Rtx 3070 PSU requirements

[ThatGamerDude]

Ok so Its definitely time to upgrade from my GTX 780ti. It’s a solid card but it’s just seen better days in it’s time. With new games coming out it struggles. I want to go with a RTX 3070 or 3060 but I don’t know if my 850w psu is enough with the power spikes that come with ampere. So is 850w enough? 

[Trevor87]

Your good the recommend power supply for the 3070 is 600w for that card and the total watts of the card is 208 watts 

[ThatGamerDude]

Just now, CrownieOG said:

Whats the brand and/or the rating of the unit? 850W should be well over enough for anything up to a 3080

I have a Seasonic M12II 850. It’s rated 80+ Gold I think. It either bronze or gold not exactly sure. 

[Downkey]

1 minute ago, ThatGamerDude said:

I have a Seasonic M12II 850. It’s rated 80+ Gold I think. It either bronze or gold not exactly sure. 

Not great, could use an upgrade. It will be fine if temporary but it's not a great unit

[Downkey]

1 minute ago, CrownieOG said:

you are 100% good and future ready even for cards above yours like the 3080

not really. It's actually 80+ Bronze and it's quite old. Also C on the PSU tier list

[ThatGamerDude]

Ok. The only reason I asked was a rog strix 3080 that he overclocked tripped the over circuit protection on a friend of mines 1000w. And I plan on overclocking 

[ThatGamerDude]

So here’s a question do you think I will have enough overclocking headroom? With power spikes. 

[Downkey]

1 minute ago, ThatGamerDude said:

So here’s a question do you think I will have enough overclocking headroom? With power spikes. 

should be okay, don't go crazy tho. Still not a great unit overall

[ThatGamerDude]

Just now, Downkey said:

should be okay, don't go crazy tho. Still not a great unit overall

Cool. I plan on upgrading later because my motherboard needs to be upgraded to x570 or b550 for pcie 4.0 support. So that gives me a good direction to go. 

[ThatGamerDude]

I appreciate y’all’s help. Thx

[shaz2sxy]

Ive got a 3070 FE runnning on e a 650w NZXT S650 80+ Gold PSU

Also a 3060ti FE running off a EVGA 650w G2 Gold PSU

 

aslong as you have a good quality PSU it will be fine

 

Your PSU is OK Tier C.