power a gpu

Hi all, I have been troubleshooting a GPU issue and though maybe I had a bad PS (Corsair RM1000x) at first. I ordered a second thinking the first was dead. For fun I moved ATX power to one PS and the CPU power to the other. PC didn't boot so I am curious how it knows it's not connected to the...

I've seen a few people ask this question on some different forums but I've seen mixed answers. I have a ryzen 7 5800x and an RTX 3080 that have somehow both been surviving on a 450w PSU for a few years now, I remember when I first upgraded and I was underwhelmed when I was running benchmarks on...

I have been offered a GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 3090 MASTER $800 Aud it's clean and when stressed tested by 3d and furmark does not go over 64 degrees. I heard about the vram issues but I only need something I can game on would it be ok?.

A few months ago I upgraded to an RTX 4060 from a 1070. After a few days my monitors would lose signal a few minutes after boot, but the problem was fixed by reseating and dusting my connections. 3 months later, my monitors randomly lose signal almost immediately after powering on. I swapped in...

Greetings, I was planning on upgrading my graphics card but i wanted to make sure that my PSU could haldle it. Here are my current specs on PcPartPicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/j424h3 , quick summary: Ryzen 5 5600x, 16gb 3600mhz ram, 1tb NVMe M.2, GTX 1050 (yes the non Ti 2gb version...

more context not necessary but will help you understand my situation i bought a Coolermaster MWE V2 450w -230V PSU. and its working fine. Now the problem remains is how do i use this PSU with my Dell Vostro 3471 tower ? One solution i can think of is to buy an Add2PSU board and then use...

I am looking to get this psu https://www.ebuyer.com/1144842-corsair-rm850x-850w-modular-80-gold-power-supply-cp-9020200-uk ^^^ And this gpu https://www.ebuyer.com/2186208-msi-geforce-rtx-4070-super-12gb-gaming-x-slim-graphics-card-rtx-4070-super-12g-gaming-x-slim ^^^ My question is because...

Hey guys, I need some assistance with a computer problem I've encountered recently. Here are the specs of my system: Motherboard: Z87K CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K RAM: 16GB PSU: 600W Graphics Card: RX580 8GB 2048SP The problem started when I decided to use the DisplayPort on my graphics card for...

so i recently recieved gtx 1060 6gb from my friend , but i cant power it. As it need 6 pin power cable my power supply doesnt have any 6 pin connector plus its only 200 watt power supply. i have 2 power supplies lying around which i dont know if they are safe or not. but that doesnt matter as...

Hello! i am planning to buy a new PSU (PURE POWER 12 M 750W) My current is DN500 and im switching my 1060 with the MSI 3070 OC and i have a question, ive looked into the psu and it looks good and well, but it has one PCIE 5.0 and one PCI E, Is 5.0 PCIE for 40 series? cause it says 600 watt...

Upgrading quite old PC to a build which will include a RTX4070. I’ve seen current gen of cards come with a 12VHPWR connector that seem to connect to 2x 8 pin power cables. Id like to get the cable mod 90 degree adapter...

I bought a GPU (RTX 3050 EX 1 Click OC 8GB), which was said to have 8 power jacks to connect to the power supply, but the graphics card only has 6 power jacks. Here is the image with the 6 power jacks: View: https://imgur.com/a/LHlDbx0 Is it safe to power the GPU on? Or should I contact the...

Hi everyone, I'm a bit confused on how to proceed with this, I bought a Nitro+ RX 590 from my friend that I'd like to install into my system to replace the RX 560D I've been using for the past 5 years, but I am worried about the power requirements: The card has a maximum power consumption of...

I have a Lenovo V50s-071MB computer. I now realize the power supply is very small, 260 watt max. I wanted to install a new graphics card on on the PCI express 16 slot I have, but as expected theres no 8 pin power connector. The chassis and so the power supply are very small form factor...

Hi guys I just started upgrading my PC, right now I upgraded my CPU to a Ryzen 7600X (from an i7-4790K), and my RAM with 32 GB of DDR5-5200 (from DDR3-1600). I'm planning on upgrading my R9 290 OC right now, and I found a 6950XT for around 930$ (the 7900XT is at 1450$) which seems a pretty...

Can this PSU run GTX750 or RX550? here is my system; Q9550 8Gb ram Sata II ssd biostar G41D3C Motherboard

As of yesterday my pc has been black screening constantly every 5-10 mins of usage. It reboots and is stuck in 720p can up it in settings to 1080p (my monitor is 1440p) What I’ve tried so far is updating gpu drivers, changing wall sockets, removed one monitor from my setup, underclocked...

Hello, can i put GTX 1060 3gb and GTX 1050 Ti 4gb at the same time with 600W PSU? I know that 1060 need 500W and 1050 Ti 300W, but on pcpartpicker.com it says that average wattage is 420W for the whole system. Will my power supply break or should i buy 800W PSU?

This is my first time swapping a graphics card, my previous card was an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 and my new card is an AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT and I read somewhere that it could draw 75W from the PCIe Bay but when I powered it on after installation there was a red light above the 6 pin slot and...

