powersupply Modular PSU Upgrade

Dastero · March 22, 2021

Budget (including currency): 300-350

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: All games

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone,

I am looking to upgrade the power supply on my custom built PC. This PC was my fathers who passed in 2013. I have no idea what brand/wattage this PSU is as it is completely powder coated with no info on it. I’m looking to get a modular power supply to remove some of the clutter of extra wires as I no longer use external drives at all.

System Specs:

i7 - 9700k 5.0ghz over clock at 1.35v (possible 9900k upgrade)

MSI 2070Super Ventus OC (Upgrading to 3080 or 6800x let the Newegg gods bless me) **this is not currently water cooled but will be water cooled on GPU Upgrade**

4x 8GB 3600 c16 Corsair Vengeance DDR4 Memory

2x Samsung 1tb NVME 970 EVO

1x Samsung 2tb NVME 970 EVO

2x 6 fan radiators (3x on each side)

1x 2 fan radiator (1x on each side)

Double reservoir dual pump

7 standard fans

1x Standard optical drive(90% of time unplugged)

(Yes it’s a B*tch to clean)

the case is but enough to fit any size PSU, it’s a complete custom built so no reference but kinda pic provided from what’s in camera roll.don’t judge blank walls they have stuff now.

Dastero · March 22, 2021

****Mother board is a Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra

PorkishPig · March 22, 2021

You should consult the PSU Tier List:

12 minutes ago, Dastero said:

MSI 2070Super Ventus OC (Upgrading to 3080 or 6800x let the Newegg gods bless me) **this is not currently water cooled but will be water cooled on GPU Upgrade**

You're going to want a unit exceeding 750w if you want to upgrade to a 3080. I would recommend grabbing an 850w Tier A unit from either be quiet! or Seasonic.

Dastero · March 22, 2021

9 minutes ago, PorkishPig said:

You should consult the PSU Tier List:

You're going to want a unit exceeding 750w if you want to upgrade to a 3080. I would recommend grabbing an 850w Tier A unit from either be quiet! or Seasonic.

So even with the amount of fans/pumps I have I wouldn’t need 1000+?

PorkishPig · March 22, 2021

8 minutes ago, Dastero said:

So even with the amount of fans/pumps I have I wouldn’t need 1000+?

Power consumption of fans/pumps is relatively insignificant. Without a model, I'd guesstimate about 20-50w is required for the entire loop, 1-5w a fan.