Question Will an old 500w PSU be okay for an RTX 4060 Ti + Ryzen 5 5600 ?

[CurableUnwired8192]

Hello everyone. I'm planning to buy a RTX 4060 Ti card, specifically this one. I read on the GPU manufacturer's website that the recommended PSU for this GPU is 500w but my PSU is about 7 years old at this point. I couldn't stretch my budget anymore since I just bought my Ryzen 5 5600 last month with what I saved from my odd jobs (desperately wanted to get out from Ryzen 3 1300X for 2 years!) but my old GTX 1050 Ti suddenly broke on me 2 weeks ago so yeah... that sucked.

The 1050 Ti's DVI & HDMI ports (the ports I use for 2 monitors) don't work anymore but at least the processing part still works since I gave it to my little brother and his computer still recognizes it and can set his Windows computer to utilize that 1050 Ti for games (He has Intel iGPU). I tested the DVI & HDMI ports on my little bro's PC as well and yeah, it doesn't work there as well. I thought it was time to upgrade anyways, even though it was unexpected (PSU was actually the next in list to be upgraded, then GPU), plus it's nice to see little bro finally be able to play his favorite games. Couldn't stand him enduring playing games with < 30 FPS.

I'm not gonna be doing much "intense gaming". I'll still play casual games like gmod, Alien Isolation, Far Cry 4, GTA IV, V, etc. since I stream for fun but I won't be playing games at ridiculous resolutions and ridiculous refresh rates like 4k@144Hz, 1440p@240Hz etc. At max I'll only be playing them at 1080p@60. I also won't be playing the newest and the latest games cos I don't have the resources to buy any more games and I use Arch, btw full-time (for peace of mind of constantly fixing Windows when it decides to break after an update!!!) so multiplayer games w/anticheat are out of the discussion as well. I don't really play lots of multiplayer games anyway.

I'm more on the side of dabbling with machine learning, CUDA, virtual machines, stuff like that though. I specifically chose this GPU for this task so gaming benchmarks might not be relevant and AMD GPU's are out of the question, but I'm kinda worried my PSU will suddenly blow up while I experiment around, train models, etc. cos PSU's old and stuff.

I also know my motherboard is only capable of PCIe Gen 3 but that doesn't matter. What matters is if I'll be able to use my computer with the GPU I'm planning to buy in a stable state, possibly for a few more years while I earn cash for a new PSU without damaging the good, pricey stuff. I just wanna know if using a 7 year old PSU with this rig is advisable in the long run, and if possible please let me know why. If it's not advisable, then I'll prioritize looking for a PSU first. Also while you're at it, please suggest some good PSU brands and their products. It'll help out a lot.
Here's my current specs:

• Motherboard: MSI B450 Tomahawk Max (link)
• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (OC'd to 4.6 GHz)
• RAM: 40 GB DDR4@2666 MHz (8+8+8+16; assorted brands)
• GPU: None (Planning to buy this one)
• PSU: FSP HYPER K 500W (link)
• Additionals: 4x HDD, 1x SSD, 1x optical drive (for legacy stuff), 5x 120mm fans

Additional note: As far as I can remember, according to my watt-meter, the whole rig pulled about 270 W max when I was doing Prime95 torture test on all cores & threads while doing Superposition benchmark when it was working last time with the 1050 Ti. I also measured the voltages while doing the torture test and benchmark and I think it was 11.994 for 12v, 3.34 for 3.3v, and 5.07v for 5v, which I know is within thresholds but what do you guys think?

Thanks in advance!

 

[LuKaWin10]

Hey all. Sorry for the late update. Been busy this week but yeah I got all the parts.

For the GPU, I bought the Gigabyte GeForce RTX™ 3060 GAMING OC 12G (rev. 2.0). The Zotac one wasn't available so I bought this instead. This GPU almost didn't fit in my case but s' all good cos my case can accommodate 310mm long GPUs but actually there's only like a quarter of an inch left..

From the looks of it, it's not sagging or slightly slanted so that's good. I read that RTX 3060's don't sag but idk. It's my first time installing a lengthy GPU.

As for the PSU though, I'm kinda confused. I got a Seasonic GX-850 with a "Safety Model Name" of SSR-850FX. I'm thinking GX-850 and SSR-850FX are the same. Right now I'm stress testing both the CPU & GPU to make sure it pulls as much as power as it can and so far it hasn't blown up so I guess that's fine. It's pulling about 350 - 360 W according to my wattmeter.


I did test the old PSU when I was stress testing my PC with my old GPU back then and I think the voltages for the old PSU were 11.994 (or was it 11.94) for 12v, 3.34 for 3.3v, and 5.07v for 5v, which I know are all within thresholds.

I think the PSU is the same, but it is just due to the branding. If no issues are encountered in stress tests then you did everything right. The Gygabyte RTX 3060 is great; and for your profession/work it should last a long time.

If you didn't already, use programs like AIDA64, Prime95, and FurMark to stress test the things you want.

If no issues persist, then good. Also be careful to fully put the PCI-e connectors in the GPU. Don't be scared; Gygabyte GPUs are really durable .

Hope everything works well

 

[LuKaWin10]

Hey all. Sorry for the late update. Been busy this week but yeah I got all the parts.

For the GPU, I bought the Gigabyte GeForce RTX™ 3060 GAMING OC 12G (rev. 2.0). The Zotac one wasn't available so I bought this instead. This GPU almost didn't fit in my case but s' all good cos my case can accommodate 310mm long GPUs but actually there's only like a quarter of an inch left..

From the looks of it, it's not sagging or slightly slanted so that's good. I read that RTX 3060's don't sag but idk. It's my first time installing a lengthy GPU.

As for the PSU though, I'm kinda confused. I got a Seasonic GX-850 with a "Safety Model Name" of SSR-850FX. I'm thinking GX-850 and SSR-850FX are the same. Right now I'm stress testing both the CPU & GPU to make sure it pulls as much as power as it can and so far it hasn't blown up so I guess that's fine. It's pulling about 350 - 360 W according to my wattmeter.


I did test the old PSU when I was stress testing my PC with my old GPU back then and I think the voltages for the old PSU were 11.994 (or was it 11.94) for 12v, 3.34 for 3.3v, and 5.07v for 5v, which I know are all within thresholds.

Also, if your GPU ever starts sagging, get an anti GPU sag bracket, or make one from Legos like I did 😭🙏