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Is a 550 watt Power Supply enough got a 3060ti graphics card? Asking for a friend

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Is 550 watt Power Supply enough for a 3060ti? Asking for a friend  

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  1. 1. Is 550 watt Power Supply enough for a 3060ti? Asking for a friend


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but that depends on the cpu and if you haven't bought one yet just spend 10 bucks more and get one with more power

look at for example igorslab(don't know if this article is available in englisch ) or other sites for the power draw of you cpu and gpu at peak power consumtion add them together and get 50- 100 watt headroom and you are save to go

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Depends on the other parts of your system but after running a BIOS mod and a pretty decent OC on my card (MSI Ventus 2x OC 3060ti with MSI Gaming X Trio 3060ti BIOS) it still only pulls ~225-250W, you should be fine

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3 minutes ago, maxderc00l said:

but that depends on the cpu and if you haven't bought one yet just spend 10 bucks more and get one with more power

look at for example igorslab(don't know if this article is available in englisch ) or other sites for the power draw of you cpu and gpu at peak power consumtion add them together and get 50- 100 watt headroom and you are save to go

would a Ryzen 5 3600X be fine?

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If it's a quality psu sure. Make sure it's at least b tier from this list:

 

 

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It'd be fine as long as it's not one of those wonderful chinesium units that smells of cancer. Though I'd ultimately just grab one of these fellas. Only like 20USD more than the 550 and it leaves some headroom for future upgrades (assuming you haven't already gotten a PSU, of course).

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3 minutes ago, maxderc00l said:

what is it now a 650 or 550

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550 is pretty touch and go, I would want a 650 to be sure of stability if it spikes under load.

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