Question Seasonic 550W Platinum enough for Ryzen 3600? Quiet PSU

Jan 22, 2020
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Hi guys :)

I decided i want a quiet Power Supply that is passive during Idle, browsing and writing, and not make much noise during photoediting or video editing either,
I wonder i a Seasonic Focus plus 550W Platinum would be enough for this setup?

B450 Mortar + Ryzen 3600 (65W TDP) + GTX 1660 (120W TDP)
I will not overclock the CPU but probably the ram just a bit :)

Will this work fine? and do power supplies of higher wattage first turn on fan at higher wattage?
I chose the platinum over gold since the price difference was close to nothing :)
 
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I think it should be enough. NVidia only recommends 450 and they tend to go a little high sometimes.

....as far as....." do power supplies of higher wattage first turn on fan at higher wattage "
That would depend on the design.
It would make sense that if "all things were equal" that would probably be the case.....but all things aren't equal.
 

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In boot, bios is running a 50% or better load, and there's as yet nothing really controlling fans. So it's unavoidable that they'll run higher/louder at startup, but will settle down after boot process.

Platinum just means it's been tested and has a higher efficiency than gold. Components only pull wattage from the psu that they need, at startup for a fan that's more than running wattage, psus only supply power, not force power. A 12v fan will only pull 12v, doesn't matter if it's a cheap 225w psu or expensive 1600w psu.