Question RX 6700xt Power

Feb 28, 2023
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Hello,

Recently I purchased a rx 6700xt graphics card. The power supply I have is an EVGA BQ Bronze 600w and with this it only comes with one VGA outlet. For the GPU it uses a 6 pin and 8pin connector.

I am wondering if it would be okay to
  1. use this PSU with a VGA daisy cable to power both the connectors with one cord.
  2. Use this PSU wattage wise as AMD recommends 650w PSU

Thank you.

Build:
GPU: rx 6700xt
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600g
RAM: 16gb 3600
MOBO: Gigabyte b550 ds3h
CASE: Cooler Master MB320L
Storage: WD blue 500gb SSD m.2
PSU: EVGA BQ 600w Bronze
 
If it calls for 650 you should likely upgrade it. Probably a good idea to get a good 750-850 watt unit. It cost a bit at the time but this is the power supply I run and I’ve been happy with it.

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/corsai...tx-power-supply-black/6459244.p?skuId=6459244

But in my opinion you definitely want to be sure you’ve got proper power going to your components. I’ve fried ports on a motherboard by not using the correct power supply. You certainly don’t want to have issues with your new card or other components.
 

artk2219

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Eh, you'll likely be fine, the RX 6700xt in a full torture loops doesn't use much more than 230w. Your entire system under full load would likely use under 400w. I went ahead and did a check with a power supply calculator to see roughly what you're looking at. I subbed in a Ryzen 5 5600x, and I didn't know all your system particulars so I used two 8gb ddr4 dimms, one SSD, two hdd, five 120mm fans, and set it to always on 100% full load. Even with that it came out to 430w with a recommended PSU of atleast 480w. Granted your PSU isn't crazy high end, it should be able to handle what you would have plugged into it just fine.

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-rx-6700-xt-review/4

https://outervision.com/b/kWFwtu
 
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