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Hi all,
"Is 500W enough for a PSU in a gaming PC?"
To clarify the main components:
Intel i7 6700k @ 4GHz (stock, watercooled)
16 GB (2x8) memory
GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB)
2x Samsung SSDs (256GB and 1TB)
BluRay drive/dvdrw (ASUS)
500W PSU
Used for mainly moderate gaming (in 1080p, if that matters), games played in high quality/resolution where possible/bearable.
In years gone by, I used to be more "into" building PCs and would at the time shove the largest PSU I could find, even though I probably had no real use for a 1200W beast. My current PC is a few years old and was custom built for me by a friend who is (or was, at the time) more up to date with PC hardware than I am.
From looking at performance monitors my GPU seems to be the bottleneck in terms of overall performance and I am thinking of investing in a newer 1440p monitor. In order to still have enjoyable games to my preference, I'm thinking about upgrading the graphics card to around the RTX2060 (or equiv) range.
Hence the question around PSU.
I have attached a mains current/voltage/watt tester to the socket in which the PC AC cable is plugged into, and playing a series of games over a period of an hour (graphics pushed to high/high-max, GPU dancing between 95%-100%) I notice that the maximum power drawn by the whole PC box was 248W.
Does this give me enough "room" to upgrade just the graphics card or would I ideally need to upgrade the PSU, and if so, to what?
"Is 500W enough for a PSU in a gaming PC?"
To clarify the main components:
Intel i7 6700k @ 4GHz (stock, watercooled)
16 GB (2x8) memory
GeForce GTX 1060 (6GB)
2x Samsung SSDs (256GB and 1TB)
BluRay drive/dvdrw (ASUS)
500W PSU
Used for mainly moderate gaming (in 1080p, if that matters), games played in high quality/resolution where possible/bearable.
In years gone by, I used to be more "into" building PCs and would at the time shove the largest PSU I could find, even though I probably had no real use for a 1200W beast. My current PC is a few years old and was custom built for me by a friend who is (or was, at the time) more up to date with PC hardware than I am.
From looking at performance monitors my GPU seems to be the bottleneck in terms of overall performance and I am thinking of investing in a newer 1440p monitor. In order to still have enjoyable games to my preference, I'm thinking about upgrading the graphics card to around the RTX2060 (or equiv) range.
Hence the question around PSU.
I have attached a mains current/voltage/watt tester to the socket in which the PC AC cable is plugged into, and playing a series of games over a period of an hour (graphics pushed to high/high-max, GPU dancing between 95%-100%) I notice that the maximum power drawn by the whole PC box was 248W.
Does this give me enough "room" to upgrade just the graphics card or would I ideally need to upgrade the PSU, and if so, to what?
