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How are people with 3000 series cards faring with PSU usage?

Running a 3080 on a 650W EVGA G2. No issues. I have undervolted a tad though mind you.

EDIT: Alongside a Ryzen 3600
 
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750w Seasonic Focus+ Gold and a 3080 here. Fairly heavily PBO tuned 3700x too. All fine so far. I've been running a wattage meter at the wall and I'm not seeing any large spikes - could be they're too small for the meter to pick up though.
 
McGraw said:
And here lies the truth. If your PSU is decent you don't need anything like as much wattage as Nvidia recommend.

Would be interested to know whether you have fs2020 and have tried that though.
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I think nvidia recommendations covers all aspects including those that will have a mediocre or even unbranded 750w psu’s. Covering their backs so to speak.

Yes i have it and tried it on earlier drivers when the 3090 was just released.

Can’t remember exact settings i used but was mostly high/ultra? Getting around 30-40fps max on a 1440p ultrawide. More than playable on a game like this.
 
Jay85 said:
I think nvidia recommendations covers all aspects including those that will have a mediocre or even unbranded 750w psu’s. Covering their backs so to speak.

Yes i have it and tried it on earlier drivers when the 3090 was just released.

Can’t remember exact settings i used but was mostly high/ultra? Getting around 30-40fps max on a 1440p ultrawide. More than playable on a game like this.
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I meant power draw at wall
 
Purgatory said:
power draw at wall ? if it is at the wall your system isn't working right then. It will be using more than 200w at wall if your system is working to its full potential.
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OCCT on Power setting at the wall = 350W

220W gpu 3070FE
82W cpu 5600x
50W the rest. 32GB mem + 7 fans

the whole thing probably uses less power than the new x gen consoles.
 
RBImGuy said:
Fine dont mean much.
Time and usage patterns are different so cheeping out on psu is not a good thing.
You want to understand two things, psu and mboard are key components so the rest will work.
850w is minimum today for a modern computer.
Todays hardware react to load dynamically meaning it will spike more than previous older generations.
Think a bit before you listen to websites that dont understand that
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So TechpowerUp and Steve @ GN don't know what they're talking about? Please tell me you're joking.
 
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5950x and 3080 along with all peripherals and monitors on gaming load I see 660-675w from the wall plug power usage monitor

My PSU is seasonic prime gold 1300w so no issues here.
 
Ran both a 3080FE and now a 6800XT absolutely fine (overclocked and undervolted) on a RM650x along with an overclocked 10700K. YMMV ofc but if you have a quality 650W+ you should be fine :)
 
Jonnygrunge said:
My system with an overclocked 9900K (5GHz) and an overclocked 3090 (Boosts to 2130MHz) when gaming draws 500W at the wall according to my meter...
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Think I posted earlier but yeah mine draws this with stock 3090 and 3600. It could spike higher if you pushed CPU and GPU through stress testing but I cant see it reaching 600w unless there is more components to add on the load.
 
I’m on a 620W ages old Seasonic and it’s fine with an 8086k @5.0GHz and Gigabyte 3080 Gaming OC

I was worried before I got the 3080 though... but seems like it’s really no problem at all in reality
 
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