1050ti or alternative gpu ?

[iiNNeX]

Hey guys. I have decided to pick a GPU for my Media/NAS PC, so I can game on it while I wait for the 8700k to release for my main rig.

 

I however have 2 problems that I need help with:

 

1. How much wattage do I really have in my disposal ? (that would determine which tier of GPU I can get)

 

Specs are here: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/PQL4zM

 

According to pcpartspicker my PC uses 330W or there abouts with the GT210 currently in it, or about 298W without it. Now I call bs on that, because under full 100% AIda64 stress test my Eaton UPS reported max power draw of 185W.

 

Which brings us to question 2. Which GPU should I Get? Will a 1050ti do? Maybe a 1060? Is the FX6300 too much of a bottleneck for a 1060? 

 

Thank you

[Energycore]

You can get away with a 1060 on that PSU.

 

Try to point some airflow at it to be safe though.

 

And you might find a used 970 or 980 on the cheap, you can do those as well.

 

I'm assuming that your CPU's not overclocked, keep it that way. You can OC Maxwell though.

[bughtoo]

4 minutes ago, iiNNeX said:

Hey guys. I have decided to pick a GPU for my Media/NAS PC, so I can game on it while I wait for the 8700k to release for my main rig.

 

I however have 2 problems that I need help with:

 

1. How much wattage do I really have in my disposal ? (that would determine which tier of GPU I can get)

 

Specs are here: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/PQL4zM

 

According to pcpartspicker my PC uses 330W or there abouts with the GT210 currently in it, or about 298W without it. Now I call bs on that, because under full 100% AIda64 stress test my Eaton UPS reported max power draw of 185W.

 

Which brings us to question 2. Which GPU should I Get? Will a 1050ti do? Maybe a 1060? Is the FX6300 too much of a bottleneck for a 1060? 

 

Thank you

Do i rememebr correctly that 1050ti doesnt need cables from PSU? When yes then 1050ti is available, but 1060 would be on the edge, if you have more than 2/3 drives in the NAS i would not risk 1060

[Energycore]

Just now, bughtoo said:

Do i rememebr correctly that 1050ti doesnt need cables from PSU? When yes then 1050ti is available, but 1060 would be on the edge, if you have more than 2/3 drives in the NAS i would not risk 1060

NAS Drives are pretty low power consumption though. Stuff like Deskstar NAS or WD Red.

[emosun]

probably should stick with the 1050 is you only have a 400w psu.

everyone will say 400w is plenty for a 1060 but they are usually the ones that also say you can doubleshot nitrous into stock honda civic engines.

[Energycore]

Just now, emosun said:

probably should stick with the 1050 is you only have a 400w psu.

everyone will say 400w is plenty for a 1060 but they are usually the ones that also say you can doubleshot nitrous into stock honda civic engines.

That's a terrible analogy.

For one, that's a Seasonic, Platinum rated PSU. It's reliable up to 400W. And GTX 1060s only consume 120W.

[emosun]

8 minutes ago, Energycore said:

For one, that's a Seasonic, Platinum rated PSU. It's reliable up to 400W

 

I see no issue running a fanless media center power supply at almost it's entire capacity.

it's "reliable" at maybe 250-300w , 400w is it's maximum burst output especially with no fan. 

but sure go ahead and run it , I don't care if it blows it's not mine.

 

[Energycore]

4 minutes ago, emosun said:

 

I see no issue running a fanless media center power supply at almost it's entire capacity.

it's "reliable" at maybe 250-300w , 400w is it's maximum burst output especially with no fan. 

but sure go ahead and run it , I don't care if it blows it's not mine.

 

I feel like you don't know what a continuous rating is or that Seasonic rates its PSUs for continuous usage, not peak power usage. A system that draws 400W might have 500-600W peaks that last a couple miliseconds, and PSUs like these can handle those peaks.

[AlTech]

22 minutes ago, Energycore said:

That's a terrible analogy.

For one, that's a Seasonic, Platinum rated PSU. It's reliable up to 400W. And GTX 1060s only consume 120W.

TDP != Power Consumption.

 

A valuable lesson our dear friend AMD can tell us all about .

