[SOLVED] 350watts psu for my system

[sshah1603]

So I bought a VS550w psu for my system 2 months ago and it broke already, don’t know how but it was probably defected or something,
My parts:
Amd ryzen 2600 3.6ghz
Gtx 1060 6gb
MSI B450 tomahawk

i used to have a 350watts with my old parts but since I got all these new parts I got the 550, since this one broke, I sent a email to Corsair for a warranty thing. For the time being till I get my new PSU from Corsair, can my pc Handle itself with the 350watts psu?

 

[Shay Green]

Nope wouldnt try it at all

The minimum PSU wattage for a GTX 1060 6gb is 350W . So at least over 400 with everything else included

 

[extreme_noob]

It can work on 350W fine, but I'd be concerned for the quality of the PSU since very few actually good series of PSUs have units below 450W.

 

[sshah1603]

It can work on 350W fine, but I'd be concerned for the quality of the PSU since very few actually good series of PSUs have units below 450W.

The 350 has lasted me like 4 yrs, does that mean it’s high quality

 

[sshah1603]

Nope wouldnt try it at all

The minimum PSU wattage for a GTX 1060 6gb is 350W . So at least over 400 with everything else included

On pcpartpicker, it said the wattage for all my parts combined was 280

 

[sizzling]

I’d say if it’s a good quality 350w it’s still risky, if it’s a poor quality psu you are asking to kill your system. What’s the make and model of this 350w psu and how old is it?

 

[extreme_noob]

The 350 has lasted me like 4 yrs, does that mean it’s high quality

Do you know the specific unit?

 

[sizzling]

The 350 has lasted me like 4 yrs, does that mean it’s high quality

That tells you nothing

 

[Shay Green]

I’d say if it’s a good quality 350w it’s still risky, if it’s a poor quality psu you are asking to kill your system. What’s the make and model of this 350w psu and how old is it?

4 years he said

 

[Sean Green]

On pcpartpicker, it said the wattage for all my parts combined was 280

Your 350 can only output 280 as it will be 80 plus meaning 350/10*8=280 give or take so you are on the ropes with your consumption

 

[sizzling]

On pcpartpicker, it said the wattage for all my parts combined was 280

A lot of low quality psu’s have very weak 12v rails well below their claimed wattage.

 

[sizzling]

4 years he said

Yeah, that was posted while I was typing.

 

[Shay Green]

What were your old parts

 

[extreme_noob]

4 years he said

That says nothing of the make and model, or even age. It could be much older than 4 years, for all we know.

On pcpartpicker, it said the wattage for all my parts combined was 280

I'd say that is a good average consumption estimate. PSU recommendations for GPUs basically assume your unit is crap.
Ryzen 5 2600-146W MAXIMUM during multithreaded workloads
GTX 1060-197W MAXIMUM while gaming
It's reasonable to say the rest won't be loaded up to more than 20W, and you probably wont be running full multithreaded workloads on your CPU while loading your GPU at the same time

So you can see why it depends on how good the unit is

 

[Shay Green]

That says nothing of the make and model, or even age. It could be much older than 4 years, for all we know.


I'd say that is a good average consumption estimate. PSU recommendations for GPUs basically assume your unit is crap.
Ryzen 5 2600-146W MAXIMUM during multithreaded workloads
GTX 1060-197W MAXIMUM while gaming
It's reasonable to say the rest won't be loaded up to more than 20W, and you probably wont be running full multithreaded worklaods on your CPU while loading your GPU at the same time

So you can see why it depends on how good the unit is

Yeah IK 4 years tells you nothing, he just asked for the age

 

[sshah1603]

Ok, I guess I’ll just wait for Corsair to give me my new 550w, thank you guys for helping me