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[SOLVED] Is a Seasonic GX-750 gold+ enough for a 3080

TheTealTiger

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As my title says I want to upgrade to a 3080, probably a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming OC and oc it. My specs are:
CPU ryzen 7 3700x
CPU cooling Noctua NH-D15S
Case Corsair ICUE 220t
Case fan 6X corsair sp120 with rgb commander
RAM Corsair vengeance rgb pro 32gb
MOBO Gigabyte AORUS B550 AC pro
GPU bracket Coolermaster with RGB
RGB strips Corsair lightrning node pro
Storage PCIE Kingston A2000 250gb
Storage PCIE Kingston A2000 1000gb
Storage Sata SSD Samsung 870 evo pro
Should i upgrade my seasonic to a 850 watt / 1000 watt or is 750 enough?
 
Solution
I have the same gpu and cpu and have been running from a Seasonic Pime Ultra 650w Platinum since September with no issues.

The NVidia 750w recommendation states when using a 10900k. A cpu that can well over a 100w more than an overclocked 3700X.

The 750w you have should be good.