Question Do I need to upgrade my PSU for an RTX 3080 12gb?

[bingaloman]

I recently purchased an RTX 3080 12gb on the way and I was wondering if it was necessary for me to also upgrade my PSU? I currently have an EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 psu.
Would this be sufficient to run the 3080 12gb along a 9900K? I don't plan on overclocking anything and mainly intend on just using for gaming.

Thanks!

 

[Bob.B]

I recently purchased an RTX 3080 12gb on the way and I was wondering if it was necessary for me to also upgrade my PSU? I currently have an EVGA SuperNOVA 750 G2 psu.
Would this be sufficient to run the 3080 12gb along a 9900K? I don't plan on overclocking anything and mainly intend on just using for gaming.

Thanks!

You can certainly try it should not take very long to figure out how well the psu handles the power spikes.

 

[bingaloman]

You can certainly try it should not take very long to figure out how well the psu handles the power spikes.

Got it, I feel like I might as well upgrade the psu for peace of mind but was just wondering what everyone's thoughts were.

 

[Cem Goker]

750 watts should be sufficient enough if you truly won't OC as you say, however, you will have to consider the fact that the Nvidia RTX 30 series have transient spike issues. If it were me, I would go with at least an 850 Watt PSU. Check out some reddit threads here: PSA 3090 / 3080 transient load spikes north of 500w according to Seasonic. : hardware (reddit.com), RTX 3080: 489w Transient spikes. : nvidia (reddit.com) . Best to check out PSU tier list and go from there.

 

[Viking2121]

That PSU should handle that card, If it was the ti I'd probably say no with the exception of some high-quality brands of PSU's, but yours is pretty decent quality, a little older but it should power that 3080 with no problems.

If you do want to upgrade, Many EVGA PSU's wires are compatible with other EVGA PSU's, so you won't have to reroute all of your wires, not all of them are compatible with each other, Do your research first!! Or ask, but if you go with a Corsair PSU or any other modular brand, DO NOT use your existing EVGA wires on it, you'll kill your system.

Good Luck