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RyanW17
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Hey,

 

so my current setup is:

 

ASUS Prime B450M-A

Ryzen 5 3600

32GB memory

RTX 2080TI

550W PSU

 

I've never experienced any crashing etc, also ran the OCCT power test which draws max power from CPU/GPU and it ran fine, also ran my setup through https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator and it said it recommends 467W, so I am very close to it's limit....

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, RyanW17 said:

Corsair 550W CV Bronze PSU

:OOOO

Im genuinely suprised you got that low end of a PSU to run with a 2080ti.

 

Even if that is enough wattage, I would still upgrade that. Such a high end GPU with a very low end PSU is a recipe for disaster.

geometry is hard
b550 > x570

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Just now, Downkey said:

:OOOO

Im genuinely suprised you got that low end of a PSU to run with a 2080ti.

 

Even if that is enough wattage, I would still upgrade that. Such a high end GPU with a very low end PSU is a recipe for disaster.

Yeah may look into buying a new PSU. Although it runs fine on all the benchmarks I've ran on it. Main one I've ran is the OCCT PSU test; it puts the CPU & GPU at max load. I didn't encounter any issues on it so it's fairly low priority for me to upgrade it.

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25 minutes ago, RyanW17 said:

Hey,

 

so my current setup is:

 

ASUS Prime B450M-A

Ryzen 5 3600

32GB memory

RTX 2080TI

550W PSU

 

I've never experienced any crashing etc, also ran the OCCT power test which draws max power from CPU/GPU and it ran fine, also ran my setup through https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator and it said it recommends 467W, so I am very close to it's limit....

 

 

 

I would say not enough. I run a 2080 Ti Strix on a Corsair AX860. I wouldn't personally go any lower (I overclock absolutely everything that I can in my rig though). And that motherboard as well...what a weird computer you've put up.

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2 minutes ago, HumdrumPenguin said:

I would say not enough. I run a 2080 Ti Strix on a Corsair AX860. I wouldn't personally go any lower (I overclock absolutely everything that I can in my rig though). And that motherboard as well...what a weird computer you've put up.

lol I know very weird. Initially I bought a prebuilt..... Yes I know a prebuilt but I didn't really have the time (or effort) to build my own. I'm slowly upgrading all the components. It came with a 2060 Super. I've upgraded the case, memory, cooler & gpu so far. So next on my list is PSU, Mobo then the CPU.... :P

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8 minutes ago, emosun said:

Yeah that powersupply is listed as D teir. I'm also surprised the system actually runs with that. Not quite a fire starter but definitely going to be a magic smoke maker

I mean the 2080TI only really draws about 280Ws. CPU about 65W give or take, so it doesn't seem too far fetched to think 550W is enough?

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4 minutes ago, RyanW17 said:

it doesn't seem too far fetched to think 550W is enough?

....provided the power supply is actually making 550w and provided it doesn't just burn itself out because there no such thing as "quality rules" when manufacturing electronics. One of the reasons we have that teir list is to make sure people don't buy grey bricks with 550w stickers on them.

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....provided the power supply is actually making 550w and provided it doesn't just burn itself out because there no such thing as "quality rules" when manufacturing electronics. One of the reasons we have that teir list is to make sure people don't buy grey bricks 550w stickers on them.

 

Yeah that makes sense. I'll upgrade my PSU soon then

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4 minutes ago, emosun said:

....provided the power supply is actually making 550w and provided it doesn't just burn itself out because there no such thing as "quality rules" when manufacturing electronics. One of the reasons we have that teir list is to make sure people don't buy grey bricks with 550w stickers on them.

 

Out of curiosity any PSUs you'd recommend?

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