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Is a Seasonic focus gx 750w enough?

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Hey guys!

 

I'm currently running a 3080ti and a 5800x with 32 Gb ram and i was wondering if my PSU is enough or if i should upgrade to 1000w?

 

Thanks in advance!

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It's not so much the rated wattage that could be an issue as that the high-end Ampere cards can have "spiky" power draw that some people with Seasonic Focus units have trouble dealing with.

 

 

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4 minutes ago, Middcore said:

It's not so much the rated wattage that could be an issue as that the high-end Ampere cards can have "spiky" power draw that some people with Seasonic Focus units have trouble dealing with.

 

 

I have not had any issues with it so far and everything is running fine. my GPU never goes above 350w ( i monitor it with afterburner )

 

The true reason i am asking about this is all my friends are like whoaa dude what?? cant be running a 750 with these specs and it kinda makes me feel bad and unsure about my psu.

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16 minutes ago, meezy_hrv said:

I have not had any issues with it so far and everything is running fine. my GPU never goes above 350w ( i monitor it with afterburner )

 

The true reason i am asking about this is all my friends are like whoaa dude what?? cant be running a 750 with these specs and it kinda makes me feel bad and unsure about my psu.

 

If you aren't actually experiencing any issues like some people have I see no reason to spend money replacing the PSU.

 

Your CPU and GPU together should use 450-500W, that leaves quite a bit of margin for the rest of the system. 750W is the recommended PSU for the 3080 ti according to Nvidia and in most reviews, if I recall correctly. 

 

You have to understand that GPU manufacturers frequently overestimate in their PSU recommendations because they know some people will have crap PSU's that don't actually make the wattage they claim. You also have to understand there is a mindset among some PC gamers where they take pride in having a beefier PSU than they actually need, or will insist their parts are powerful enough to require an overkill PSU when even the most pessimistic wattage calculator would show they're not. 

Corps aren't your friends. "Bottleneck calculators" are BS. Only suckers buy based on brand. It's your PC, do what makes you happy.  If your build meets your needs, you don't need anyone else to "rate" it for you. And talking about being part of a "master race" is cringe. Watch this space for further truths people need to hear.

 

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750W is definitely on the lower end of usual wattage recommendation for RTX3080Ti but it's not about average power draw but peak, so it shouldn't affect the PSU reliability (as in, no actual overpowering occurs) and as long as it indeed works then it's fine.

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