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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    Yes I was playing a game. Its a bronze psu, so 700 at the wall is 560? Maybe there's a little extra wiggle room before it melts? lol
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    Sorry for the delayed response, been on vacation. I use a killawatt to measure the watts so that number is at the wall.
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    I will be on the lookout for a 750-800w PSU. In the meantime I solved my problem by uninstalling Ryzen Master. I was only using it to put my cpu in eco mode. As soon as it was gone, no more issues. I'm measuring my power consumption, will only be playing games that are consuming under 600w until...
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    why should I go higher when every psu calculator says 500w or 550w is enough? I'm clearly missing a setting of some sort to bring down the power consumption to a normal range.
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    I switched to a 650w gold PSU but I'm still losing video output when starting a game maybe 25-50% of the time. It doesnt seem to be just games that are using a lot of power. Going to swap out the 6700 XT for a 5700 XT next and if that doesnt solve the problem I give up.
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    I have one of those as a work pc in my office. I'll check the power consumption at some point but it doesnt work that hard. No gaming so far.
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    I'll look in the bios tonight but I'm not sure what numbers would be in spec. I just did the latest BIOS update and updated the mobo drivers. Idle power consumption is now about 105w. Still going past 700w in some games though. The Last of Us main menu is using 740w. :(
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    I'll have to figure out how to set power limit targets. I'm already running the cpu on eco mode in ryzen master and I've done the auto undervolt in Adrenalin. I know 700w from a 550w isnt smart but in my defense, the psu calculators said 550w would be enough. I'll switch to a 650w gold I have...
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    new 7700x/6700xt build sucking too many watts

    I dont know if I did anything wrong but my new 7700x/6700xt build is sucking 2x or more power than my previous gaming rig. Here's what I have now: 7700x XFX 6700xt 32gb ram 1 m2 ssd 1 sata ssd 1 2.5" hard drive (will be removed later this year when I add another m2 ssd) 550w psu I know the PSU...
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    Worth upgrading from a 4770k at this point?

    I know there's no upgrade path for me, I dont think there ever was. Wasnt the 4790 the last LGA 1150? As of right now its still fine for gaming but I imagine 6-12 months from now its going to be a problem. My hope is that I get 12 more months before I really want to upgrade and by then AMD's...
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    Ryzen 5 3600 fan getting louder

    I dont know if the cpu temp has gone up much, its not something I check normally. I only check when the noise annoys me. :) Today I dragged my tower out of its really cramped corner. There's no way to describe how tight it is in there and how nearly impossible it is to plug in everything on the...
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    Ryzen 5 3600 fan getting louder

    79-80F. However, its been at this temperature since around May 1.
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    Ryzen 5 3600 fan getting louder

    After a little more testing I still think something isnt right. I hear less fan spin up/down but its still blowing louder than it was a couple weeks ago. I might wait for cooler temps before redoing the paste just to make sure its not a slight increase in ambient temps thats causing the extra noise.
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    Ryzen 5 3600 fan getting louder

    Thanks for all the replies... Turns out that my BIOS settings changed somehow and the CPU fan spin up and down speeds had reverted back to their defaults of 0.1s each. I changed spin up back to 0.7s and spin down back to 1.0s I think everything is back to normal now. I did try to update my BIOS...
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    Ryzen 5 3600 fan getting louder

    Last December I built a new pc and decided on AMD. Coming from an Intel 4790 it was a surprise to hear the cpu fan spinning up and down all the time. The 4790's fan only got noticeable when playing a game, or using handbrake, etc. And even then it wasn't annoying. Anyway, I got used to the fan...
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