[SOLVED] Sufficient wattage for my build?

Thundurh

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I've had my current 600W PSU for about 5 years now, and I was just wondering if it still supplies a sufficient amount of power for my gaming computer to work well!

My current specs are:
CPU- i5 10600k

GPU- GTX 980 Ti

MOTHERBOARD- Asus PRIME B490-PLUS

RAM- Corsair Vengeance 16GB

PSU- EVGA BRONZE 600W

STORAGE-
250 GB SSD
1TB HDD

Thanks!
 
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Solution
There are several possible explanations that I can think of:

  1. The game needs a patch.
  2. The monitor is failing.
  3. The monitor to gpu cable is loose or defective.
  4. There is nearby electrical interference.
  5. The psu is not delivering sufficient or constant power.
I think you are ok.
Here is a handy chart on psu requirements:
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

Because your motherboard does not support cpu overclocking, I think your cpu power draw will be nominal.

If there is insufficient psu power, I think your first symptoms would be display artifacts while gaming.
Great, thank you. Interesting you say that. Sometimes when I have been playing games lately, I see these small blue, green, and red lines going across my screen horizontally for a second... I am curious as to what that might be.
 
There are several possible explanations that I can think of:

  1. The game needs a patch.
  2. The monitor is failing.
  3. The monitor to gpu cable is loose or defective.
  4. There is nearby electrical interference.
  5. The psu is not delivering sufficient or constant power.
 
Solution
There are several possible explanations that I can think of:

  1. The game needs a patch.
  2. The monitor is failing.
  3. The monitor to gpu cable is loose or defective.
  4. There is nearby electrical interference.
  5. The psu is not delivering sufficient or constant power.
I see. Thanks very much for the help and response!