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I would not recommend a low end EVGA PSU for a high end graphics card, and also a 550 watt PSU is more reasonable for your CPU and GPU combo.

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I'm not in as much hot water as those who bought the 2080ti recently but 9 months ago the silly past version of me thought "hey I'll buy this PSU because it's all I need" for no thought of upgradability.

Does my EVGA 450BR (450W 80+ Bronze) PSU have any hope of running the 3070? I'm also using:

  • Ryzen 5 2600
  • (2x8) 16GB DDR4
  • MSI B40M Gaming Plus
  • 2 7200RPM HDD
  • 1 M.2 NVMe

Am I missing anything? Also, if there is any wiggle room, is it worth taking?

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I would not recommend a low end EVGA PSU for a high end graphics card, and also a 550 watt PSU is more reasonable for your CPU and GPU combo.

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?

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8 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

I would not recommend a low end EVGA PSU for a high end graphics card, and also a 550 watt PSU is more reasonable for your CPU and GPU combo.

Alright. At this tier should I be ditching 80+ Bronze and only looking at gold or higher?

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2 minutes ago, ABadNameSniper said:

Alright. At this tier should I be ditching 80+ Bronze and only looking at gold or higher?

There are some pretty reasonable 80+ bronze power supplies to use, and one of the B+ tier units from the PSU tier list is a reasonable option for a build like this, but an A tier unit wouldn't hurt for sure.

 

 

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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10 hours ago, ABadNameSniper said:

and only looking at gold or higher?

efficiency  is not quality, budget for a psu?

10 hours ago, Fasauceome said:

and one of the B+ tier

They removed that tier, it's just tier B now. :P

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.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

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

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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10 hours ago, ABadNameSniper said:

Budget is sub $100

MWE gold 550w, rm550x, pure power 11 500w, straight power 11 550w, tx550m, ion+ 560w, AMP 550w, bitfenix whisper M 550w, bitfenix formula gold 550w, revolution D.F 550w, focus gm 550w to name some, and should be around that budget and are decent. 

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.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

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

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

Build Log: 

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56 minutes ago, ABadNameSniper said:

I'm not in as much hot water as those who bought the 2080ti recently but 9 months ago the silly past version of me thought "hey I'll buy this PSU because it's all I need" for no thought of upgradability.

Does my EVGA 450BR (450W 80+ Bronze) PSU have any hope of running the 3070? I'm also using:

  • Ryzen 5 2600
  • (2x8) 16GB DDR4
  • MSI B40M Gaming Plus
  • 2 7200RPM HDD
  • 1 M.2 NVMe

Am I missing anything? Also, if there is any wiggle room, is it worth taking?

I’m in the same boat, I have a 500w psu. I personally think it will cover the RTX 3070. We aren’t all doing folding at home and running fury donut. We really have to wait and see how accurate the 220w is on the 3070. You really don’t know until it’s in hand. I have a Ryzen 3600, which is a 65w processor. It pulls 78, 79w all the time. The real wattage on the 3070 is unknown. 
 

Right now, it’s just a maybe. Fasausceome’s advice to me seems spot on. Probably not a good idea. Same conclusion I am coming to for myself. Do I really want to run a $500 GPU and a $200 CPU on a $50 power supply?  Doesn’t sound like the best idea. 

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35 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

MWE gold 550w, rm550x, pure power 11 500w, straight power 11 550w, tx550m, ion+ 560w, AMP 550w, bitfenix whisper M 550w, bitfenix formula gold 550w, revolution D.F 550w, focus gm 550w to name some, and should be around that budget and are decent. 

The frustrating part with Amazon, if you search for 550w, 600w, 650w, etc power supply, most of these don’t show up at all. Makes you feel like you can’t get a decent unit for a reasonable price. But, type some of them in by name and there they are. I get so sick of Amazon prioritizing all the cheap Chinese junk over the quality products. 
 

Edit: I apologize for double posting, I realize I should have combined my last two posts. 

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Just now, Bobby Frags said:

The frustrating part with Amazon, if you search for 550w, 600w, 650w, etc power supply, most of these don’t show up at all. Makes you feel like you can’t get a decent unit for a reasonable price. But, type some of them in by name and there they are. I get so sick of Amazon prioritizing all the cheap Chinese junk over the quality products. 

Yeah, I searched through pcpartpicker, and I like the Corsair TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold. If I had 50w extra to work with, I would wait to see the real power consumption, but since I only have 450w I think I'm going to upgrade to this other one. I'll definitely appreciate it being semi-modular and more efficient though!

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