Will my pc work

[little2n]

Im concerned about my psu not being able to do the additional 12v 4 pin https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pBXy6R

[little2n]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor	$173.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard	$189.99 @ B&H
Memory	Team T-FORCE VULCAN Z 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory	$57.99 @ Amazon
Storage	Crucial P1 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$59.99 @ B&H
Video Card	MSI GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER 8 GB GAMING X Video Card	$449.99 @ Adorama
Case	Thermaltake V250 TG ARGB ATX Mid Tower Case	$79.99 @ Walmart
Power Supply	EVGA BR 700 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$74.99 @ Best Buy
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$1086.93
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-08-07 13:59 EDT-0400

 

[The Torrent]

get a rm550x or something

[little2n]

1 minute ago, The Torrent said:

get a rm550x or something

i already own parts im planning on building on tuesday

[Haro]

You only need the 8 pin as a short answer. 

Longer answer. 

Single 8pin eps provides 384w of power easily which with a 3600 you won't come close to.  Even if it's a hammered 3600. 

And the extra 4 pin is only used for heavy overclocking which with Ambient you can't even do either way. 

 

6 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

get a rm550x or something

And how does that help?

Edited August 7, 2020 by TofuHaroto

[Radium_Angel]

4 minutes ago, little2n said:

Motherboard

The mobo needs a 24pin, 8 pin and 4pin power connector. I would doubt the manufacturer would put those on the board if they weren't needed.

My guess would be the machine wouldn't even boot up if everything (power related) wasn't plugged in

[little2n]

pcpartpicker says it will work

[Mateyyy]

No, you don't need the extra 4-pin EPS connector, if that's what you're asking.

Do you already have those components?

[little2n]

Just now, Mateyyy said:

No, you don't need the extra 4-pin EPS connector, if that's what you're asking.

Do you already have those components?

yep besides ram

[Radium_Angel]

9 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

No, you don't need the extra 4-pin EPS connector

Huh, learn something new every day

[Haro]

1 hour ago, Radium_Angel said:

Huh, learn something new every day

They're only used for heavy overclocking. 

An 8 pin eps can easily provide 384w of power which even an overclocked 3950x won't reach.

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[Mateyyy]

1 hour ago, little2n said:

yep besides ram

Oh, alright. I would've probably gone for a better power supply for a 2060 Super but the BR should work.

 

1 hour ago, Radium_Angel said:

Huh, learn something new every day

Yeah I mean there was a fair bit of confusion when X570 launched about this, since the vast majority of X570 boards have at least a secondary 4-pin, if not 8-pin, but really it's not needed. 

Even with a 3950X, by the time you get it to 225-250W it will already be uncoolable on ambient cooling, and a single 8-pin can do over 350W easily. You only really "need" more than a single 8-pin on the consumer side if you're hammering a 10900K running at 5.3GHz all-core with Prime95 all day.

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[mariushm]

Ryzen 3600 consumes up to around 80-100 watts. 

The 8 pin EPS connector according to the ATX standard is good for around 336 watts (4 pairs of wires, x 7A per pair  = 4 x 7a x 12v  = 336 watts)

The actual contacts in the connectors and the housing are rated for 9A or more (the atx standard intentionally used lower number than actual real properties of connector contacts and housing) so in reality the connector is good for even higher number of watts.

 

So basically, a single 8 pin EPS connector is already more than 3 times enough to power your processor.

 

The extra 4 pin connector is for situations where you overclock a processor like Ryzen 9 3950  - that one may consume up to 160 watts without overclocking, maybe 250 watts with some "average user" overclocking. With liquid nitrogen or ice and sub zero degrees Celsius overclocking, it's possible to get the CPU to consume 300 watts or more.

In such scenarios, where you're getting close to the physical limitations of the connector, it makes sense to add a cable into the 4 pin connector, to raise the maximum limit by an additional ~ 200 watts

 

You will be perfectly fine with the single 8 pin connector. In fact, you would be fine even using just the 4 pin connector, if you hapeen to have a very old power supply, your processor doesn't consume a lot of power.

[TVwazhere]

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