[SOLVED] 3060 and its power consumption alongside my cpu...?

[Frank Effe]

Hey fellas! So i guess its time to finally upgrade my old 570. Ive been checking the market lately and the 3060 fits my budget. The thing is, considering i own this psu (https://www.thermaltake.com/smart-500w.html) im aware I may be a little over the limit of its capacity... but i also own a R5 1600af, which doesnt draw a lot of power. My question is, will it be enough as long as I dont change my cpu or im gonna have to change the psu to avoid crashes, bsod, etc? I remember reading in some post that this psu could handle a 2060 just fine (3060 has a very similar consumption) thanks y'all!

 

[Aeacus]

My question is, will it be enough

Not by a mile.

What you have, is low quality unit, borderline crap quality. So, for build quality alone, your PSU will not do.
Also, wattage wise, i'd be comfortable with 650W unit, powering the 170W RTX 3060.

So, either collect more money and buy proper PSU as well, e.g Seasonic Focus/PRIME or Corsair RM/RMi/RMx; OR buy cheaper GPU, so that you have money to buy proper, good quality PSU.

For 2nd opinion about your PSU, look here, yours sits in Tier D,
PSU tier list: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...er-list-rev-14-8-final-update-jul-21.3624094/

While anything i've suggested is in Tier A.

Keep in mind, that PSU powers everything and thus, is the most important component inside the PC. Since when you use cheap/crap PSUs, they going "pop" is very likely and they have the ability to fry everything they are connected to (aka your whole PC and your new fancy GPU as well).

So, you have a simple choice:

1. Buy good quality PSU to power your entire PC and new GPU.
2. Count the days your cheap PSU lasts, until you hear a "pop" and see magic smoke coming out of your PC. At that point, you have no other choice but to buy new PSU and new MoBo/GPU as well. And if lucky, you have to buy completely new PC since everything is fried.

 

[Frank Effe]

Not by a mile.

What you have, is low quality unit, borderline crap quality. So, for build quality alone, your PSU will not do.
Also, wattage wise, i'd be comfortable with 650W unit, powering the 170W RTX 3060.

So, either collect more money and buy proper PSU as well, e.g Seasonic Focus/PRIME or Corsair RM/RMi/RMx; OR buy cheaper GPU, so that you have money to buy proper, good quality PSU.

For 2nd opinion about your PSU, look here, yours sits in Tier D,
PSU tier list: https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...er-list-rev-14-8-final-update-jul-21.3624094/

While anything i've suggested is in Tier A.

Keep in mind, that PSU powers everything and thus, is the most important component inside the PC. Since when you use cheap/crap PSUs, they going "pop" is very likely and they have the ability to fry everything they are connected to (aka your whole PC and your new fancy GPU as well).

So, you have a simple choice:

1. Buy good quality PSU to power your entire PC and new GPU.
2. Count the days your cheap PSU lasts, until you hear a "pop" and see magic smoke coming out of your PC. At that point, you have no other choice but to buy new PSU and new MoBo/GPU as well. And if lucky, you have to buy completely new PC since everything is fried.

Thanks mate. After doing some research i guess ill go with this one https://www.coolermaster.com/us/en-us/catalog/power-supplies/mwe-series/mwe-bronze-650/ though i know where it ranks on the tier list. I appreciate the examples you gave me but unfortunately in my country thanks to taxation and other stuff PSUs like the one you mentioned (or any from tier A-B) are extremely overpriced, if you are lucky enough to get one! I guess ill go with that one and instead ill buy a 3050.

 

[Aeacus]

though i know where it ranks on the tier list.

Yeah, it's Tier C unit.

At bare minimum, i'd look towards Tier B, IF given there are no Tier A units available (yes, there are countries where no Tier A PSUs are available).

but unfortunately in my country thanks to taxation and other stuff PSUs like the one you mentioned (or any from tier A-B) are extremely overpriced, if you are lucky enough to get one!

Good quality PSU lasts easy 10 years and that extremely long lifespan is peanuts compared to what they cost. Cheaper PSUs you'd be replacing every few years, so in 10 years time, you'll end up paying far more for all the cheap PSUs combined, than one good quality unit would cost. And there's also the risk of cheap PSU going sky high, whereby you need to replace your entire PC.

Tell me, is your current PC + the new GPU you're going to buy, worth more or less, combined, than any single Tier A unit? 🤔 My guess is that your PC as a whole costs more than one Tier A PSU.

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Since i care a lot about all my PCs, i won't put a mediocre quality (Tier C or below) unit into my PC that fails to meet ATX PSU standards set in place for all OEMs to follow, so that the PSUs are safe to use and doesn't damage other components. In fact, i've gone above and beyond regarding PSUs in my PCs.
Some may call me nuts that i payed €206.80 for a PSU that sits in my Skylake build (Seasonic SSR-650TD) and my latest PSU purchase for Haswell build costed €205.50 (Seasonic SSR-650TR), while i would've been safe with a PSU that costs €80.50 (Seasonic GX-550). While that can be true and i could've saved a lot of money, i feel safe and comfortable that my two main PCs are powered by the best offered by Seasonic.

I won't suggest expensive PSUs in builds when the budget is way restricted. But i still suggest getting a PSU that at least meets all the ATX PSU standards, even if it's fully wired (like Seasonic SS-620GB or Seasonic GC-650).