So close and yet so very very far ......

Rakk

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This is tale of Rakk bouncing around going 'ooooooo, ooooo, ooooooo, where's the wallet' followed by sheer disappointment I'm afraid

So, I'm wanting to upgrade to a 3070, my poor old 1070 (5 years old now) wants a rest.
Anyways this morning I decided I'd look at the upgrade page, not expecting to see anything, and lo and behold, it was there, a 3070, it was available ......
It was the ASUS TUF one so probably a little pricier but I thought what the hell, anyways, went to press proceed, and 'what do you men my PSU isn't good enough', I've checked roughly what a 3070 is recommended to have, it should be fine .......
So much checking later, it looks like the ASUS one is a power hog and does in fact recommend more than mine (many of the others would be fine), nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Boo Hiss, Rakk is now scowling :(


As a side note, no I'm not upgrading the PSU, its a few years old anyways, my next whole new machine should be in the next year or so so I'm not replacing it now, and anyway in my case its a nightmare to do anything with the PSU anyway - I remember just trying to add new power cables in for just the hard drives .... grazes and all
 

Rakk

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So a question for those of that may know.
If I select the 3070Ti is the configurator it does not object (if I reduce the PSU it says I need at least 650W - which is exactly what I have - I have the RMx 650W) - a certain power calculator on another site reckons I need about 525W for my system if I include a Palit 3070Ti give or take

So yeah the big question: will it actually work?
I know a bigger PSU would be preferred but I want to know if it'll actually work as is, PCS's configurator reckons so
 

Steveyg

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So a question for those of that may know.
If I select the 3070Ti is the configurator it does not object (if I reduce the PSU it says I need at least 650W - which is exactly what I have - I have the RMx 650W) - a certain power calculator on another site reckons I need about 525W for my system if I include a Palit 3070Ti give or take

So yeah the big question: will it actually work?
I know a bigger PSU would be preferred but I want to know if it'll actually work as is, PCS's configurator reckons so
According to Nvidia you should be able to scrape by with a 3070 and a 650W PSU. An Rmx model would definitely up the chances of this working, now the spanner in the works is the Ti. I'm not 100% on that one with consumption, I believe the recommended PSU for both is 750W though

I'd say you're playing with fire, now if you managed to get a hold of a 3060Ti the 650W should be enough but we know how rare they are
 
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AgentCooper

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In theory… it’ll work. Would’ve thought it’d be operating towards the top end of the PSUs capabilities, though. Although I suppose that Everquest isn’t going to be yanking giant amounts of power.

It’s a tricky call… I kind of want you to try it just to see what happens 😬

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Rakk

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Yes, its is a tricky call, I know I wont have a lot of room to spare, but the configurator reckons it'll be fine, and yeah I don't do AAA level games.

But yeah its also a case of if it runs short will it just throttle it or will it crash or shut down (throttling I'd be perfectly fine with until I get a newer machine)
And of course getting the 3070 is proving tricky and the 3060Ti is nigh on impossible - cant just join a queue for an upgrade option :(
 
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