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Betulap
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I currently have an Ryzen 5 5600X and an Nvidia GTX 1050TI and my 560 Watt PSU is doing fine, but im scared if i upgrade my GPU to an Nvidia RTX 3070TI my PSU will fail on me, can you tell me if my PSU will do fine or if i have to Upgrade to a diffrent PSU

PSU is an Cougar A560

 

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2 minutes ago, Betulap said:

I currently have an Ryzen 5 5600X and an Nvidia GTX 1050TI and my 560 Watt PSU is doing fine, but im scared if i upgrade my GPU to an Nvidia RTX 3070TI my PSU will fail on me, can you tell me if my PSU will do fine or if i have to Upgrade to a diffrent PSU

It really depends what PSU it is… a high quality unit likely would be ok, a not high quality one may have issues.

 

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2 minutes ago, Betulap said:

I currently have an Ryzen 5 5600X and an Nvidia GTX 1050TI and my 560 Watt PSU is doing fine, but im scared if i upgrade my GPU to an Nvidia RTX 3070TI my PSU will fail on me, can you tell me if my PSU will do fine or if i have to Upgrade to a diffrent PSU

a 3080 can run on a 650w if its a good psu like the corsair rmx but what psu do you have cuz 560w usually means something cheap

Main:

  • CPU
    10700k 5ghz All core 47 ring ratio 1.275v
  • Motherboard
    MSI Z590 A Pro
  • RAM
    4x8 viper steel samsung bdie: 4200-17-17-30
  • GPU
    Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming Oc
  • Case
    O11 air mini
  • Storage
    970 Evo Plus 500gb OS, Sn550 1tb, 860 evo 500gb, 2tb MX500
  • PSU
    RM750x (2018)
  • Display(s)
    Acer Nitro vg272up, Kogan 24 1080 120hz
  • Cooling
    arctic 280aio, EK M.2 NVMe Heatsink on 970 evo plus
     
    Second: 
    Cpu: i5-8400
    Cooling: ID-Cooling Frostflow 120x
    Ram: 2x8gb 2666 c16 hyperx fury, tuned the absolute balls out of it but def not stehble.
    Mobo: Asus Prime H310M-K
    Gpu: Igpu
    Case: Coolermaster MB311L
     
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Just now, LIGISTX said:

It really depends what PSU it is… a high quality unit likely would be ok, a not high quality one may have issues.

 

What model is it?

Its a Cougar A560

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1 minute ago, Betulap said:

Its a Cougar A560

its on d tier on ltt psu list so id upgrade the psu before a gpu 

Main:

  • CPU
    10700k 5ghz All core 47 ring ratio 1.275v
  • Motherboard
    MSI Z590 A Pro
  • RAM
    4x8 viper steel samsung bdie: 4200-17-17-30
  • GPU
    Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming Oc
  • Case
    O11 air mini
  • Storage
    970 Evo Plus 500gb OS, Sn550 1tb, 860 evo 500gb, 2tb MX500
  • PSU
    RM750x (2018)
  • Display(s)
    Acer Nitro vg272up, Kogan 24 1080 120hz
  • Cooling
    arctic 280aio, EK M.2 NVMe Heatsink on 970 evo plus
     
    Second: 
    Cpu: i5-8400
    Cooling: ID-Cooling Frostflow 120x
    Ram: 2x8gb 2666 c16 hyperx fury, tuned the absolute balls out of it but def not stehble.
    Mobo: Asus Prime H310M-K
    Gpu: Igpu
    Case: Coolermaster MB311L
     
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Just now, MingLee420 said:

its on d tier on ltt psu list so id upgrade the psu before a gpu 

Ok, thanks 😄

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2 minutes ago, Betulap said:

Its a Cougar A560

i recommend and might as well get a high watt psu for future id go with a rm850x 

Main:

  • CPU
    10700k 5ghz All core 47 ring ratio 1.275v
  • Motherboard
    MSI Z590 A Pro
  • RAM
    4x8 viper steel samsung bdie: 4200-17-17-30
  • GPU
    Gigabyte RTX 3080 Gaming Oc
  • Case
    O11 air mini
  • Storage
    970 Evo Plus 500gb OS, Sn550 1tb, 860 evo 500gb, 2tb MX500
  • PSU
    RM750x (2018)
  • Display(s)
    Acer Nitro vg272up, Kogan 24 1080 120hz
  • Cooling
    arctic 280aio, EK M.2 NVMe Heatsink on 970 evo plus
     
    Second: 
    Cpu: i5-8400
    Cooling: ID-Cooling Frostflow 120x
    Ram: 2x8gb 2666 c16 hyperx fury, tuned the absolute balls out of it but def not stehble.
    Mobo: Asus Prime H310M-K
    Gpu: Igpu
    Case: Coolermaster MB311L
     
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20 minutes ago, Betulap said:

my 560 Watt PSU is doing fine

You think. Such on old platform based PSU with bad voltage regulation isn't doing fine with new hardware.

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11 minutes ago, --SID-- said:

You think. Such on old platform based PSU with bad voltage regulation isn't doing fine with new hardware.

The GPU is the same age as the PSU and before i had a diffrent CPU, still my new one doesnt seem to make any problems. The ole one i still have around at home, when i got my new PC fully there ill put my old one back together and probably sell it on ebay

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3 hours ago, Betulap said:

The GPU is the same age as the PSU

15 year old platform. That you bought it a few years ago doesn't matter.

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