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How will a 650W PSU fair with a RTX 3070?

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I finally got my build set-up apart from the PSU! I decided that I will stick with a GTX 1660 super until stock comes back in and then I'll get the RTX 3070. On paper a 650W PSU should suffice according to a few articles I read but I'm not completely convinced mainly because of overclocking. I will be using a Ryzen 5 5600x along with the soon to be 3070.

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It will be enough even with OC.

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10 minutes ago, Citrusflavour01 said:

I finally got my build set-up apart from the PSU! I decided that I will stick with a GTX 1660 super until stock comes back in and then I'll get the RTX 3070. On paper a 650W PSU should suffice according to a few articles I read but I'm not completely convinced mainly because of overclocking. I will be using a Ryzen 5 5600x along with the soon to be 3070.

 

 

It's the bare min recommended for a 3070.

 

It will work, but not so much room to upgrade later. 

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even with overclock my system uses less than 500w, and the card alone draws more than 270w by itself... 500w psu is fine, 550w recommended, 650 gives you a nice headroom for Overclocks and possible upgrades. 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Ankerson said:

 

 

It's the bare min recommended for a 3070.

 

It will work, but not so much room to upgrade later. 

I have to agree with you on this and I like the idea of having some space not just for upgrades but to have a peace of mind.

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