power, manufacturers put a 8 pin connector on the video card: they'll take only around 40w from the slot, and around 90-100w from the pci-e 8 pin connector.

 

@trippypandas

 

So the video card in total will consume less than 130-140w.

 

The Antec is kinda budget and poor performance but it's decent enough to be able to power your video card, it's safe to use.

Yes, the video card will work in your computer, provided you don't have some super monster processor or other video cards installed that would overload the power supply.

 

Damn thank you for the in depth reply I honestly appreciate it.

[abhijeet834u]

6 minutes ago, mariushm said:

@abhijeet834u you're wrong.

 

A 1660ti MAY have a pci-e 8 pin connector, which means the video card MAY take up to 150w from that pci-e 8 pin cable.

 

If you don't overclock, a 1660ti will consume at most around 135w.  These 135w are taken from the pci-e slot and from an additional pci-e connector.

From the motherboard, a video card is only allowed to take up to 75w. This means, the difference of 135w - 75w = 60w must be taken through an additional cable.

Video cards are allowed to take up to 75w from a 6pin pci-e cables and up to 150w through the pci-e 8pin cable.

 

So technically, a manufacturer could sell a video card with a pci-e 6pin cable, but what will happen if user tries to overclock and video card consumes more than 150w? It will go outside the allowed limits.

 

So for this reason, and to lower the "stress" on the pci-e slot power, manufacturers put a 8 pin connector on the video card: they'll take only around 40w from the slot, and around 90-100w from the pci-e 8 pin connector.

 

@trippypandas

 

So the video card in total will consume less than 130-140w.

 

The Antec is kinda budget and poor performance but it's decent enough to be able to power your video card, it's safe to use.

Yes, the video card will work in your computer, provided you don't have some super monster processor or other video cards installed that would overload the power supply.

 

@mariushm

Yup, I forget to mention MAY.

I just shared information on layman's terms.