Psu for 1660 super

[M1N]

Hi. Will a thermaltake smart rgb 80 plus 500w psu be good enough for a gtx 1660 super?(I'm using Ryzen 5 1600 CPU, 16gb 2666mhz ddr4 ram, 1tb hdd and 256gb ssd) If not, what card would work best with this psu (I don't have much of a budget)? Thanks!

[_Omega_]

the smart rgb is a bad psu, so it might work out but you always run a risk that it fails and take something with it...

I would choose a better PSU... maybe like the BitFenix Formula Bronze if you are in the US....

[mariushm]

It's a good enough psu. But if you can do better, you should do better.

 

The 1600 cpu consumes up to around 80 watts. The video card goes to around 100-120 watts.

The ram consumes up to aroun 5-6 watts (2-3w per stick). A hard drive consumes up to 8-10w, a SSD less than 2-3 watts.

 

It will work.

 

ANY video card with a single 8 pin pci-e connector will work just fine with such psu. That means the video card is not allowed to consume more than 150w (from pci-e 8 pin connector) + 65w ( from pci-e slot) = ~ 215 watts. With a 80w cpu and 30-50w consumed by anything else in your system, you're not going over 350w out of 500w the power supply can produce, so it would be able to manage it just fine.