Can this PSU run Ryzen 5 1600, GTX 1060 and 16GB?

markosimonovloncar · Jan 12, 2019

Hi. I'm currently planning to upgrade my PC and i dont know if i would have enough PSU W this is My Specs :
Ryzen 5 1600
GTX 1060 3gb
2-8gb sticks
cooler deepcool gammaxx 400
msi b450m pro m2 ryzen

My PSU is 550W so i dont know if it can run this i need to know if i need a better one all of my stuff is ddr4 ? Thanks

terry4536 · Jan 12, 2019

markosimonovloncar :

Yes, it should be enough. The GTX 1060 has a system requirement of 400 watts.

Wolfshadw · Jan 12, 2019

Agreed. As long as the power supply has the necessary PCI-E power connectors, you should be good to go.

-Wolf sends

photonboy · Jan 13, 2019

TYPICAL gaming should rarely exceed 250W total for that PC assuming no overclocking. Roughly 125W for CPU + mobo etc and roughly same for that graphics card under load.

CPU should actually be lower as that's more of an all-cores load amount. Anyway, no point getting specific as it's way under the PSU's output which should exceed 550W peak.

I doubt you need any PCIe connectors in addition (would be odd for a 550W since you probably only need a single 6-pin, 2x6-pin or 1x8-pin... if for some reason you needed more you can get MOLEX adapters that would work fine as the 12V power still comes from the same source.

Other:
*I'd get a 3000MHz kit of DDR4 memory with CL16 (or lower CL). I guess the R5-1600 is a lot cheaper? If not I'd get the R5-2600 as it's better at out-of-box compatibility with the memory and keeping higher clocks.

3GB is kind of borderline though now. I know a budget is a budget but if you can get higher I recommend it... there may even be some reasonably priced NAVI options coming but I can understand not wanting to wait.

But typically if the game wants more than 3GB you end up with big stutters at times when the game stops to SWAP data between system memory and video memory (hopefully not back to an HDD though I think that can happen).

RX-570 4GB and GTX1060 3GB cards are roughly the same performance, but RX-570 has more VRAM and the cost where you are compares how?
https://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Sapphire/RX_570_Pulse/30.html

There's more to NVidia vs AMD but that's not for this post.

But when I checked USA prices quickly I saw some RX-580 8GB cards for the same cost as the GTX1060 3GB cards at roughly $200USD.

photonboy · Jan 13, 2019

As per above on pricing I decided to put together some parts (link BELOW in post). It's NOT to say each part is reliable just a build estimate... also, the RX-580 8GB card I chose came with THREE free games (it says two at NEWEGG though but the coupon linked says three).
1) The Division 2
2) Resident Evil 2
3) Devil May Cry 5

The R5-2600 was $165USD vs $150 for the R5-1600 so the R5-1600 seems a poor choice. Maybe it's a different value where you are.

The CPU has a cooler already so spending money on an aftermarket for a BUDGET build makes no sense to me. Even a small budget difference justifies the better CPU. Also you need a more expensive cooler to overclock these CPU's beyond what they already do. The power requirement ramps up MASSIVELY from something like 3.8 to 4.1GHz... it just makes the most sense to get an R5-2600 and run at stock or slightly tweak it with the same cooler.

Here's my rough parts list and cost for reference:
https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DLxXBb

Double check your PSU 6/8-pin (usually 6+2) PCIe connectors but the above card I linked needs only a single 8-pin (or "6+2" pin)... BTW it's possible to accidentally insert only the 6-pin part of that. I just did that and it took me hours to troubleshoot.

I was GUESSING at your build cost but I thought if the GTX1060 you bought cost $35 more and the cooler another $25 then that might give $60 or so for a better CPU and motherboard plus the RX-570 8GB has way more video memory and performs similarly though HIGHER in some games though in DOOM for example I think it's mostly the VRAM that's problematic so it may STUTTER a lot at settings that should normally be playable.

RELIABILITY is fucking hard to figure out sometimes. Really, really hard. Amazon reviews are useless as they continue to MIX UP reviews. And even NEWEGG can be confusing as sometimes a lot of issues get sorted out including DOA once the manufacturing issues are sorted.

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