What power supply do I need

[Hamface55]

Hello,

 

I am upgrading my pc with a ryzen 3 1200 and a gtx 1060 3gb. How much watts do I need?

 

Thanks,

Dylan

[LienusLateTips]

IMO Ryzen 3 isn't worth it but 450W should be fine. Get a good 450 unit, like the CX450M or CX450.

[Clockwork_princess]

400w atleast 

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Clockwork_princess said:

400w atleast 

Actually 350 should be fine but there aren't any good-not-overpriced 350 units.

[manikyath]

just get something decent quality, i actually dont think there's decent quality units that have a wattage low enough to form a problem.

[Rolling Potatoe]

If you dont overclock you peak power draw will be....like around 200w.

Anyway, id rather get a ryzen 5 1600. 6 cores 12 threads should give decent gaming performance

for many years to come, so you dont lose performance when you upgrade the gpu later on.

[TetraSky]

That CPU should consume about 65W on full load while the GPU will take about 125W.

Add to that maybe an extra 100W for everything else in the system and to account for extra wattage that may be needed, and you have 300W.

I'd suggest a good quality 350W to 400W if you don't plan to overclock or upgrade ever.

 

But if you choose a low wattage PSU to fit your current needs, whenever you will want to upgrade to something better later down the line, you will have to buy a new PSU, so you may as well just get a good 500W~600W PSU now that will last for years and many builds, instead of having to buy another PSU because your low wattage one isn't good enough to power a more powerful system later on, the cost difference between them isn't that big after all.

[mrfluppers]

get a 650w so if you ever want to upgrade you'll have a lot of headroom

[Timbs]

Personally, I recommend the EVGA 600W Bronze Plus, as I got mine for around $40, and it has not given me any trouble. But first I would consider the physical size you need if you are using a weird case. If not, go with a Corsair CX500, or an EVGA 500W. Whichever really. Just about anything will work.

[Stefan Payne]

3 hours ago, Hamface55 said:

Hello,

 

I am upgrading my pc with a ryzen 3 1200 and a gtx 1060 3gb. How much watts do I need?

 

Thanks,

Dylan

DO NOT get the 1060/3GB

For modern Games you should have at least 4 Gig of VRAM. 

 

Sadly due to mining the GPU prices rose a bit...

So an RX470/570 would be a bit better deal due to +1GiG VRAM.
And also the 1060/3GiB has less Shader (and AFAIR also TMU) than the 6GiG Version.

So either save for the 6Gig or wait until you have the money. The 3GiG is just wasted...

 

 

get a 650w so if you ever want to upgrade you'll have a lot of headroom

No, just no.

He's talking about a Ryzen 3, so he probably don't have that much money. And until someone throws an LGA2011 Board with CPU at him, he'd never ever would come close to that.

 

650W are just the most wasted wattage there is for PSU. For dual GPU it's a bit on the lower side.

For single GPU far too much. 

 

You can _ONLY: Think about 650W if we are talking about ultra high end GPU (VEGA 64, 1080TI) AND HEDT Plattform (Threadripper, LGA 20xx)

 

With that system, a good 300W would be more than enough (though that doesn't really exist), so 400-450W is more than he will ever need.

And 400W because there are no 300/350W that can come close to some decent 400/450W units like be quiet Pure Power 10, Bitfenix Whisper M and also Cooler Master G-450.

[mrfluppers]

I mean like a good 450w is like $40-$50 and good 650w is like $50-$60, so not reall much of a price difference for +200w

[Stefan Payne]

11 minutes ago, mrfluppers said:

I mean like a good 450w is like $40-$50 and good 650w is like $50-$60, so not reall much of a price difference for +200w

No

Only somewhat OKish/decent 450W are available under 50$.

Good ones cost more than the 650W you mentioned.

 

A good 450W would be Bitfenix Whisper M, somewhat OK is be quiet Pure Power 10, Cougar GX-S.

 

And for what do you want/need 650W?!
For a Single CPU/GPU System there is just no need for it.

And don't come with that 'its quieter' nonsense...

That are rare cornercases, where someone saves on the Heatsinks for the smaller models and put a beefier one in for the bigger ones.

Or use a completely different plattform.

 

 

So no, it makes no sense, if you don't need it.
You get an actually louder unit, thats more inefficient under lower loads and waste money on something you don't need instead of quality.

In this case a higher quality unit would make more sense than a higher wattage one...

[LienusLateTips]

5 hours ago, mrfluppers said:

I mean like a good 450w is like $40-$50 and good 650w is like $50-$60, so not reall much of a price difference for +200w

IMO just get a 450, with the cheaper $40-50 CXM units you should really upgrade if you get something that needs more than 450. A 1080 and Ryzen 7 won't use 450.