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Is 400W enough for a 3060 and a Ryzen 5 5600G?

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I found a prebuilt pc for a really good price with a Ryzen 5 5600G, an RTX 3060, 16gb ram and a 500 gb ssd, I don't know if 400W is enough for it though. I checked a PSU calculator and it said i needed around 322W, but i don't know how accurate it is. Sorry for my bad english, it's not my first language.

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I would at least go for a 500 Watts. 

 

Those components can use more than their "given" wattage peaking when under high load... 

 

like a cpu which on normal load uses around 150 watts and on crunch time use up to 300 watts when turboing to the wall. 

same with the GF3060.

 

Better safe then sorry later.

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46 minutes ago, LilLeif said:

I don't know if 400W is enough for it though.

Exactly what PSU is it?

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1 hour ago, LilLeif said:

I don't know if 400W is enough for it though

I wouldnt trust it even if its a good brand, thanks to 3000 series really loving spare power at hand. 550-600 is much better of a gap.

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If it's a prebuilt from Acer, HP, Lenovo etc then it's enough because they only use parts that perform within OEM specs. An OEM RTX 3060 consumes less than a custom 3060 from Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte or MSI. So the question is: what prebuild is it?

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3 hours ago, Anghammarad said:

ike a cpu which on normal load uses around 150 watts and on crunch time use up to 300 watts when turboing to the wall. 

this is Intel.

 

ryzen 5 5600G uses about 100w max. but yeah 400w psu with 3060 is not wise

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4 hours ago, IIIIIIIIII said:

Exactly what PSU is it?

No idea. The description only says that it's a 400W PSU. 

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3 hours ago, --SID-- said:

If it's a prebuilt from Acer, HP, Lenovo etc then it's enough because they only use parts that perform within OEM specs. An OEM RTX 3060 consumes less than a custom 3060 from Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte or MSI. So the question is: what prebuild is it?

It's a HP Pavilion prebuild

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1 hour ago, LilLeif said:

No idea. The description only says that it's a 400W PSU. 

It's a prebuilt, so they will have tested the configuration. It's fine, stop overthinking it. If you have issues, just get it replaced under warranty.

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9 minutes ago, seon123 said:

It's a prebuilt, so they will have tested the configuration. It's fine, stop overthinking it. If you have issues, just get it replaced under warranty.

Yeah, just wanted to be sure as i have saved up this money over some time :)

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But be aware! If you want to upgrade the machine you have to replace the PSU, motherboard and case because it's all proprietary.

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