GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1060 for XFX XT 400w

[Rayaldi]

so, I plan to buy a graphic card that would be safe to use using my PSU for years, my current build are:

CPU: Ryzen 3 2200G
MB: ASUS EX-A320M-GAMING
RAM: Team Elite Plus 2x4GB 2666 Mhz
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7.2K RPM
PSU: XFX XT 400w
Additional: 1x PCIe WLAN Card (TP-Link TL-WN881ND)
3x 120mm LED case fan

I don't plan on changing the stock CPU Fan and getting another Hard Drives since I have external drives, but will upgrade the ram to 4x4GB later, so which GPU will be safe to use under that condition? I certainly wont change the PSU especially while its still in warranty period.

I also might consider getting those RX500 series but I read that RX 560 isn't better than GTX 1050 Ti, and RX 570 has the same TDP as GTX 1060, so I guess those two isn't much of an option?

or I should get GTX 1050 Ti afterall since my CPU will bottleneck the GTX 1060?

Thx in advance.

 

[aswindamara]

Your CPU will NOT bottlenecking the GPU. if you want to looking for future proof, get the 1060. even G4560 still can handle Gtx 1080. but i believe there is RTX 2060 will be coming out soon. and my suggestion is picking rx 560 and lower or gtx 1050 and lower, is a bad idea for future proof.

 

[Rayaldi]

Your CPU will NOT bottlenecking the GPU. if you want to looking for future proof, get the 1060. even G4560 still can handle Gtx 1080. but i believe there is RTX 2060 will be coming out soon. and my suggestion is picking rx 560 and lower or gtx 1050 and lower, is a bad idea for future proof.

thx for replying. Waiting for those RTX 2060 might be a great idea.

and so back to my main question, "is GTX 1060 or 120 TDP GPU actually safe to use in my PSU or not?" since I read that my PSU is somewhat of low quality.

 

[sizzling]

400w if good quality should be enough but I cannot find any decent reviews where they test the performance of the XFX XT 400w so I have no idea if it can actually be considered a 400w of good quality. I did see it uses a basic design and cheap capacitors in one review (strangely the did test the psu) so the 400w performance is definitely not guaranteed.

A 2200G would bottleneck a 1060 at 1080p in the latest cpu heavy games. The above statement that a G4560 can handle a GTX 1080 is completely wrong. I can’t be bothered to go into too much detail, sure you can google cpu benchmarks. I will say this, quad cores are the entry level for gaming now, the G4560 is a dual core with hyperthreading and is below minimum recommended for most/all modern AAA games.

 

[aswindamara]

Your CPU will NOT bottlenecking the GPU. if you want to looking for future proof, get the 1060. even G4560 still can handle Gtx 1080. but i believe there is RTX 2060 will be coming out soon. and my suggestion is picking rx 560 and lower or gtx 1050 and lower, is a bad idea for future proof.

thx for replying. Waiting for those RTX 2060 might be a great idea.

and so back to my main question, "is GTX 1060 or 120 TDP GPU actually safe to use in my PSU or not?" since I read that my PSU is somewhat of low quality.

The power draw of gtx 1060 as same as 1060's TDP might be only increase about 5 Watt for total 125 watt, i've seen on Article, that 1060's having 130 Watt Powerdraw on gaming. and for Ryzen 3 2200G Full Load on 100-130Watt, so your systems might be equal to 260-280watt. the question is, does your PSU support 6 Pin Connector?

 

[madmatt30]

The xt series are fairly low,end,units.

The 400w will handle a ryzen quad & a 1060 though without a doubt.

I certainly would not buy a 1050ti if you can afford a 1060, it's just a way better gpu.

 

[Hellfire13]

1060 is 120w. The recommended system power is 400w. That recommendation is based taking into consideration some crappy PSU quality. So the actual draw from the wall will be somewhere in the ballpark of 350w.
XFX XT is 80+ bronze with a max 12v output of 360w. Considering its a Tier 5 unit with pretty low quality, I wont trust my brand new card to go up in flames.
Your call mate.

 

[Rayaldi]

The power draw of gtx 1060 as same as 1060's TDP might be only increase about 5 Watt for total 125 watt, i've seen on Article, that 1060's having 130 Watt Powerdraw on gaming. and for Ryzen 3 2200G Full Load on 100-130Watt, so your systems might be equal to 260-280watt. the question is, does your PSU support 6 Pin Connector?

Well, they even advertising it as SLi/CrossFire ready, so yeah, it has x2 6+2 pin connector

The xt series are fairly low,end,units.

The 400w will handle a ryzen quad & a 1060 though without a doubt.

I certainly would not buy a 1050ti if you can afford a 1060, it's just a way better gpu.

My biggest dilema is whether it is safe to use GTX 1060 in this low end PSU for long term, since my MB also has some kind of RGB lighting in it and I wouldn't want the risk of damaging other parts.

1060 is 120w. The recommended system power is 400w. That recommendation is based taking into consideration some crappy PSU quality. So the actual draw from the wall will be somewhere in the ballpark of 350w.
XFX XT is 80+ bronze with a max 12v output of 360w. Considering its a Tier 5 unit with pretty low quality, I wont trust my brand new card to go up in flames.
Your call mate.

So I take it you wouldn't recommend it? Since like I said before, I won't change the PSU for years, at least the very least a couple years.

 

[Hellfire13]

So I take it you wouldn't recommend it? Since like I said before, I won't change the PSU for years, at least the very least a couple years.

Correct. Its not recommended.

 

[Rayaldi]

Correct. Its not recommended.

Thx, I wouldn't want the risk of damaging other parts, So I'll go with GTX 1050 Ti, or maybe if the new RTX Series will launch GPU that has TDP lower than 100w.