850w enough?

[Drkblade]

I'm currently looking at if my psu is going to be enough for my upcoming build. I've looked all over but considering the absolute unit I'm of a machine I'm trying to accomplish i can't find any solid info on what im going to need.

 

Specs:

Cpu: Intel i7-11700kf

Motherboard: asus rog maximus viii glacial extreme

Gpu: asus rog strix 3090 oc white edition

Memory: 4 x gskill trident z royal elite 16gb 3600mhz cl16

Storage: 2x samsung 980 pro 1tb nvme, 2x wd 750 1tb nvme

Psu: asus rog strix 850w 80+ gold

Cooling: g1 distro plate, 7x lian li sl120

 

Just looking at tdp of the components tells me I should be fine with the 850 but if I consider overclocking will I run into issues if I don't put a 1000w in it? The psu is the only piece of hardware coming from my old pc which is why I have it in the parts list.

 

None of the online Power supply calculators i tried seemed to be all that helpful

 

Cheers

Robert

[--SID--]

850w is enough but not with a to expensive Seasonic based unit like the ROG Strix with it's crappy fan and heatsinks. Better get a Corsair RM850x, XPG Core Reactor or Super Flower Leadex III.

[SavageNeo]

i would change the psu, rtx 3090 wont play well with the Seasonic focus

[IIIIIIIIII]

59 minutes ago, Drkblade said:

Just looking at tdp of the components tells me I should be fine with the 850 but if I consider overclocking will I run into issues if I don't put a 1000w in it? The psu is the only piece of hardware coming from my old pc which is why I have it in the parts list.

Try running Furmark and Prime95 at the same time. Does it shut down? If not, you can use it as is.

[Spotty]

52 minutes ago, Drkblade said:

The psu is the only piece of hardware coming from my old pc which is why I have it in the parts list.

If you already have the PSU then I would recommend giving it a go. If it works then fantastic you don't need to change it. If you get random shutdowns when the system is under load then you might need to look at replacing it.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, Drkblade said:

Specs:

Cpu: Intel i7-11700kf

Motherboard: asus rog maximus viii glacial extreme

Gpu: asus rog strix 3090 oc white edition

Memory: 4 x gskill trident z royal elite 16gb 3600mhz cl16

Storage: 2x samsung 980 pro 1tb nvme, 2x wd 750 1tb nvme

Psu: asus rog strix 850w 80+ gold

Cooling: g1 distro plate, 7x lian li sl120

Value wise id say 0/10

 

Based on the other parts this is an overclocking build so intel does make sense here, maybe go for a 10850k if you want 10 cores

 

Rams are horrendous in value though they should be good oc rams cause i think these rams go up to 5333mhz (obv extreme cooling required), dont bother unless you are trying to overclock

 

Cpu suggests that this is a gaming machine so 980 pro is not gonna give you any noticable performance increase, only if you run server like workloads and regularly transfer massive files, why even add sn750 to the mix? Ssd choice is kinda confusing

 

Horrible value psu, prob just some seasonic rebrand but overpriced cause rog, atleast it wont blow up but you can get 1000w psus for the same price

 

 

So based on the parts this is an overclocking + gaming + workstation build?

Im confused

 

Better value exists but im gonna assume this is a build for a build competition considering the parts

 

 

Psu wise since its an overclocking build (i assume) then id say just get 1000w to be safe cause 3090 and 11700 are power hogs, esp when overclocked

[Drkblade]

2 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

So based on the parts this is an overclocking + gaming + workstation build?

It's a I've been purchasing parts for about 6 months only when I get them on sale/decent price build. The 850 pros i got from a friend that bought then for his work build and then his company just bought him a prebuilt monster so I got them for about half price. Almost all the parts follow that trend except the motherboard/gpu. I am going to be mostly gaming but doing rendering as a hobby on the side. 

3 hours ago, Spotty said:

If you already have the PSU then I would recommend giving it a go. If it works then fantastic you don't need to change it. If you get random shutdowns when the system is under load then you might need to look at replacing it.

Thanks I'll give it a go and see what happens, at least there isn't a shortage of 1000w psu here so I'll be able to switch it quick if I run into issues. 

 

I know the parts aren't value/matched properly but I was going a lot off of looks/what I could get on sale(while still being a monster OC build)

 

Cheers everyone

[GoldenLag]

4 hours ago, Drkblade said:

Psu: asus rog strix 850w 80+ gold

id swap this out for something like a A850GF, Revolution DF 850w, or RM850x. 

 

or depending on pricing, an HX850 might be worthwhile. The Rog strix 850w, is just a Focus rebrand, and its questionable if it has the issues with tripping on Ampere GPUs. 

edit: likely worth checking out the 5800x or 10900k/10850k, the 11700k is typically not worthwhile in favor of other options. 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

54 minutes ago, Drkblade said:

It's a I've been purchasing parts for about 6 months only when I get them on sale/decent price build. The 850 pros i got from a friend that bought then for his work build and then his company just bought him a prebuilt monster so I got them for about half price. Almost all the parts follow that trend except the motherboard/gpu. I am going to be mostly gaming but doing rendering as a hobby on the side. 

Thanks I'll give it a go and see what happens, at least there isn't a shortage of 1000w psu here so I'll be able to switch it quick if I run into issues. 

 

I know the parts aren't value/matched properly but I was going a lot off of looks/what I could get on sale(while still being a monster OC build)

 

Cheers everyone

Now i see why the parts are such (normally) bad value choices, cause you are getting them on sale .-. Hence their value becomes ok-good

 

What parts do you currently have?

And if you are gonna be doing a heavy ocing build, how many rads will you have and what size? Plus theres also the case to consider, what case are you gonna get?

[Drkblade]

18 minutes ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Now i see why the parts are such (normally) bad value choices, cause you are getting them on sale .-. Hence their value becomes ok-good

 

What parts do you currently have?

And if you are gonna be doing a heavy ocing build, how many rads will you have and what size? Plus theres also the case to consider, what case are you gonna get?

I have all the parts except the waterblock for the gpu. I'm building in an inverted o11d xl and I have 2 360 corsair slim rads since it's the only ones i could get in white here. 

 

Heres a progress shot from last week, I've changed the fan orientation and added cpu tubes since then

[Somerandomtechyboi]

12 minutes ago, Drkblade said:

I have all the parts except the waterblock for the gpu. I'm building in an inverted o11d xl and I have 2 360 corsair slim rads since it's the only ones i could get in white here. 

 

Heres a progress shot from last week, I've changed the fan orientation and added cpu tubes since then

Would be a pretty good contestant for a build competition, and also a solid overclocker

 

Maybe get thiccer rads and hydro dip them white so better ocing, though i think thats only neccesary when you are really pushing your overclocks

 

I think you should just insert a placeholder gpu and tune your cpu while your gpu waterblock is being delivered cause ocing can take days to find an optimal setting

 

And yes it really does take a looong time to get an oc right but thats mostly because you need to test and incrementally increase voltages till you find an optimal setting, best testing program for cpus is prime95 using the small ffts torture test