3060 Ti + 550 watt power supply, is it enough?

[sparker]

I am looking to upgrade my GPU, and the 3060 Ti (whenever it gets in stock) seems like a good option. Only thing is, nvidia is recommending a 600 watt power supply, and I have a thermaltake smart bx1 550 watt 80+ bronze power supply. My CPU is a ryzen 5 3600 (i know i'll get bottlenecked, its fine) my full specs are

Ryzen 5 3600 CPU

GTX 1660 Super 

Thermaltake Smart Bx1 550 Watt 80+ bronze

MSI B450 M Motherboard

16 GB Ram (3200)

Crucial 500 GB SSD

Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD

[Noah0302]

5 minutes ago, sparker said:

I am looking to upgrade my GPU, and the 3060 Ti (whenever it gets in stock) seems like a good option. Only thing is, nvidia is recommending a 600 watt power supply, and I have a thermaltake smart bx1 550 watt 80+ bronze power supply. My CPU is a ryzen 5 3600 (i know i'll get bottlenecked, its fine) my full specs are

Ryzen 5 3600 CPU

GTX 1660 Super 

Thermaltake Smart Bx1 550 Watt 80+ bronze

MSI B450 M Motherboard

16 GB Ram (3200)

Crucial 500 GB SSD

Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD

My entire system with an 8700k 5GHz OC and a 3090 OC uses about 450W while gaming measured at the wall outlet. I think you will be fine with your psu

[LpoolTech]

7 minutes ago, sparker said:

I am looking to upgrade my GPU, and the 3060 Ti (whenever it gets in stock) seems like a good option. Only thing is, nvidia is recommending a 600 watt power supply, and I have a thermaltake smart bx1 550 watt 80+ bronze power supply. My CPU is a ryzen 5 3600 (i know i'll get bottlenecked, its fine) my full specs are

Ryzen 5 3600 CPU

GTX 1660 Super 

Thermaltake Smart Bx1 550 Watt 80+ bronze

MSI B450 M Motherboard

16 GB Ram (3200)

Crucial 500 GB SSD

Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD

you can give it a go but if you check the PSU Tier list your model is in category D "Recommended only for very cheap, iGPU systems" it may work or you may experience shutdowns under load, I would consider upgrading your PSU

 

[sparker]

2 minutes ago, LpoolTech said:

you can give it a go but if you check the PSU Tier list your model is in category D "Recommended only for very cheap, iGPU systems" it may work or you may experience shutdowns under load, I would consider upgrading your PSU

 

good looks. any recommendations?

[LpoolTech]

3 hours ago, sparker said:

good looks. any recommendations?

it depends where you live, price and availability. But really anything from B or A tier, search around and you will see what there is and for what price 

[boggy77]

20 minutes ago, sparker said:

ryzen 5 3600 (i know i'll get bottlenecked, its fine)

no, you won't

21 minutes ago, sparker said:

550 watt

are enough

21 minutes ago, sparker said:

thermaltake smart bx1

bad model tho

[Downkey]

45 minutes ago, sparker said:

I am looking to upgrade my GPU, and the 3060 Ti (whenever it gets in stock) seems like a good option. Only thing is, nvidia is recommending a 600 watt power supply, and I have a thermaltake smart bx1 550 watt 80+ bronze power supply. My CPU is a ryzen 5 3600 (i know i'll get bottlenecked, its fine) my full specs are

Ryzen 5 3600 CPU

GTX 1660 Super 

Thermaltake Smart Bx1 550 Watt 80+ bronze

MSI B450 M Motherboard

16 GB Ram (3200)

Crucial 500 GB SSD

Samsung 870 QVO 1TB SSD

wattage wise, it's okay. Quality wise, it's bad. Upgrade that.

[Elisis]

11 hours ago, Noah0302 said:

My entire system with an 8700k 5GHz OC and a 3090 OC uses about 450W while gaming measured at the wall outlet. I think you will be fine with your psu

This doesn't actually mean anything as a) it's anecdotal evidence and b) measuring from the wall outlet in general is a shitty way to measure power use, and isn't effective at catching power spikes when you consider the devices that are sold for this use anyway.

[Mark Kaine]

23 hours ago, sparker said:

Thermaltake Smart Bx1 550 Watt 80+ bronze

if it's a good psu it probably would be enough, so in this case, no. 

 

11 hours ago, Elisis said:

This doesn't actually mean anything as a) it's anecdotal evidence and b) measuring from the wall outlet in general is a shitty way to measure power use, and isn't effective at catching power spikes when you consider the devices that are sold for this use anyway.

C its probably nonsense because 3090 has 450W max power draw *by itself*