is the 4070 super compatible with all PSUs?

[Brexy9]

I've been struggling to decide between the 7900 GRE and 4070 Super to buy, but the turn off for me is the 4070 Super's connector since I heard horror stories of it burning and such, do all PSUs support it? how does it work? (I have a Be Quiet System Power 9 650w 80+ bronze Unit)

[8tg]

The physical connector is just a different physical connector. There are power supplies which have the 12vhpwr connector built in, and a dedicated cable for it, but most people are using power supplies that either have adapters, or just a different cable to take pcie 8 pin outputs on the psu to make a 12vhpwr cable.

For your instance with your psu, which has 4 total pcie 8 pin connectors on two lines, you would need a pcie to 12vhpwr adapter. The 4070 super is only a 220w card so you don’t need the crazy 4 tail ones to throw 600 watts through it like it’s a 4090 or something, any of the 2 or 3 8 pin to 12vhpwr adapters will do 

[podkall]

What's your monitor resolution? Both should be fine more or less.

 

What's your CPU? That PSU of yours is barely clearing the safe Wattage requirement for these GPUs, though should be fine.

 

Some 4070 Super models also come with normal more "standard" connectors that don't split like this, either way this problem was more often on the 4090 because of it's massive power draw. And some of the adapters being not good enough I think.

 

Also what are your specs? I'd honestly consider better PSU in some hardware combos, but it depends what you got.

 

Also the reason I asked resolution first is because GRE has more VRAM budget, which is better for higher graphics and resolution settings.

 

The final choice doesn't have to rely on this fact though, maybe you need Nvidia features for something? That's something I don't know yet for example.

[--SID--]

53 minutes ago, Brexy9 said:

I have a Be Quiet System Power 9 650w 80+ bronze Unit

That's a very low end unit with outdated double forward topology on the primary side. It can't handle any powerspike at all. I would not pair it with any recent gaming GPU.

[Brexy9]

6 hours ago, podkall said:

What's your monitor resolution? Both should be fine more or less.

 

What's your CPU? That PSU of yours is barely clearing the safe Wattage requirement for these GPUs, though should be fine.

 

Some 4070 Super models also come with normal more "standard" connectors that don't split like this, either way this problem was more often on the 4090 because of it's massive power draw. And some of the adapters being not good enough I think.

 

Also what are your specs? I'd honestly consider better PSU in some hardware combos, but it depends what you got.

 

Also the reason I asked resolution first is because GRE has more VRAM budget, which is better for higher graphics and resolution settings.

 

The final choice doesn't have to rely on this fact though, maybe you need Nvidia features for something? That's something I don't know yet for example.

For now I have a Ryzen 5 3600, 8x2GB of ram 3600mhz, Gigabyte B550M DS3H, 1tb ssd and a 240gb ssd but I'm slowly upgrading and I pulled the trigger on the 7800 XT since the GRE was a 100 euros (130 USD) and the 4070 Super 150 euros (170 USD) more expensive than the 7800XT which in my eyes was just not worth it so I ordered an Asus Dual 7800 XT

[Brexy9]

6 hours ago, --SID-- said:

That's a very low end unit with outdated double forward topology on the primary side. It can't handle any powerspike at all. I would not pair it with any recent gaming GPU.

of course, what PSU would you reccomend? System spec (Ordered a rx 7800 xt thats coming next week, Ryzen 5 3600, 8x2GB of ram 3600mhz, Gigabyte B550M DS3H, 1tb ssd and a 240gb ssd) (this will change in around 2 months time when Ryzen 9000 comes out which I feel is worth uprgading to) Also I was looking at getting the DeepCool PQ850 80+ Gold PSU, but please feel free to give me some recommendations

[8tg]

5 hours ago, Brexy9 said:

of course, what PSU would you reccomend? System spec (Ordered a rx 7800 xt thats coming next week, Ryzen 5 3600, 8x2GB of ram 3600mhz, Gigabyte B550M DS3H, 1tb ssd and a 240gb ssd) (this will change in around 2 months time when Ryzen 9000 comes out which I feel is worth uprgading to) Also I was looking at getting the DeepCool PQ850 80+ Gold PSU, but please feel free to give me some recommendations

It’s a sub 300 watt card, it’s fine on that psu.

[Salted Spinach]

Just knock 100mV off the core voltage in Adrenalin and enjoy a bump in performance at no cost

[podkall]

9 hours ago, Brexy9 said:

For now I have a Ryzen 5 3600, 8x2GB of ram 3600mhz, Gigabyte B550M DS3H, 1tb ssd and a 240gb ssd but I'm slowly upgrading and I pulled the trigger on the 7800 XT since the GRE was a 100 euros (130 USD) and the 4070 Super 150 euros (170 USD) more expensive than the 7800XT which in my eyes was just not worth it so I ordered an Asus Dual 7800 XT

yes paying 100+ $ more for merely 10% boost isn't that much worth it on a budget really,

 

as for components, it seems okay right now, the Ryzen 3600 doesn't drink a lot of juice,

 

and if you upgrade to 5600 or 7600 the PSU could still hold on too, Intel on the other hand is bit more power hungry so I'd be wary with it,

 

the PSU should technically handle 5800x3D or 7800x3D, but personally I'd upgrade PSU just to be safe, or just for the components to be safe.

[--SID--]

11 hours ago, Brexy9 said:

what PSU would you reccomend?

Some ATX3.0 model. Depends on your region what's available https://hwbusters.com/best_picks/best-atxv3-pcie5-ready-psus-picks-hardware-busters/2/