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Will I need more power for an RTX 3070?

Stefan Laza
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I got a Seasonic S12II-620 Bronze 620W PSU right now. CPU is an amd ryzen 5 2600x, 16gb ram (ddr4), some aorus A450 mobo, 2 hdds and 1 sata ssd. I'm planning on buying an rtx 3070 from a friend, he's used it for mining. Is my PSU enough for rare gaming, a few hours a week at most?

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Just now, Stefan Laza said:

I got a Seasonic S12II-620 Bronze 620W PSU right now. CPU is an amd ryzen 5 2600x, 16gb ram (ddr4), some aorus A450 mobo, 2 hdds and 1 sata ssd. I'm planning on buying an rtx 3070 from a friend, he's used it for mining. Is my PSU enough for rare gaming, a few hours a week at most?

Time spent gaming isn't the issue, as electronics peak within milliseconds upon use.  It doesn't build up over hours like your body gets more tired as you work outside all day.

 

620w is fine for what you have.

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You will be fine for sure, I used to have a 10850K and a 3070Ti on a 650 Watt PSU and as long as it’s not overclocked it’ll be a charm.

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5 hours ago, Dedayog said:

Time spent gaming isn't the issue, as electronics peak within milliseconds upon use.  It doesn't build up over hours like your body gets more tired as you work outside all day.

 

620w is fine for what you have.

 

5 hours ago, johnt said:

I think so as long as you don’t overclock any of your components. 

 

5 hours ago, NTDaws said:

You will be fine for sure, I used to have a 10850K and a 3070Ti on a 650 Watt PSU and as long as it’s not over locked it’ll be a charm.

All right, thank you all. Have a great day!

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