Watt Consumption

I have been having issues with spikes of fps drops in games I play and after watching MSI afterburner I’ve noticed that in games while my gpu is at 99-100% my wattage is only typically at 330 which already seems way too low and it will drop to 100 causing my GPU utilization to drop which causes...

I am considering getting a GTX 1650 to upgrade my dell Optiplex 7050 SFF. I am concerned about whether the PSU has enough wattage to support the graphics card ( the gtx 1650 is 75w). I also am wondering if the i7 6700 would bottleneck the graphics card. Thanks.

Hello! i am planning on a GPU and PSU upgrade, I've settled on 3070, so thought i'll get a good 700 watt psu, but when i looked at the GPUs i got a question regarding PSU. i noticed that all the 3070s at the TRUSTED stores at me are OC versions MSI Geforce RTX 3070 Ventus 2X OC 8GB, Zotac...

Hi, I recently got an early 2015 MBP and downloaded coconut battery just to double check stuff. The laptop itself has been fine as has the battery. But I couldn't help notice at the bottom under "charging with" the wattage of the charger read as anywhere from 35-40 watts. Is this normal from a...

I just bought a new Rx 6650 xt and was wondering if my power supply would be enough to power it. I am planning on upgrading my psu as well but wanted to see if I can game with my 6650 xt while I wait. I was running a RX 570 prior to buying this GPU PS: I have not tested the 6650 xt yet so...

Hello community, since i am not much experienced at building PCs, i am here to reach for a help. My wife's current PC setup is: CPU: AMD FX-8320E with 1x90mm fan GPU: AMD Radeon 5700XT BE PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 550 GT (Plus Gold) RAM: HyperX Savage 4x8GB DDR3 (1600MHz i believe) MoBo: MSI 970...

Yesterday my 500w PSU was dead (probably burned) and I replaced it with the PSU that came with my Maxgreen casing. It says 500w on the PSU's body but it's actually 200w. So is 200w enough for my pc? Note that I play Rainbow Six Siege 10 hours daily. My PC specs are: i3 8100 gt 1030 (gigabyte...

Good Evening Everyone! I hope you are doing well! These past couple of weeks have been so frustrating trying to render a 4K video using CUDA in Adobe Premiere Pro 2022. Whenever I render a video, both of my monitors instantly turn off and go to sleep (in the meantime I can hear the windows...

So basically I am fully out of ideas. My Asus Dual gtx 1060 6gb OC model is Using a average load of 50 watts in load in some extremely heavy loads the max I seen is 66 watts. In idle it stays steady in 39 to 40 watts. The problem with the low wattage usage is that I cant even play games or what...

This pc is gonna be used for 3D rendering with Blender3D, and the rendering process is quite heavy. Cpu: R9 5950x GPU: 2 x rtx 3070 8GB Motherboard: MAG X570 TOMAHAWK DDr4: 4 * 32GB 3200Mhz Storage: 2* Samsung pro 980 1T , 1 * ssd 2.5 , 1* an old 4t hdd Fans: 4-5 Thank you to everyone who is...

So I've recently built a new PC, currently using my OLD Vega 64 with it, but I plan to upgrade to a RX 6800xt Gpu model, at some point (if I'm lucky enough finding a decently priced one), although now I'm worried I way not have enough capacity on a 750 gold rated Seasonic PSU. (to the extent of...

Hi, I'm having a some problems sometimes when I'm play games that the game crashes and can get an error like Device unplugged after the screen turns black and seems explorer restarts. I've added a snippet from HWiNFO64 of the CPU section of the info show max and min Watts, Volts and temp. I'm...

Hello guys, I have 1 question about getting a UPS for my PC. I've read a few threads in this forum and around the internet. I've managed to understand that I need to get a Pure Wave UPS. One thing I cant figure out is the wattage I need, and what brand is most trusted. What software can I use...

My cpu is a g4560 from intel. It's a 54W cpu but when i check the wattage it's only using 18W max. At idle it uses 8W and when I'm gaming at 90% usage it draws 16-17W. I think it's my power supply that's causing it. This is from HWmonitor

I have a AMD fx4300 quad that consume max 95 watt in my cyberpower pc with stock deep cool heatsink that comes with it. I want to upgrade to a amd fx 8320 8 core that consumes 125 watts at max. The fx 8320 is used so doesnt come with a heatsink.

