Is a CX450 good enough for a ryzen 5 2600 and RTX 2060/GTX 1070?

[Apocalyman]

So right now I have a 1060 3gb and a ryzen 5 2600. I have a CX450 and I wonder if in the future when I upgrade to a 1070 if it will be enough or will I need a new PSU with 600w? thanks!

[FakeFBI]

4 minutes ago, Apocalyman said:

So right now I have a 1060 3gb and a ryzen 5 2600. I have a CX450 and I wonder if in the future when I upgrade to a 1070 if it will be enough or will I need a new PSU with 600w? thanks!

usually i would ssay 550w is minimum, but what resolution? settings? and refresh rate? are you gonna be playin on

[seban]

31 minutes ago, Apocalyman said:

So right now I have a 1060 3gb and a ryzen 5 2600. I have a CX450 and I wonder if in the future when I upgrade to a 1070 if it will be enough or will I need a new PSU with 600w? thanks!

yes you're totally fine using 450W. the system is only going to use about 370-410w under full load (which you probably wont even exceed on a daily basis)

[Apocalyman]

3 hours ago, FakeFBI said:

usually i would ssay 550w is minimum, but what resolution? settings? and refresh rate? are you gonna be playin on

Resolution 1080p settings depends on the FPS refresh rate 60 always

[Apocalyman]

2 hours ago, 1ppOverheat said:

yes you're totally fine using 450W. the system is only going to use about 370-410w under full load (which you probably wont even exceed on a daily basis)

Alright great thank you

[Gorilla Warfare]

Anything below 550w is a waste of $$$. Get at least a decent 550w for a 1070. You want a decent 550w for a 1070. It gives you some needed headroom in the power dept.

[Apocalyman]

Hello! so right now I have a ryzen 5 2600 and GTX 1060 3gb (and PSU is CX450)

Im thinking about upgrading my GPU in the future and I would like to know if I would need to upgrade my PSU when I get an RTX 2060/GTX 1070 in the future? (I dont intend to overclock)

Thank you!

[jaslion]

Should be but that is about where I would stop with that psu.

[Downkey]

4 minutes ago, Apocalyman said:

Hello! so right now I have a ryzen 5 2600 and GTX 1060 3gb (and PSU is CX450)

Im thinking about upgrading my GPU in the future and I would like to know if I would need to upgrade my PSU when I get an RTX 2060/GTX 1070 in the future? (I dont intend to overclock)

Thank you!

as long as you don't do any major overclocking you should be okay.


also make sure that the PSU has the white CX logo. If it's green then I would upgrade it. 

[Apocalyman]

Just now, Downkey said:

as long as you don't do any major overclocking you should be okay.


also make sure that the PSU has the white CX logo. If it's green then I would upgrade it. 

Yes its the white CX logo and no overclocking AT ALL

2 minutes ago, jaslion said:

Should be but that is about where I would stop with that psu.

Awesome!

[Mateyyy]

Should work just fine - just make sure that the GPU you're upgrading to only requires an 8-pin for extra power, as the CX450 only has a single 8-pin PCIe connector.

 

For instance, the Founders Edition RTX 2060 only requires an 8-pin for power (which would be alright):

 

But the Strix 2060 requires one 8-pin and one 6-pin (so it wouldn't be an ideal choice):

[Apocalyman]

4 minutes ago, Mateyyy said:

Should work just fine - just make sure that the GPU you're upgrading to only requires an 8-pin for extra power, as the CX450 only has a single 8-pin PCIe connector.

 

For instance, the Founders Edition RTX 2060 only requires an 8-pin for power (which would be alright):

 

But the Strix 2060 requires one 8-pin and one 6-pin (so it wouldn't be an ideal choice):

Ah alright I see! thank you for telling me!

[MorbidAngel]

Quote

Here is our power supply recommendation:

• GeForce RTX 2060 Super - On your average system we recommend a 500 Watt power supply unit.
• GeForce RTX 2070 Super - On your average system we recommend a 550 Watt power supply unit.

Taken from this website

[SignatureSigner]

If that does work its going to be very close to not enough. If you do this with a 450w procede with caution. I would go with a nice 550 if you can. It should work but I 'personally' would invest in a better unit of 550 or higher for upgrades and general aging/use.

[tishous]

I think you should be fine using a 450W PSU as long as you don't OC the CPU. My Ryzen 5 2600 uses about 30-50W while gaming, and the 2060 Super uses about 175W, so within spec. If you're worried, you could undervolt the GPU and save 30-50W pretty easily. There are quite a few good videos that show you how using MSI Afterburner.

[LogicalDrm]

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Please don't post multiple times about same thing. You asked essentially same thing first week ago.

[Apocalyman]

1 hour ago, tishous said:

I think you should be fine using a 450W PSU as long as you don't OC the CPU. My Ryzen 5 2600 uses about 30-50W while gaming, and the 2060 Super uses about 175W, so within spec. If you're worried, you could undervolt the GPU and save 30-50W pretty easily. There are quite a few good videos that show you how using MSI Afterburner.

I am definitely not overclocking anything   I dont like to overclock! if undervolting the GPU can save some watts for a low cost of performance it would be awesome! thank you for the tip

[Guest]

On 2/15/2021 at 1:43 PM, Gorilla Warfare said:

Anything below 550w is a waste of $$$. Get at least a decent 550w for a 1070. You want a decent 550w for a 1070. It gives you some needed headroom in the power dept.

He already owns the CX450.

 

4 hours ago, Downkey said:

also make sure that the PSU has the white CX logo. If it's green then I would upgrade it. 

There's no such thing as a CX450 with a green logo (I assume you mean "CX" in green.)

[Downkey]

7 minutes ago, jonnyGURU said:

 

There's no such thing as a CX450 with a green logo (I assume you mean "CX" in green.)

Ah I just remembered it's the CX430, not 450. Thanks for correcting me