Comment on Looking to build my first PC in almost 30 years; What should I be on the look out for?
rimu@piefed.social 11 months ago
GPUs these days use a whole lot of power. Ensure your power supply is specced appropriately.
Comment on Looking to build my first PC in almost 30 years; What should I be on the look out for?
rimu@piefed.social 11 months ago
GPUs these days use a whole lot of power. Ensure your power supply is specced appropriately.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world 11 months ago
And make sure it’s an actually good PSU too.
I know in gaming, possibly in other loads Nvidia 40 series, and especially 30 series love transient spikes which can easily exceed 2x the nominal power consumption. Make sure your PSU can handle those spikes both in terms of brevity, and current.
andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun 11 months ago
My 3090 is a light flickering machine. Kind of annoying tbh.
TheOneCurly@lemm.ee 11 months ago
That’s what finally did in my 10 year old Corsair. I was technically within specs on wattage with my new 4070 but certain loads would cause it to trip the over current protection anyway.