Is my psu powerful enough?

Matt82 · 5 Sep 2021 at 23:22

I'm looking for some advice as to whether an Sf600 would be sufficient in this build?

FYI the vega 64 is the water-cooled variant

************ Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Corsair iCUE H100i RGB PRO XT 75 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 I AORUS PRO WIFI Mini ITX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Crucial Ballistix 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Storage: Western Digital SN750 500 GB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital RE 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX VEGA 64 8 GB Video Card
Case: Phanteks Enthoo EVOLV ITX Mini ITX Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair SF 600 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular SFX Power Supply
Case Fan: Noctua P14s redux-1500 PWM 78.69 CFM 140 mm Fan
Case Fan: Noctua P14s redux-1500 PWM 78.69 CFM 140 mm Fan

Matt82 · 6 Sep 2021 at 05:49

MissChief said:
And he really should know better too!

Quick copy and paste mistake before bed. My mistake

Matt82 · 6 Sep 2021 at 13:17

mickyflinn said:
600w is cutting it close .

Arctic P14 pwm are cheaper.

Why the 3700x over the 5600x ?

I'm feeling with the advice so far upping to 750w would be sensible and provide a bit of headroom as oppose to the zero currently available.

The 3700x was chosen due to budgeting. Finding a 5600x on the correct side of 200 was proving difficult!

Matt82 · 7 Sep 2021 at 06:52

EsaT said:
Using Power Save profile in Radeon settings would be one way to make power draw more sensible per performance.
Already normal Vega 64 has bad enough power efficiency with no real advantage for that wasted extra power and heat.
So that model no doubt takes ineffiency up to 11 and half.

If your budget is that tight, you can't afford that heavily overpriced cooler either.
Neither can you afford such priced board.

And small M.2 is waste of limited slots.

Its not so much an issue or being able to afford but rather sticking to a target budget. Most parts were picked up second hand for a significant discount over retail prices.