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

[TraineeGab]

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.

[nieblas008]

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.

[Dukesilver27-]

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.

 

[TraineeGab]

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?

 

[nieblas008]

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.

[Alex Atkin UK]

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.

[TylerD321]

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

[nieblas008]

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.

[TraineeGab]

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? 

[Dukesilver27-]

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.

[--SID--]

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.