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Will My PSU Be Okay with this upgrade?

Vinnie51
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I want to put in a 2070 Super.  I have a Corsair RM550x Gold  i7-9700, 16GB of Ram and a gigabyte Z390 M gaming motherboard

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I would call it minimum.  

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

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1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

I would call it minimum.  

Realistically it'll work on even a quality 450.

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9 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Realistically it'll work on even a quality 450.

So just to confirm 2070 Super is fine for my PC?

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9 minutes ago, Vinnie51 said:

So just to confirm 2070 Super is fine for my PC?

Barely, but you should be ok if you don’t overclock anything.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

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10 minutes ago, Vinnie51 said:

So just to confirm 2070 Super is fine for my PC?

Yep. It's a bit more than enough.

 

1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

Barely, but you should be ok if you don’t overclock anything.

I've ran a i7 8700K overclocked and RX Vega 64 on a CX450M. Parts don't take up that much power.

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20 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Realistically it'll work on even a quality 450.

Work, yes.  For a while.  Things spike though.  It could occasionally be overworked.  Wouldn’t blow up or anything till it gets old.  Maybe not even then.  The 550 means no overworking though.  It’s in spec.  Just not by a whole lot.  Me I would have gone 600-650.  Then there’s overclocking room, and if I had to change cards I could.  It would absorb the worry.

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4 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

Work, yes.  For a while.  Things spike though.  It could occasionally be overworked.  Wouldn’t blow up or anything till it gets old.  Maybe not even then.  The 550 means no overworking though.  It’s in spec.  Just not by a whole lot.  Me I would have gone 600-650.  Then there’s overclocking room, and if I had to change cards I could.  It would absorb the worry.

So my 550 gold Corsair is something to be worried about? Or would I be fine when I'm gaming?

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2 minutes ago, Vinnie51 said:

So my 550 gold Corsair is something to be worried about? Or would I be fine when I'm gaming?

You would be fine.  It won’t be overworked.  There won’t be any increased wear.  It’ll run as long as it would if you had half the GPU you do.  Throw a +200w overclock on something though and leave it there for a year and all bets are off.

Not a pro, not even very good.  I’m just old and have time currently.  Assuming I know a lot about computers can be a mistake.

 

Life is like a bowl of chocolates: there are all these little crinkly paper cups everywhere.

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1 minute ago, Bombastinator said:

You would be fine.  It won’t be overworked.  There won’t be any increased wear.  It’ll run as long as it would if you had half the GPU you do.

Okay thanks man really appreciate ?

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