IS 450W enough?

[hlow]

So currently i am on a 450W corsair psu, have had it for nearly 6 years now, the thing is i purchased a new Graphics card -> RX6650XT and its another week or two before i get a new 600W psu for it, realistically speaking WHAT WOULD happen if i tried running the RX6650XT with the 450w PSU. The recommended for an RX6650 XT with a Ryzen 5 3600X is 500W, so im 50w short, but i dont think, for every day use and light gaming such as - AC: Odyssey and League Of Legends the system WOULD run out of power or somehow damage my components till the new psu arrives. So can i push it a little and try to run it or painfully wait for the new PSU.

 

 

CURRENT detailed specs:

 

R5 3600X

Gigabyte aorus B450

8x2gb ram

RX560

Corsair VS450

1TB HDD

120GB SSD

 

[Hinjima]

20 minutes ago, hlow said:

So currently i am on a 450W corsair psu, have had it for nearly 6 years now, the thing is i purchased a new Graphics card -> RX6650XT and its another week or two before i get a new 600W psu for it, realistically speaking WHAT WOULD happen if i tried running the RX6650XT with the 450w PSU. The recommended for an RX6650 XT with a Ryzen 5 3600X is 500W, so im 50w short, but i dont think, for every day use and light gaming such as - AC: Odyssey and League Of Legends the system WOULD run out of power or somehow damage my components till the new psu arrives. So can i push it a little and try to run it or painfully wait for the new PSU.

 

 

CURRENT detailed specs:

 

R5 3600X

Gigabyte aorus B450

8x2gb ram

RX560

Corsair VS450

1TB HDD

120GB SSD

 

It will run just fine. The recommended wattage is always a lot higher than the actual wattage needed, its taking into considering a lot higher power CPU's.  The RX6650XT draws a max of 176w while your CPU draws a max of 95w.
Thats 270w if both parts are being loaded at 100%.  RAM uses 4-7w per 8GB and fans use around 2-6w depending on speed.
Upgrading to a 600w will give you more room for upgrades later though, not a bad idea.
The Corsair VS is not a good PSU at all.  But its been working fine so far so another 2 weeks with your new GPU shouldn't be an issue.
If you want to be safe, just wait for your new PSU before using the new GPU. You can manage to wait 1-2 weeks.

[--SID--]

Corsair VS is a low quality group regulated unit. Not recommended for any system with dGPU at all.

[hlow]

13 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

It will run just fine. The recommended wattage is always a lot higher than the actual wattage needed, its taking into considering a lot higher power CPU's.  The RX6650XT draws a max of 176w while your CPU draws a max of 95w.
Thats 270w if both parts are being loaded at 100%.  RAM uses 4-7w per 8GB and fans use around 2-6w depending on speed.
Upgrading to a 600w will give you more room for upgrades later though, not a bad idea.
The Corsair VS is not a good PSU at all.  But its been working fine so far so another 2 weeks with your new GPU shouldn't be an issue.
If you want to be safe, just wait for your new PSU before using the new GPU. You can manage to wait 1-2 weeks.

Okay so that answers the long term usage question.

 

But if i just want to plug in the gpu, make sure that it WORKS and there are no major issues at first glance, then take it out and wait for the new one, the  current psu should suffice, correct?

[Hinjima]

28 minutes ago, hlow said:

Okay so that answers the long term usage question.

 

But if i just want to plug in the gpu, make sure that it WORKS and there are no major issues at first glance, then take it out and wait for the new one, the  current psu should suffice, correct?

Yes. I dont see why that would be a problem.  Its not a good PSU at all and its on the 'Replace immediately' Tier in the PSU tierlist.
But its been working for 6 years, if something was wrong or bad, it would have gone faulty before now.
The one in the replace immediately is the 'CorsairVS 2012 [orange-label].'

Test and check that everything works, just maybe hold on with running heavy games until you get that new PSU