I just bought Asus rog strix 1070 OC 8G .. it requires 8pin Power connector.. but my PSU don’t have 8pin or 6pin. Can i use Dual Molex to 8-pin converter to power my 1070? Ps: My PSU is 600W 80+ bronze

I switched from RTX 2060 to RX 6700 XT. I had 550w Gigabyte PSU which I found really cool. After reading PSU requirements from vendor websites and answers from different forums, I decided to buy a 850 watt PSU for future safety - influenced by the common belief on internet. However, after...

Years ago I bought a pre-built computer, the hp envy 795, and the specs are an i7-8700, RX 580, 16 Gb ram, and a 400W PSU. I recently bought a 3060ti to replace the RX 580, and a corsair CX750F to replace my PSU as I need more power for the card. As I was going to replace the PSU I realized that...

Intel i5- 3330 Optiplex 7010 DT What I just got in the mail- gtx 1650 4gb low profile 300watt psu (I got trx instead of atx due to lack of guidance) I only see ports for the 24 pin and a 4 pin (not including the ones for the dvd drive and hdd and ssd) I can’t for the life of me figure out...

I have a 3080 which requires a 850w power supply which I want to install in my current system which only has a 650w power supply. I just need to do basic stuff with my computer(web browsing, zoom calls), I do not plan to game or do anything major while I am waiting for my new psu. Is it okay to...

Hey! I need your help, guys. I am trying to setting up a rig and have some questions. I have researched around, but many answers are too old and I do not know what is relevant and what is not to daily standards. I currently have: PSU: Cooler Master 850V Gold SFX (4 PSI-e slots) GPU: 1x GTX...

Hi guys! I have a quick question. I have the Gigabyte Aorus RTX 3080 xtreme and I want to know which cables I have to buy for it. The PSU I have is the Corsair RM850X (2021). Currently I am going to use the 3 6+2 pin connectors that came with the PSU. I haven't build it yet. So if I want...

I have an HP Proliant DL380 G7 server, in which I want to install an RX 580 to build a render server. I saw that with a riser, you can use PCI-E cards up to 150 Watts. Sadly, the 580 is rated at a TDP of 185 Watts. Can I use a secondary PSU to power the 580? I know that the proper thing to do...

I have a corsair vs350, and a ryzen 5 1500x, is 350w enough power for those?

PC Specs: --------------- AMD ryzen 5 3600 msi mortar b450 max G-skill flare X 16GB ASUS GT710 GDDR5 cooler master v2 550w => MWE Bronze When I start the PC , The EZ debug leds (only BIOS, DRAM, VGA not CPU) switch on with the fans just for a second and then everything shut off. Also I have to...

I'm mining with 1070 TI right now using CX550M and recently my friend wants to join me and he lends me 2 of his GPUs, one is GTX 1050 TI and the other is GTX 1060 6 GB. I'm kinda wondering if my PSU can handle at least two of the kind GPU, I just take a look and 1070 TI uses TDP 180 W and 1060...

My current rig : Motherboard: H61M S2 CPU: Intel I5-2500 Memory: 1x8 GB Kingston Hyper X Fury PSU: CX 550 M Corsair 80+ Bronze GPU : GTX 1070 TI Storage: Seagate Barracuda (during research I found that SSD is much more energy-efficient, so I think I will change this too later, what do you think...

I recently built a custom PC with an rtx AORUS 3080, and am having an issue with one of the power indicator lights on it. Whenever I am at load running a stress test, benchmark or more demanding game the power indicator light on the right-most PCI Express port on the card is occasionally...

Hey! Just bought a pci-e cable but the joined pins don't fit in my PSU. What do I do?

I have a new build that I want to power up but do not have the PCI-E power cables. It has a MSI GTX 970 with 1x6-pin and 1x6+2-pin. I just received Rosewill's third attempt to send the correct cables and again they are keyed wrong and won't plug into the power supply. I am not looking at running...

Hi, I have a be quiet! System Power 9 500W 80 Plus Bronze power supply will it be good enough for gtx 770? Any help apreciated. Other specs: I5 3570 12gb ram 2x2gb and 2x4gb ddr3 1666mhz 1 system fan

My old power supply is dead right now i played game and my pc just turn on i testing component and i knoe its power supply my old power supply is IGMAX-2560C and i thing that PSU cant hold my GPU and now i wana buy GMB-650 I wana know is it good power supply for my GPU i have 8Gb RAM 2x4 DDR3...

I am not sure if this forum is the right place to ask this question but i saw some similar posts so here goes: In my long-ongoing quest to understand how a computer works, I recently watched a lot of videos on pcb design and VRMs. As far as I understand it, the exclusive task of VRMs is to...

I have a gtx 1070 ti which I wish to plug into my PSU, and I have a single 8 pin power cable with 2 6+2 connectors on the end. Could I plug both 6+2 pin cables in and not have to use a second port on my psu, or do I have to use 2 separate cables entirely. I have another evga variant of the same...

I want to know that if my PSU can run a GTX 1060 6GB, RX 580 8GB or RX 570 4GB. My Specs are: Core I7 3770 8GB DDR3 RAM (I will upgrade it to 16GB if required) MSI H61 Motherboard 1TB WD Blue Hard Disk 500 GB Seagate Barracuda Hard Disk ADATA 120 GB SATA SSD I can't insert a picture here so you...

Whenever I'm doing something high-maintenance on my computer (although it has also happened at random), my screen turns black and my GPU fans go up to the maximum. The only way to stop this is by turning off the computer from the power button, but after it's turned off power is still being...