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Upgrading To an Asus Dual RX 6600, Is my PSU enough?

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41 minutes ago, rinnegan72 said:

yeah probably not it ill see what more people have to say before I buy the card

 

38 minutes ago, rinnegan72 said:

I really dont want spend more money than needed so if it is possible to undervolt for now Ill gladly do that, sell my gtx 1060 and use that money to get a better psu and maybe ram or storage good to know it is a viable option will still wait to hear more opinions before deciding.

I understand completely trying to stretch and buy as much as you possibly can, and that the PSU most likely WILL NOT explode or kill the entire world.  But there is a chance, as noted by the rating on the PSU which it was given because shit HAS happened.

 

Now that you know that, buy your 6600, undervolt or not, and buy quality components in the future.  You bought a 6600 and not a Chinese knockoff piece of shit, so bring the rest of your machine to that level.  Balance.

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current pc
CPU: AMD r5 2600
RAM: 16GB 2400mhz
GPU: GeForce GTX 1060 ARMOR 3G OCV1
PSU: VS Series™ VS450 — 450 Watt Power Supply
MOTHERBOARD: gigabyte ab350 gaming 3

Is my power supply enough for the card? the amd page says 450w is enough but the asus page says 500w, Is it feasible to use this card on my current PC without upgrading the power supply?

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Corsair VS450 with a grey label is D tier PSU,

 

I don't recommend 450W low quality PSU on a system that needs 400W roughly, because PSU Wattage doesn't mean it can power with the number it says.

 

450W PSU if it's effectivity is low can deliver 360W or even less.

 

So, it's better that you get similar W PSU with higher quality, or higher W PSU whith silighty higher quality..

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11 minutes ago, podkall said:

Corsair VS450 with a grey label is D tier PSU,

 

I don't recommend 450W low quality PSU on a system that needs 400W roughly, because PSU Wattage doesn't mean it can power with the number it says.

 

450W PSU if it's effectivity is low can deliver 360W or even less.

 

So, it's better that you get similar W PSU with higher quality, or higher W PSU whith silighty higher quality..

could I not just underclock the cpu or gpu till i get a good one? 

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15 minutes ago, --SID-- said:

No. Corsair VS is a very low quality groupregulated PSU. I don't recommand it for any system with dGPU. 

so I need to upgrade no way to make this work like underclocking or undervolting for now?

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2 minutes ago, rinnegan72 said:

so I need to upgrade no way to make this work like underclocking or undervolting for now?

You could make it work, but you might be risking your hardware.

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5 minutes ago, rinnegan72 said:

so I need to upgrade no way to make this work like underclocking or undervolting for now?

you can undervotl the cpu and gpu for now, but better get a better psu when you can. You can ask help for that in this forum when the time is right

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2 minutes ago, JimTheBeet said:

You could make it work, but you might be risking your hardware.

yeah probably not it ill see what more people have to say before I buy the card

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1 minute ago, SavageNeo said:

you can undervotl the cpu and gpu for now, but better get a better psu when you can. You can ask help for that in this forum when the time is right

I really dont want spend more money than needed so if it is possible to undervolt for now Ill gladly do that, sell my gtx 1060 and use that money to get a better psu and maybe ram or storage good to know it is a viable option will still wait to hear more opinions before deciding.

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41 minutes ago, rinnegan72 said:

yeah probably not it ill see what more people have to say before I buy the card

 

38 minutes ago, rinnegan72 said:

I really dont want spend more money than needed so if it is possible to undervolt for now Ill gladly do that, sell my gtx 1060 and use that money to get a better psu and maybe ram or storage good to know it is a viable option will still wait to hear more opinions before deciding.

I understand completely trying to stretch and buy as much as you possibly can, and that the PSU most likely WILL NOT explode or kill the entire world.  But there is a chance, as noted by the rating on the PSU which it was given because shit HAS happened.

 

Now that you know that, buy your 6600, undervolt or not, and buy quality components in the future.  You bought a 6600 and not a Chinese knockoff piece of shit, so bring the rest of your machine to that level.  Balance.

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6 hours ago, Dedayog said:

 

I understand completely trying to stretch and buy as much as you possibly can, and that the PSU most likely WILL NOT explode or kill the entire world.  But there is a chance, as noted by the rating on the PSU which it was given because shit HAS happened.

 

Now that you know that, buy your 6600, undervolt or not, and buy quality components in the future.  You bought a 6600 and not a Chinese knockoff piece of shit, so bring the rest of your machine to that level.  Balance.

Ok so the psu is that bad? I had no idea, but if it is feasible Ill undervolt in the here and now and wait for a nice discount on a decent powersupply thanks for the advice!

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7 minutes ago, rinnegan72 said:

Ok so the psu is that bad? I had no idea, but if it is feasible Ill undervolt in the here and now and wait for a nice discount on a decent powersupply thanks for the advice!

It's not THAT bad, I mean you're playing the odds here though.  Even if 0.01% of them fail and take components with them... that PSU is connected to almost every other component in the machine.  A bad surge can indeed fry something.  

 

Will it?  Most likely not.  But it's like driving a nice car on shit tires.  Are you going to be fine.  Most likely.  But if a perfect storm of shit happens, will that PSU protect things from surges?  Not a bet I want to take with my $1000 rig 🙂

 

The good thing is now you know, you can make any decision you want.  We've done our job 🙂

 

 

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7800X3D - PBO -30 all cores, 4.90GHz all core, 5.05GHz single core, 18286 C23 multi, 1779 C23 single

 

Emma : i9 9900K @5.1Ghz - Gigabyte AORUS 1080Ti - Gigabyte AORUS Z370 Gaming 5 - G. Skill Ripjaws V 32GB 3200CL16 - 750 EVO 512GB + 2x 860 EVO 1TB (RAID0) - EVGA SuperNova 650 P2 - Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate 360mm - Fractal Design Define R6 - TP-Link AC1900 PCIe Wifi

 

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Steam Deck 512GB OLED

 

OnePlus: 

OnePlus 11 5G - 16GB RAM, 256GB NAND, Eternal Green

OnePlus Buds Pro 2 - Eternal Green

 

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- 2021 Volvo S60 Recharge T8 Polestar Engineered - 415hp/495tq 2.0L 4cyl. turbocharged, supercharged and electrified.

- Lenovo 720S Touch 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400MHz, 512GB NVMe SSD, 1050Ti, 4K touchscreen

- MSI GF62 15.6" - i7 7700HQ, 16GB RAM 2400 MHz, 256GB NVMe SSD + 1TB 7200rpm HDD, 1050Ti

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