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Would A Corsair CX750 Power Supply Be Enough For An RTX 3080?

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Hi Guys,

I am heavily considering upgrading to an Asus TUF 3080 after all the teething issues with crashes and stock shortages etc subside etc. but I am wondering if my current systems PSU will be up to spec to handle a card that draws so many Watts. I currently have a Corsair CX750 Power Supply in my PC, which has been more than enough for my i7-9700k and RTX 2060 Super, however hearing about all the issues with Power Supplies etc people are having, I am a little worried that getting an RTX 3080 and using that with my current PSU might be a bad idea if it ends up running the power supply at its maximum rated power delivery a lot of the time, and might causes crashes etc.

 

Would you guys be able to let me know if you think it would be alright using that Power Supply, or do you think I should upgrade to a better rated 850w PSU instead, as recommended by NVIDIA? And also as a side question, would an i7-9700k bottleneck a 3080?

Link to my PSU: https://www.cnet.com/products/corsair-cx750-power-supply-750-watt/

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Yes its enough and the cpu will probably only bottleneck your graphics card only when you're playing at or below 1080p. Also Nvidia on their website, or at least during the reveal, recommended a 750w psu and not an 850w psu and that was with a 10900k

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Which CX is it, grey or green?

 

I know the old variants were green and honestly straight up trash for high gaming pcs cause of power delivery 

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32 minutes ago, IAmZenith said:

Link to my PSU: https://www.cnet.com/products/corsair-cx750-power-supply-750-watt/

This is the old CX PSU from 2010-11 (IIRC). It's not a great unit for modern systems, so an upgrade might be a good idea. 650-750 is about what you'll want.

 

I'll link you a pretty good unit I can vouch for.

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Here you go. A great 650W unit. https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/Rp8H99/corsair-power-supply-cp9020091na

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You can check out the old one that gave joy to so many across the land here

 

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Computer Specs:

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Mathresolvermajig: Intel Xeon E3 1240 (Sandy Bridge i7 equivalent)

Chillinmachine: Noctua NH-C14S
Framepainting-inator: EVGA GTX 1080 Ti SC2 Hybrid

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Computerarmor: Silverstone RL06 "Lookalike"

Rememberdoogle: 1TB HDD + 120GB TR150 + 240 SSD Plus + 1TB MX500

AdditionalPylons: Phanteks AMP! 550W (based on Seasonic GX-550)

Letterpad: Rosewill Apollo 9100 (Cherry MX Red)

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6 minutes ago, Energycore said:

This is the old CX PSU from 2010-11 (IIRC). It's not a great unit for modern systems, so an upgrade might be a good idea. 650-750 is about what you'll want.

 

I'll link you a pretty good unit I can vouch for.

Totally agree with this! With such an expensive GPU, I would definitely upgrade your psu

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i would prefer seasonic

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