[bughtoo]

29 minutes ago, Energycore said:

NAS Drives are pretty low power consumption though. Stuff like Deskstar NAS or WD Red.

True forgot about that, but would my thinking be right if he had like 6 of them?  Then it could make problems or?

[Energycore]

Just now, bughtoo said:

True forgot about that, but would my thinking be right if he had like 6 of them?  Then it could make problems or?

Yeah probably at like 6 it starts being an issue, but WD has rated power numbers and OP can add them up: 100W for a CPU, 120 for a 1060, then 6XWhatever the WD Reds consume at load.

[emosun]

13 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I feel like you don't know what a continuous rating is or that Seasonic rates its PSUs for continuous usage, not peak power usage. A system that draws 400W might have 500-600W peaks that last a couple miliseconds, and PSUs like these can handle those peaks.

like I said , when it blows up it's not mine (or yours) , so bad advice doesn't really matter here.

go ahead and use the fanless 400w it'll work great

[iiNNeX]

43 minutes ago, Energycore said:

You can get away with a 1060 on that PSU.

 

Try to point some airflow at it to be safe though.

 

And you might find a used 970 or 980 on the cheap, you can do those as well.

 

I'm assuming that your CPU's not overclocked, keep it that way. You can OC Maxwell though.

 

The CPU is overclocked to 4.5ghz mate, with very slight voltage bump. I have 5 noctua fans inside the system, actually 6 if you count the one on the CPU cooler, so airflow is good. I am looking for 1000 series cards only so I guess it's either 1050ti or 1060 3GB.

 

43 minutes ago, bughtoo said:

Do i rememebr correctly that 1050ti doesnt need cables from PSU? When yes then 1050ti is available, but 1060 would be on the edge, if you have more than 2/3 drives in the NAS i would not risk 1060

That is correct, the 75W 1050ti variants do not need PSU cables. The EVGA FTW edition that is 120W does I think tho. I have 4 HDDs inside, WD Red 6TB each and 2x Sata SSDs along with all the fans.

19 minutes ago, Energycore said:

I feel like you don't know what a continuous rating is or that Seasonic rates its PSUs for continuous usage, not peak power usage. A system that draws 400W might have 500-600W peaks that last a couple miliseconds, and PSUs like these can handle those peaks.

So my PSU is or isn't ok to run a 1060 in ? I would like to OC the GPU if possible so perhaps 1050ti Dual Fan variant with a mild OC should be ok? I have my FX6300 oc'ed to 4.5ghz.

[Energycore]

36 minutes ago, iiNNeX said:

 

The CPU is overclocked to 4.5ghz mate, with very slight voltage bump. I have 5 noctua fans inside the system, actually 6 if you count the one on the CPU cooler, so airflow is good. I am looking for 1000 series cards only so I guess it's either 1050ti or 1060 3GB.

 

That is correct, the 75W 1050ti variants do not need PSU cables. The EVGA FTW edition that is 120W does I think tho. I have 4 HDDs inside, WD Red 6TB each and 2x Sata SSDs along with all the fans.

So my PSU is or isn't ok to run a 1060 in ? I would like to OC the GPU if possible so perhaps 1050ti Dual Fan variant with a mild OC should be ok? I have my FX6300 oc'ed to 4.5ghz.

If your wall power says 185W even with the OC at load, adding the 1060 will be fine.

 

I wouldn't go past 1060 though.

[iiNNeX]

24 minutes ago, Energycore said:

If your wall power says 185W even with the OC at load, adding the 1060 will be fine.

 

I wouldn't go past 1060 though.

Hey Energy,

 

Yeah that's what I thought, but just to be on the safe side, I have ordered this:

EVGA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti SSC GAMING ACX 3.0 4GB GDDR5 Graphics Card, 768 Core, 1366MHz GPU, 1480MHz Boost

 

Will give it a +150 on the core and +300 on memory, hope the wattage stays happy with that. Alternatively it is still fast enough even in stock form, GPU Boost 3.0 will do it's thing I'm sure.

 

Cheers guys, much love <3 (no homo)

[Energycore]

Just now, iiNNeX said:

(no homo)

Not that that matters

 

Glad you made up your mind and enjoy your card