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Another basic 3070 question about wattage.

Mr alex
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Like many others I want to try get a 3070.

 But my current pc still has a cxm550, will this be enough or will I need to buy a new psu too.

 

The rest of my specs are fairly basic

 

I7 8700k core speeds

16gb 3200mhz trident Z

MSI gaming Pro carbon z370

Gigabyte G1 gtx 1060 6GB

Corsair cx550m

WD data nvme, Kingston 240gb sata ssd and a we blue 1tb HDD.

 

Thanks in advance.

 

 

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We're looking at a little over 300 watts per nvidia's spec. Your CPU is closer to 100 watts and the rest of your system is under 100 watts, at peak load you'd be under 550 watts so it should be sufficient.

 

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I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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10 hours ago, Mr alex said:

Like many others I want to try get a 3070.

For the most part wait for ampere to actually release and check power consumption, but i don't think 550w wont be enough, it should be fine.

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

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Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

We're looking at a little over 300 watts per nvidia's spec. Your CPU is closer to 100 watts and the rest of your system is under 100 watts, at peak load you'd be under 550 watts so it should be sufficient.

 

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Brilliant thank you. I don't play much intensive games anyway so I doubt id ever reach max load, I plan on upgrading my psu in the coming months so it'll only be temporary.

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make sure that your cpu is actually running at stock speeds and doesnt have an automatic oc applied by the board. at stock tdp itll likely be a bit close and i'd leave some extra headroom with the cxm. if youre confident in the cxm then 550w is more than enough, i ran a 9700k and a 1080ti on a seasonic 550w for years, handled a 5ghz oc fine too.

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my "oops i bought intel right before zen 3 releases" build

CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 (placeholder)

GPU: Gigabyte 980ti Xtreme (also placeholder), deshroud w/ generic 1200rpm 120mm fans x2, stock bios 130% power, no voltage offset: +70 core +400 mem 

Memory: 2x16gb GSkill Trident Z RGB 3600C16, 14-15-30-288@1.45v

Motherboard: Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming

Cooler: Noctua NH-D15S w/ white chromax bling
OS Drive: Samsung PM981 1tb (OEM 970 Evo)

Storage Drive: XPG SX8200 Pro 2tb

Backup Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 4TB

PSU: Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 750W w/ black/white Cablemod extensions
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Dark (to be replaced with a good case shortly)

basically everything was bought used off of reddit or here, only new component was the case. absolutely nutty deals for some of these parts, ill have to tally it all up once it's "done" :D 

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6 minutes ago, Mr alex said:

Brilliant thank you. I don't play much intensive games anyway so I doubt id ever reach max load, I plan on upgrading my psu in the coming months so it'll only be temporary.

The CXM is far from a bad PSU, you don't really need to consider replacing it just yet.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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