Is my power supply okay for RTX 2080?

[Sondardo]

Good day!

An acquaintance would be willing to sell his used RTX 2080 for really cheap (250$ CAD). That would be a nice upgrade from my GTX 1060.

Thing is, my power supply is not a very good one, Thermaltake 600W 80+. Would it be enough for the RTX 2080? CPU is i7 8700 (non-k), with 16gb of ram, one ssd and one hdd.

Honestly, I suspect that PSU to not be good enough, but I may be wrong, hence why I'm asking. And I think I would be willing to get a better PSU if I must, if so, what would be a cheap but decently good PSU for the RTX 2080?

Thank you very much and have a good day!

[UserNotFound]

Recommended is 650W, given that yours is 600W and the years in usage is not known, it's kinda hard to say. I'd say it's better to err on side of safety and get a new one. As for which, really depends on your budget, but as general rule of thumb, do go for one that is just enough, like a 650W Gold rated PSU, get a 'Gold' rated 750 W PSU for that extra headroom.

[emoticorpse]

You know, I just thought of an idea but not sure if anyone else has thought about it or maybe they have and it just doesn't work out right but here it is.

What if someone bought one of those watt measuring things from Amazon and then tested their pc setup for wattage with it. Would it be that simple?. If you can see the wattage is over the wattage on your PSU then you should get another and if it isn't then you're fine?.

I know the power spikes would be hard to keep track of and looking at the wattage meter as it happens, but you could still do it if you wanted to right?

[Illusion of Progress]

A GTX 1060 to an RTX 2080 is a rather substantial upgrade (around or a bit over two times, before factoring in ray tracing). The price seems fair to me offhand.

Without knowing what PSU it is it's hard to say. If that's a TR-2, I'd definitely replace it. You could always try and see and then replace if it has issues. On wattage alone, a standard Core i7 8700 and a RTX 2080 should be fine on 600W, but I'm not sure what particular Thermaltake one you have.

[_I_]

thermaltake has some very poor psus

id get something much better for the demanding gpu

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

I would not put this on cheap 600W Thermaltake, best to swap out PSU too for something decent if you want to get this card.

Would not go cheaper then this:
https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/product/JkKKHx/corsair-cx750m-2021-750-w-80-bronze-certified-semi-modular-atx-power-supply-cp-9020222-na

Avoid stuff like Apevia and Gigabyte.

[Set-115689]

Your psu might only be 504W on the +12v. SPD-0600NPCWUS-W it's 504w on the +12v. Look at the product online and look at the sticker on the side.

Use a power supply calculator since your cpu, gpu and some other stuff will be running off the +12v.

System might pull 380-400W on the +12v rail? Not sure if 2080 have power draw spikes.

[CZI]

HDD and USB devices usage would add up and may be over the supply limit.

May be you can try with some heavy benchmark and make sure PSU is enough.
If it got issue, then you can buy new PSU.

I think it won't damage hardware on above testing, but I'm not quit sure.
So better to check by yourself for the risk.

[Kobs]

If you have the funds go for something like a 850 or a 1000W it's more expensive I know but you'll have peace of mind for a while.
Along the line, changing your CPU could aldo increase the draw on your PSU and you'll be faced with again another PSU problem

[🦜Cloud Boy🦜]

If your PSU is Thermaltake Toughpower series, it should be fine. They come with 10 years warranty btw.

If it's a Litepower series and if it's 3 years or older, you better get a new PSU.

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Look at Corsair or BeQuiet Gold Certified 750W

[plat]

According to TechPowerUp, suggested is a 550 w psu, with a tdp of 215 watts (but this can vary a little based on make and model).

https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/geforce-rtx-2080.c3224

Because the age and condition of your psu is unknown, I would approach this criterion with a lot of caution. If you don't have a power-meter to test the power supply, in a pinch, HWiNFO64 can display the watts consumed (minimum and max) at a given moment in time. It's displayed in the "sensors" UI, under Motherboard section.

You can search on the net for ideas of what psu to get, based on your budget. Example:

https://graphicscardhub.com/budget-power-supply-psu/

Happy New Year everyone!

[Able Danger]

Download HWInfor64 check your pc's current power pulls ... The 2080 won't go above 250-260 watts ... then take it from there.

[Guydodge]

while i had no serious issues with my thermaltake toughpower 850 there was very
little extra headroom it shutdown at around 875-900watts most power supplies have a little extra to give my thermaltake had next to zero.theres only 1 way to find out where yours is going to fall.

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

this is how i monitor power draw/usage
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00429N19W/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[Sondardo]

Thanks for all the replies!

The PSU has about 4 years of use, and it's a Thermaltake Smart 600W, so not a good PSU. It was okay for the GTX 1060 because it's not much of a power hungry GPU, but I wouldn't trust it for the RTX 2080.

So, if I take the deal, will probably get a nicer and better quality PSU, at least for peace of mind.

Thank you and Happy New Year!

[Sondardo]

And apologies, I guess deep down I already knew that my PSU wasn't good enough before I posted this. I guess I just had a faint hope I wouldn't have to swap PSUs, but I really should in this case.