Is 500w enough?

[Smatt]

Hi first post here and novice builder.

 

Looking for some advise about my system. I am upgrading my system from a daily web surfer to a gaming system. I am wondering if my current psu will handle the load until I can get a higher wattage one for pc. Also if it has a chance of frying other components if it is overloaded. Don't want to fry my GPU before I've had a chance of enjoying it because I'm cheap and in a rush

 

My system

 

MOBO: ASrock Steel Legend B450m

CPU: Ryzen 3600 (stock cooler for now, 240mm AIO in future)

GPU: 2070 super fe

RAM: 2x 8gb 3200 HyperX Predator Rgb 

CASE: NZXT H500i

PSU: NZXT E500 (500w 80+ Gold)

 

I noticed the booklet with the 2070super states 650w psu minimum but all calculators etc seem to suggest I can get away with my 500w psu for now.

Thanks

[Princess Luna]

It will be enough, I run my i9 9900 + 2080 Ti off a 550w and my total system draw is on the mid 400's most of the time when really stressing out so you're fine.

[Smatt]

3 minutes ago, Princess Luna said:

It will be enough, I run my i9 9900 + 2080 Ti off a 550w and my total system draw is on the mid 400's most of the time when really stressing out so you're fine.

Awsome. Thought so but the nvidia book freaked me out . THANKS

[Spotty]

You shouldn't have any issues with your NZXT E500 PSU.

The Ryzen 3600 require around 75W
The RTX2070 Super will use around 225W

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-2060-super-geforce-rtx-2070-super,6207-6.html

 

7 minutes ago, Smatt said:

I noticed the booklet with the 2070super states 650w psu minimum but all calculators etc seem to suggest I can get away with my 500w psu for now.

Ignore the wattage estimates the graphics card manufacturer gives you. It's impossible for them to estimate how much power a system requires by only knowing one part of the system. For that reason they overestimate by a lot just to cover all possible systems and power supplies.

[Vishera]

Yes,Nowadays PCs use less power than ever before.

[Tadej Danev]

well if he wants for future replacement with better CPU and GPU, maybe 550w?

[seon123]

33 minutes ago, Tadej Danev said:

well if he wants for future replacement with better CPU and GPU, maybe 550w?

What sort of system can't be run on a 500W PSU but can be run on a 550W PSU?

[Tadej Danev]

the safe side system

[Zando_]

9 minutes ago, Tadej Danev said:

the safe side system

That extra 50W won't mean much, if anything newer hardware will use less power. GPUs for example, the 980 Ti ate 250W to push out performance about on par with a 1070, the 1660 Ti now does almost that same performance level at 120-130W, about half the power consumption. The 1080 Ti ran the same power consumption (250W) for much, much better performance, and the 2080 Ti improved on that yet again while being a few watts lower. I highly doubt GPUs will consume more power in the future, even Vega has been reigned in a bit with Vega II (Radeon VII is the only consumer GPU running this) and that's the hungriest modern arch I know of for GPUs. 

You only need to worry about wattages above 500-550W if you're running multiple GPUs, HEDT systems, or older power hungry hardware (I run all of those lol, thus why I have higher wattage PSUs, but those are still overkill for what I've done so far). I could probably still run my X99/Radeon VII system off a 550W PSU, the 1000W PSU I have now is massive overkill. I've ran an i5 2400 and 980 Ti off a 450W PSU, and an i5 8600K OCed to 5GHz with SLI 1080s OCed to 2100Mhz on the core off a 650W PSU. You usually need a lot less wattage than people seem to think, if you're trying to save money then there's very few mainstream setups that will push past 550W. 

[Tadej Danev]

I know all that, but difference in price is around 10-15$/€ max. 2-3 beers.

[Tan3l6]

Well one point of buying a high wattage PSU is that you can get basically fanless operation up to 350+W 

Cheap or lower wattage tend to make some noise.

[Zando_]

4 minutes ago, Tadej Danev said:

I know all that, but difference in price is around 10-15$/€ max. 2-3 beers.

$10-15 for no actual benefit? The E500 also offers wattage monitoring, I wouldn't give that up for 50W more. 
 

3 minutes ago, Tan3l6 said:

Well the point of buying a high wattage PSU you can get basically fanless operation up to 350+W 

Cheap or lower wattage tend to make some noise.

Depends on the PSU whether or not they run fanless below a certain load. 

[Tadej Danev]

which model is that Zando? Voltage monitoring is kewl.

[Spotty]

7 minutes ago, Tadej Danev said:

I know all that, but difference in price is around 10-15$/€ max. 2-3 beers.

Unless they already have the 500W PSU which means they have to go out and spend an extra $75 or so on a new 550W PSU. I would think that OP already has the NZXT E500 he listed considering he said "I am wondering if my current PSU..."

[Tadej Danev]

touche

[Zando_]

6 minutes ago, Tadej Danev said:

which model is that Zando? Voltage monitoring is kewl.

The NZXT E500, the PSU the OP said they have. 

My RMi also does wattage monitoring, and the Corsair AXi can do it in more detail due to being fully digital (the RMi just reads full system power draw from the wall and the PSU and then calculates efficiency from there). 

also pls quote people so they get a notif