I am not sure how to calculate the optimal PSU wattage for a system, I found some websites to help online but they do not consider overclocking. I currently have a 350 Watt PSU Specs are: CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600XT GPU: GTX 1050Ti (I plan on playing games like CS:GO and Valorant which are more...

Hello, i have a quick question for you, i have an amd ryzen 7 3800x. On the stresstest ,100% of usage , it uses only 67.000W to 67.800W and the core voltage is abbout 1.200V to 1.487V. I have a psu which is not that good , is normal tha its not using the maximum watt which is 105W if i am...

Hello - Is it important to use psu in Motherboard QVL list ? another questions : does this PSU from EVGA Good with MSI Unify Z490? is this PSU has 2x8pin cpu power connecter beacuse the mother board has 2x8 pin cpu power connector ? does this PSU good in general? PSU LINK ...

Hey everyone looking for a little advice, thanks in advance for all your help. I was just curious if I needed to upgrade my psu, for 1080p gaming. System specs: MSI 970 Gaming Motherboard AMD FX 8320 (No OC) Corsair H55 AIO 16gb Corsair Ram @1866mhz MSI RX 580 Gaming X 8gb (No OC) 1TB WD Blue...

Hello all. I have the following build: HDD WESTERN DIGITAL WD10EZEX 1TB CAVIAR BLUE SATA3 SSD KINGSTON SUV400S37/120G SSDNOW UV400 120GB 2.5'' SATA3 STAND-ALONE DRIVE CPU AMD RYZEN 5 1500X 3.70GHZ 4-CORE WITH WRAITH SPIRE BOX MOTHERBOARD ASROCK AB350 PRO4 RETAIL PSU BE QUIET! PURE POWER 10 - CM...

Hello guys , Do you have any suggestions for a good UPS to power my PC 550w (seasonic focus + gold ) monitor 27' 50w and a router . How many VA i need and is there a diffrence between online and offline UPS's ?

Hi everyone Im sitting on semi new to overclocking and im wondering how much id be able to overclock on the PSU ive got Specs are: Cpu: ryzen 5 2600 Gpu: rx 580 nitro+ Ram: 16 gb 3000 mhz Motherboard: gigabyte ds3h b450m Ssd: adata xpg 8200x pro Case: fractal design focus g mini Extra case...

How many watts of consumption from the GPU is too much when using a Molex to PCIe adaptor that would be unsafe? If I have a 600 watts 80 plus bronze PSU with only one 6pin pci-e connector and I want to use a MSI GTX 670 OC (requires 2x6 pin connectors), would it be safe? Or would the needs of...

AMD Ryzen 3 2200g Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000hz Ram 2x8GB WD Black SN750 M.2 250GB HyperX Fury 120GB SSD Gigabyte B450M DS3H Gigabyte WB1733D-I Corsair CX450M Currently have this setup but looking to add a GTX Titan Black, however the power limits would be borderline, just slightly over...

Hey, I have my computer and it runs nice but I’m about to swap out my RTX 2080 Ti blower for another 2080 Ti. Is my PSU enough to handle everything listed in my case -800 Watts - Standard 80 Plus Gold Certified Power Supply Specs: Intel® Core™ Processor i9-9900K @ 4.8GHZ MSI Gaming X Trio...

I'm building a PC with following configuration: Processor: i5 9400F Graphics: GTX 1060 6GB Phoenix edition SSD: M.2 SSD 140GB HDD: 1TB WD Blue RAM: G.skill Aegis DDR4 2666MHz 16x1 MoBo: ASRock B360M-HDV 3 120mm fans on Cabinet USB 3.1 and Audio jack slots on front (do they consume power?) I've...

Hi. I have the below config, FX 8350 Black Edition 4.0 GHz Gigabyte GA78 LMT USB3 r2 1x Corsair ValueSelect 4gb 1600MHz 1x Corsair ValueSelect 8gb 1333MHz MSI GTX 1060 3GB Armor 1 WD Green 128GB SSD 1 WD Green 1TB SATA HDD Right now I am using a Frontech Power supply called Frontech JIL2430...

I am wondering, how much power might I consume with 1ssd, 2hdd's, a solid GPU, 32gb ram, and i7 4790k. Is 550w not enough? Should I wait till Friday and get 750w? I am not going to do SLI.