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Is my 750W power supply enough for a RTX 3080?

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Hello everyone, currently I have a RTX 2080 but want to sell it and buy a 3080 when the new 3000 series GPUs are released later this year. The issue is, I have a i7 9700k overclocked to 4.6 ghz as well and with the TDP rumored to be around 320 watts for the 3080 I'm slightly concerned if I'll even be able to run a 3080 in my system. The last thing I want is to sell my 2080 prior to the release of the 3080 and not even be able to run it. Thoughts?
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Yes, 750w would be plenty.

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Yes, you wouldn't be pushing it at all.

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11 minutes ago, ojasmohan said:

 

Hello everyone, currently I have a RTX 2080 but want to sell it and buy a 3080 when the new 3000 series GPUs are released later this year. The issue is, I have a i7 9700k overclocked to 4.6 ghz as well and with the TDP rumored to be around 320 watts for the 3080 I'm slightly concerned if I'll even be able to run a 3080 in my system. The last thing I want is to sell my 2080 prior to the release of the 3080 and not even be able to run it. Thoughts?

Depends.  Is it something like an EVGA N1 750W or an old Ultra LSP 750 or Apevia or something?

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3 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

Depends.  Is it something like an EVGA N1 750W or an old Ultra LSP 750 or Apevia or something?

  It is a EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W

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34 minutes ago, ojasmohan said:

  It is a EVGA SuperNOVA G3 750 W

Ok. These details are important.

 

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