Question will my psu be strong enough of my gpu upgrade plans

[peterandersen]

hello im thinking about upgrading my gtx 760 to a rtx 2070 super and dont know if my "be quiet dark power pro 550watt" will be sufficient enough.


the other components are:
asus prime z270-p
intel i5 7600k 3.8ghz
2x teamgroup-ud4-3000 ddr4 8gb ram
corsair force 3 ssd 120gb
wd red 3tb
crucial mx500 1tb



id apreciate if one could help me out.


thanks and have a nice christmas

pete

 

[cdrkf]

hello im thinking about upgrading my gtx 760 to a rtx 2070 super and dont know if my "be quiet dark power pro 550watt" will be sufficient enough.


the other components are:
asus prime z270-p
intel i5 7600k 3.8ghz
2x teamgroup-ud4-3000 ddr4 8gb ram
corsair force 3 ssd 120gb
wd red 3tb
crucial mx500 1tb



id apreciate if one could help me out.


thanks and have a nice christmas

pete

Hi... yes! That is a really decent quality supply, and the RTX 2070 Super isn't that power hungry of a card really so should be fine. I think you might want to look at upgrading that i5 to an i7 7700K if you can find one, as only 4 threads is going to hold a 2070 Super back in a lot of modern titles.

 

[jay32267]

I would get a new supply.
First of all NVidia recommends 650......and that card takes 215.....that doesn't leave you much left with a 550.

Also BeQuiets can be questionable as far as quality.

Read the section on BeQuiet in this link.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...ussion-and-recommended-models-thread.3212332/

I wouldn't trust my system to an old marginal BeQuiet.

 

[cdrkf]

I would get a new supply.
First of all NVidia recommends 650......and that card takes 215.....that doesn't leave you much left with a 550.

Also BeQuiets can be questionable as far as quality.

Read the section on BeQuiet in this link.

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...ussion-and-recommended-models-thread.3212332/

I wouldn't trust my system to an old marginal BeQuiet.

That article does say that BeQuiet have some good models- the unit in question is their top supply and is 80+ Platinum rated which suggests a very high quality supply.

 

[Zizo007]

hello im thinking about upgrading my gtx 760 to a rtx 2070 super and dont know if my "be quiet dark power pro 550watt" will be sufficient enough.


the other components are:
asus prime z270-p
intel i5 7600k 3.8ghz
2x teamgroup-ud4-3000 ddr4 8gb ram
corsair force 3 ssd 120gb
wd red 3tb
crucial mx500 1tb



id apreciate if one could help me out.


thanks and have a nice christmas

pete

550W is on the limit even if its 80+ Titanium efficiency and if you overclock anything your PSU will fail and might damage your components.

Get a Seasonic Focus 650W or a Corsair TX 650W at least. There is a reason why nVidia recommends 650W min for the RTX2070S.

 

[jay32267]

That article does say that BeQuiet have some good models- the unit in question is their top supply and is 80+ Platinum rated which suggests a very high quality supply.

That's great but I wouldn't use it in that system.....maybe another system I cared less about.

 

[peterandersen]

thanks for the answers
ive also looked up some psu calcs and some more infos and the usage of my parts seems to be around 460-470w with the rtx2070
and they recommend 510-520w
my psu has 550 and peaks at 610

i think im going for it


@Zizo007 im not going to oc anything so i should be safe on this part

@jay32267 yeah not very much space from needed to available power but it looks like itll work
also it seems u had bad experiences with bequite

@cdrkf my wallet didnt plan a cpu upgrade for the near future


but if i change another part ill upgrade the psu aswell


so thanks again for your responses and taking the time to show me your point of view to my predicament

have a nice christmas and a good new year
pete

 

[Vic 40]

thanks for the answers
ive also looked up some psu calcs and some more infos and the usage of my parts seems to be around 460-470w with the rtx2070
and they recommend 510-520w
my psu has 550 and peaks at 610

These calculators do overestimate.

i think im going for it

Don't think you have much to worry about.