Hello everyone, I have a PC with Ryzen 5 5600, RX 5600 XT and I want to upgrade to an EVGA 3060Ti Ftw3 ultra, I currently have an EVGA Supernova 550GA (550w) 80 plus gold power supply, my question is whether I should upgrade to one higher power psu? It's not a bad psu but I don't know if it's enough (sorry for my English, I'm Chilean haha)
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550w for RTX 3060Ti?
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It's pushing it, EVGA and TPU say "Minimum recommended PSU: 600 W"...
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EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra Review
The EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FTW3 Ultra comes overclocked to a rated Boost frequency of 1800 MHz, and the power limit has been raised to 240 W. The triple fan, triple-slot iCX3 cooler features fan stop and adjustable RGB lighting, so you can match it to your case's color scheme.
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I'm using a i 3 12100F + Asus TuF RTX 3060 Ti with a 500W Seasonic Core GM PSU since 2022 september and I had no issues so far.
This is a single 8 pin 3060 Ti tho and it doesn't really draw more than 200W with stock settings under heavy load, yours can draw a bit more but you also have +50W over me so I think you should be fine.
For what its worth my entire system's power draw is around 300W from the wall while playing Cyberpunk with RT enabled, around 320W if I disable my Undervolt on the GPU but its still 100% stable.
This is a single 8 pin 3060 Ti tho and it doesn't really draw more than 200W with stock settings under heavy load, yours can draw a bit more but you also have +50W over me so I think you should be fine.
For what its worth my entire system's power draw is around 300W from the wall while playing Cyberpunk with RT enabled, around 320W if I disable my Undervolt on the GPU but its still 100% stable.
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The 3060Ti FTW3 will use up to 260 W, while the 5600 is up to 130 W on stock. The rest of your PC should be under 50 W, unless you've got multiple HDDs. Your PSU is 550 W, so in a worst case scenario you will still have about 100 W in reserve. Just enough to provide for the card's transient spikes:
