is my power supply good enough for the upgrade i want to do?

casesyn · Jul 15, 2018

AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X oc'ed to 4.0

Cooler Master - Hyper 212X

MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard

Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory oc'ed to 3200 mhz

Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

Western Digital - Mainstream 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card

Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

using power consumption threads and testing the cpu myself and estimating all the other stuff ram,storage,fans, ect. i estimate it would draw anywhere from 460-470 under full load. leaving around 90 watts of headroom.

i want to upgrade to the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 OCV1

do you think my power supply could handle that safely?

thanks for the help in advance

maxalge · Jul 15, 2018

casesyn :

AMD - Ryzen 5 1600X oc'ed to 4.0 at 1.325 volts and draws 273 watts under prime95 stress test

Cooler Master - Hyper 212X

MSI - B350 PC MATE ATX AM4 Motherboard

Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory oc'ed to 3200 mhz

Samsung - 970 Evo 250GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive

Western Digital - Mainstream 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4GB G1 Gaming Video Card

Corsair - Carbide Series 275R (Black w/Tempered Glass) ATX Mid Tower Case

EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

using power consumption threads and testing the cpu myself and estimating all the other stuff ram,storage,fans, ect. i estimate it would draw anywhere from 460-470 under full load. leaving around 90 watts of headroom.

i want to upgrade to the MSI GeForce GTX 1060 OCV1

do you think my power supply could handle that safely?

thanks for the help in advance

easily

the Cooler Master Hyper 212X is too weak for what you want, the spire cooler is better

casesyn · Jul 15, 2018

maxalge :

casesyn :

easily

the Cooler Master Hyper 212X is too weak for what you want, the spire cooler is better

i disagree my cpu runs at 73 underload and 30 at idle

Rexper · Jul 15, 2018

i estimate it would draw anywhere from 460-470 under full load.

That's way off. More like 130W max during gameplay.
How did you measure your CPU's power consumption? Did you use equipment that records DC specifically from the CPU connector? Or did you use a power meter at the wall? If you used a power meter, that includes your full system power consumption + PSU efficiency.

madmatt30 · Jul 15, 2018

No way a ryzen 1600@4ghz pulls 273w under load.
Full system load not including gpu will be around 200w.
With gpu still under 300w.

Psu is more than enough for a 1060 upgrade,you could run a 1070ti on it.

I'm running a Ryzen 1700@3.9ghz with a rx580 on a cx550m.

Full draw at the socket is 480w (both cpu & gpu 100%) so actual draw is 410-420w.

Both my components have higher power draw than yours.

Under normal gaming loads Im only pulling 350w or so.

casesyn · Jul 15, 2018

madmatt30 :

i used aida64 to read power consumption. ive seen 100+ power values on CPU Package and CPU VDD and les that 50 on CPU VDDNB

madmatt30 · Jul 15, 2018

Software can't read power consumption, it will be an estimate at best & In your case a very bad one.

My readings are done using a high accuracy power meter at the socket, trust me your Psu is fine for a 1060, my estmates for you are just that 'estimates' - they'll be within 20w though .

casesyn · Jul 15, 2018

madmatt30 :

thanks very much for the help, what power meter do you use?

madmatt30 · Jul 15, 2018

They have no branding as they were supplied by my electrical provider.
I believe they are devolo smart meter s though, controllable & readable by phone app.

Ir regardless a cheap $10-15 will do the job from Amazon for occasional testing, I just wouldnt leave them plugged in 24/7.

https://www.amazon.com/P3-P4400-Electricity-Usage-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU/ref=br_lf_m_qv3qwbwnwtaf8pn_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&s=hi

Thats a decent one.

Rexper · Jul 15, 2018

The Kill-a-Watts are fine. Remember what you get from the wall isn't the same as what your components use, due to the power supplies efficiency, which is usually 80 - 95% depending on the model.

maxalge · Jul 15, 2018

casesyn :

the amd spire cooler is better that is certain no question

do you have custom fans on the 212?

madmatt30 · Jul 15, 2018

^ the spire isn't better than a 212 , even with fans at full pelt on the spire a 212 will beat it by 10c+ on stock fan profiles.

maxalge · Jul 15, 2018

madmatt30 :

I had the impression it was better than a value oriented solution

overestimated it?

Or was it only good in comparison to stock coolers?

madmatt30 · Jul 15, 2018

^ pretty much.
Brilliant 'stock' cooler , in the right situation/case/ambient temp absolutely capable of running a 6 core at 4ghz , summertime though , once you hit ambient of 25-30c it can struggle.
+ then the thing is any downblower is at a disadvantage compared to a tower simply because of the design .
Solid board 10mm below the cooler, added fan resistance , reduced airflow.

Not a massive fan of the 212 nowdays , it's been outdone on price/performance by deepcool,ac & cryorig.
At the right price though it is still decent ( & the x does have a better fan than the original evo)

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