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It really is insane, and limits upgradability of even brand new machines. Point in case, I have a newly built Ryzen 5900X tower that reuses a GPU from an old b
by kitsunesoba 5y ago
It really is insane, and limits upgradability of even brand new machines.
Point in case, I have a newly built Ryzen 5900X tower that reuses a GPU from an old build. I chose a high quality 80+ Platinum 750W PSU thinking that would give more than enough headroom for upgrading the GPU at some point, but if the next generation of GPUs are as power hungry as rumored I’ll be limited to current generation cards unless I buy a new PSU.
I hope efficiency comes to be a focal point again soon, because if the trend continues you’ll need a 1kW PSU just to comfortably accommodate current enthusiast parts and have any hope of upgrading in the future, which is ridiculous.
- jacquesm 5y agoWith what the GPU will cost you will not see the price of a better PSU as more than a speedbump. You can also sell your old one to recoup some of it. Even so, 1KW+ personal computers are a bit strange, back in the day the very largest workstations (think IRIX fridges) were in that domain. What would be nicer would be if manufacturers aimed for minimal power consumption with the same performance as a previous generation to give people the option.
- scoopdewoop 5y agoA GTX 1660 ti is basically a 1070, but lower power. The whole 16 series is like that.