Good enough to squeeze by?

[haiko]

I have a 500 watt PSU with a Ryzen 5 5500 and 6700xt. I'm upgrading to a Ryzen 7 5800x but i'm concerned my current PSU wont make the cut, will I need to upgrade?

[alyen]

Most people will tell you 500W can be enough, but you also have to consider the quality and brand reputation of your powersupply. Without know what you have I honestly think you will be fine as long as you don't do something crazy like run Prime95 and Furmark together at the same time. I have 520 W Seasonic with RX 6800 with 3800X I use light Blender rendering on.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

1 hour ago, haiko said:

I have a 500 watt PSU with a Ryzen 5 5500 and 6700xt. I'm upgrading to a Ryzen 7 5800x but i'm concerned my current PSU wont make the cut, will I need to upgrade?

Send pictures of said psu and its wattage table

 

Id reccomend buying a used 5800x3d instead as thatll be alot more of an upgrade for ~200-250$, but a used 5700x/5800x is also a valid option if you can find em around the 100-140$ range

 

just dont buy new as youll get ripped off hard on last gen zen3, i mean 130$ for a 5600? I can buy a used 5700x/5800x for that price, and used 5600(x) go for 80-100$

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3 hours ago, haiko said:

I have a 500 watt PSU

What's the brand and model?

 

6700XT can spike up to almost 350w for 20ms. You need a PSU that can handle those spikes with a low transient response time.

[haiko]

20 hours ago, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Send pictures of said psu and its wattage table

 

Id reccomend buying a used 5800x3d instead as thatll be alot more of an upgrade for ~200-250$, but a used 5700x/5800x is also a valid option if you can find em around the 100-140$ range

 

just dont buy new as youll get ripped off hard on last gen zen3, i mean 130$ for a 5600? I can buy a used 5700x/5800x for that price, and used 5600(x) go for 80-100$

Its the thermaltake smart 500w, I paid $170ish for the 5800x 

[Somerandomtechyboi]

4 hours ago, haiko said:

Its the thermaltake smart 500w, I paid $170ish for the 5800x 

A 420w is kinda meh so id reccomend buying a new psu though you could also undervolt the gpu

 

as for the psu if you are gonna go for a cheap unit id advise against that as theyre not worth buying (low wattage, non existent <5y warranty), but judging by your psu choice id reccomend buying a used 750/850w gold like the rm(x) or equivalent for 40-60$ since youll get a much more futureproofed psu

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8 hours ago, haiko said:

Its the thermaltake smart 500w, I paid $170ish for the 5800x 

That PSU is bad. Very low quality, terrible voltage regulation because of the internal design with group regulation and lack of protections.