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Can a 500w power supply handle a rtx 2070?

SonOfaLag
By SonOfaLag
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Hello everyone, i want to update my graphics card but I am scared of what card can my psu handle without upgrading it,

I am currently using a Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 500w 80 plus gold power supply with a gtx 1650 super and a 65w cpu (ryzen 5 3600)

Can It handle something more powerful like a rtx 2070?

 

 

 

 

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20 minutes ago, CircleTech said:

maybe. Depends on the PSU.

Well, his psu is Be Quiet! Pure Power 11 500w.

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I think it not better you upgrade it, you can see my spec i little same to you but im using gtx 1080. I always not enough power sometime it shutdown. I know rtx 2070 power consumption is better than gtx 1080 . 

 

it better you upgrade the PSU + GPU.

 

my PSU already using 4 year idk mybe it time to broke or sometime problem 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | RAM: 32GB (2x8GB) Vengeance PRO RGB DDR4-3600 (White) | Motherboard: Gigabyte B450M Mortar Max | Storage: 1TB Samsung 990 Pro & 500gb NVME Kingston & 4TB Seagate & 1TB WD blue & 1TB 2.5 HDD WD | GPU: Zotac Intrinity OC RTX 3080 TI | Cooling: AMD PRISM | Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow | PSU: Superflower 850W

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probably, a friend of mine has an RTX 2080 with a 550w PSU

Main PC [The Rig of Theseus]:

CPU: i5-8600K @ 5.0 GHz | GPU: GTX 1660 | RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3000 MHz | Case: Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic | PSU: Corsair RM 650i | SSD: Corsair MP510 480 GB |  HDD: 2x 6 TB WD Red| Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro | OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

 

Secondary PC [Why did I bother]:

CPU: AMD Athlon 3000G | GPU: Vega 3 iGPU | RAM: 8 GB DDR4 3000 MHz | Case: Corsair 88R | PSU: Corsair VS 650 | SSD: WD Green M.2 SATA 120 GB | Motherboard: MSI A320M-A PRO MAX | OS: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations

 

Server [Solution in search of a problem]:

Model: HP DL360e Gen8 | CPU: 1x Xeon E5-2430L v1 | RAM: 12 GB DDR3 1066 MHz | SSD: Kingston A400 120 GB | OS: VMware ESXi 7

 

Server 2 electric boogaloo [A waste of electricity]:

Model: intel NUC NUC5CPYH | CPU: Celeron N3050 | RAM: 2GB DDR3L 1600 MHz | SSD: Kingston UV400 120 GB | OS: Debian Bullseye

 

Laptop:

Model: ThinkBook 14 Gen 2 AMD | CPU: Ryzen 7 4700U | RAM: 16 GB DDR4 3200 MHz | OS: Windows 11 Pro

 

Photography:

 

Cameras:

Full Frame digital: Sony α7

APS-C digital: Sony α100

Medium Format Film: Kodak Junior SIX-20

35mm Film:

 

Lenses:

Sony SAL-1870 18-70mm ƒ/3.5-5.6 

Sony SAL-75300 75-300mm ƒ/4.5-5.6

Meike MK-50mm ƒ/1.7

 

PSA: No, I didn't waste all that money on computers, (except the main one) my server cost $40, the intel NUC was my old PC (although then it had 8GB of ram, I gave the bigger stick of ram to a person who really needed it), my laptop is used and the second PC is really cheap.

I like tinkering with computers and have a personal hatred towards phones and everything they represent (I daily drive an iPhone 7, or a 6, depends on which one works that day)

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I'm using a 450w PSU with a overclocked 3600 and 5700XT.

 

People used to pair a 500w PSU with 4790k and 980Ti.

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Your PC won't draw more than 300w at any time with a 2070,  a 500w PSU is plenty for the job.

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