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Is 550w Gold Seasonic good for the next gen graphic cards?

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General build, i7-9700k, fume 2 cooler, 3 case fans, 390z motherboard, 2x8 Ram, gtx 1070. And it works fine.

I just don't know will 550w gold power supply be enough in 1-2 years if I want to swap the graphic card.

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kind of hilarious to think that the power draw of current flagship GPUs is the better part of that PSU's capacity

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15 minutes ago, mEXAdOORS said:

General build, i7-9700k, fume 2 cooler, 3 case fans, 390z motherboard, 2x8 Ram, gtx 1070. And it works fine.

I just don't know will 550w gold power supply be enough in 1-2 years if I want to swap the graphic card.

Possibly borderline based on how power hungry today's cards are.

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The 3080 and 6800xt require a 750w PSU according to Nvidia and AMD, and watching reviews with power draw numbers I tend to agree.

 

Just wait and see until you upgrade, there might be real efficient cards in 2 years time. PSU is fine for now.....Keep your eyes out for a great deal on a 750w+ PSU in the meantime, and snag it if the price is right.

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3060 ti and 3070 can be reasonable on a 550 but the 3080 and 3090 are pretty rough.

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

 

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Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

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I would say no to be on the safe side. If the card has a quick increase in power draw, your PSU may not handle it and shut itself off to protect it.

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550W is not enough,Pascal and Turing are very power efficient.

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1 hour ago, mEXAdOORS said:

General build, i7-9700k, fume 2 cooler, 3 case fans, 390z motherboard, 2x8 Ram, gtx 1070. And it works fine.

I just don't know will 550w gold power supply be enough in 1-2 years if I want to swap the graphic card.

if u run the 9700k at 150w to remove as much bottleneck as possible, then undervolt a 3080 which would be about 275w, that's already 425w, everything else would be 100w~, it might be enough if you have the connectors for it but no one can guarantee if and for how long.

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16 hours ago, mEXAdOORS said:

General build, i7-9700k, fume 2 cooler, 3 case fans, 390z motherboard, 2x8 Ram, gtx 1070. And it works fine.

I just don't know will 550w gold power supply be enough in 1-2 years if I want to swap the graphic card.

 

Lets make this easy...

 

Nope, not a chance.

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