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is 550w Gold power supply enough for a 3060ti (planning to undervolt if necessary)

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Hi! I'm planning to get a 3060ti but kinda worried about my power supply, most of my friends say that I need to get at least 650w for it to work.

My future upgrades includes adding 2x8 gb ram or replace it with 2x16 and additional storage (probably 1-2 SSD) but for the meantime the GPU would be my upgrade, no plans of getting higher than i5 atm. 

Is this enough? if not, what kind of PSU you can recommend me? or what GPU can I go for instead?


I  play League of legends, valorant, minecraft, stardew valley, Payday 2. I wanted to be able to play newer games at high quality images like fallout 76, cyberpunk, etc.

I also do video editing, mostly at 1080p stuff but when I get my GPU I want to start practicing 3d modeling and animation with it. 

Type Item  
CPU Intel i5-11400  
Motherboard Gigabyte B560M DS3H  
Memory Kingston hyperx fury 16Gb (2x8gb) 3200 mhz  
Storage Kingston SA2000 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  
Video Card *(Planning to get) 3060 ti  
Power Supply Seasonic Focus gx-550w gold modular  
     
     
     

 

Thank you for your suggestion and feedback.

Financial Management Student with interest in Multimedia and Technology.

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What I like to do is add up the max power draw of the CPU and GPU combined, and then add 100W as good measure. The 3060 ti can peak to 200W and the i5 says 65W. I'd say it will be enough, usually I wouldn't trust Intel CPU's rated power draw but since it cannot be overclocked, it's gonna be fine.

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It will be more than enough.

RTX 3060 maybe won't draw above 200W, especially with undervolt, 11400 while gaming most likely wont even go above 60W, the rest of the system maybe not even 30W.

And, undervolt is not if needed kind of thing, to me, if you could undervolt, then undervolt, it lowers power draw and heat output, it might even give you more performance.

 

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5 minutes ago, Dukesilver27- said:

RTX 3060 maybe won't draw above 200W, especially with undervolt, 11400 while gaming most likely wont even go above 60W

To be clear, it's a 3060ti I'm aiming for, is it still valid to say that it won't draw above 200w?

 

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Just now, TraineeGab said:

To be clear, it's a 3060ti I'm aiming for, is it still valid to say that it won't draw above 200w?

 

Still valid. That 200W is also for the 3060 ti, and it's the peak, so it will rarely hit that. I think with those components you have chosen, your PC might draw half of that 550W PSU.

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7 minutes ago, nieblas008 said:

What I like to do is add up the max power draw of the CPU and GPU combined, and then add 100W as good measure. The 3060 ti can peak to 200W and the i5 says 65W. I'd say it will be enough, usually I wouldn't trust Intel CPU's rated power draw but since it cannot be overclocked, it's gonna be fine.

 

4 minutes ago, Dukesilver27- said:

It will be more than enough.

RTX 3060 maybe won't draw above 200W, especially with undervolt, 11400 while gaming most likely wont even go above 60W, the rest of the system maybe not even 30W.

And, undervolt is not if needed kind of thing, to me, if you could undervolt, then undervolt, it lowers power draw and heat output, it might even give you more performance.

 

Bold assumptions on the CPU, just a quick Googling suggests the CPU can draw up to 140W under heavy load, depending on the motherboard.  It should still be fine, but best not to make assumptions based on the fictional figures the CPU manufacturers claim as they're not REAL power consumption numbers.

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My i7-10700k + 3070 system only pulls 525 watts from the wall including two monitors (as measured from ups). You’re more than fine.

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Main Gaming Machine

CPU: Intel Core i7-10700K - OC to 5 GHz All Cores
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H115i RGB Pro XT (Front Mounted AIO)
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING Z490-PLUS (WI-FI)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600

Storage: Intel 665p 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME SSD (x2)
Video Card: Zotac RTX 3070 8 GB GAMING Twin Edge OC

Power Supply: Corsair RM850 850W
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow
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Case Fan 140mm: Noctua A14 PWM 82.5 CFM 140 mm (x4)
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1 minute ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

 

Bold assumptions on the CPU, just a quick Googling suggests the CPU can draw up to 140W under heavy load, depending on the motherboard.  It should still be fine, but best not to make assumptions based on the fictional figures the CPU manufacturers claim as they're not REAL power consumption numbers.

If given the opportunity, an Intel CPU can draw a ton of power. Limits can be set on BIOS or through the Intel program and it will be fine, I honestly don't think he will miss bursts of 140W if he is concerned.

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7 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Bold assumptions on the CPU, just a quick Googling suggests the CPU can draw up to 140W under heavy load.

Did try just now to put a heavy load (in my standards) towards my pc. Opened up a youtube 4k video and opened my premiere pro with a project that is a 1080p not much effects but on full quality preview and a minecraft at the side. Shockingly it drew 111w  D: But thanks for this insight. 

So TL;DR my 550w power supply is enough for my plans to get that 3060ti? 

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34 minutes ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

 

Bold assumptions on the CPU, just a quick Googling suggests the CPU can draw up to 140W under heavy load, depending on the motherboard.  It should still be fine, but best not to make assumptions based on the fictional figures the CPU manufacturers claim as they're not REAL power consumption numbers.

Could you link your source? I checked everywhere and they all list system power draw, not just CPU.

I have the 12400, from all the reviews I checked for 11400, the power consumption is about the same, and my 12400 never go above 60W while gaming.

Not to mention that gaming won't max out the CPU, so peak power draw means nothing in real world usage, unless he uses the CPU for productivity work.

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GPU: Asus TUF RX 6800 XT OC

Mobo: Asus Prime B660M-A D4 WIFI MSI PRO B760M-A WIFI DDR4

RAM: Team Delta TUF Alliance 2x8GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16

SSD: Team MP33 1TB

PSU: MSI MPG A850GF

Case: Phanteks Eclipse P360A

Cooler: ID-Cooling SE-234 ARGB

OS: Windows 11 Pro

Pcpartpicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/wnxDfv
Displays: Samsung Odyssey G5 S32AG50 32" 1440p 165hz | AOC 27G2E 27" 1080p 144hz

Laptop: ROG Strix Scar III G531GU Intel i5-9300H GTX 1660Ti Mobile| OS: Windows 10 Home

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Although a decent 550w is enough, Focus Plus Gold 550w has shut down issues with some 3060 Ti cards. Just give it a try. Does it keep running it's fine. A shut down doesn't harm anything but means you need a new PSU.

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