When gaming and all those nice parts are running at 100% max utilization ? .... barely. :TongueTied:
I suggest you config with 850w Power-Supply and Liquid-Cooler for main Intel processor. It will run much-better now (cooler and less likely to melt-down or blow-up later in life) ... and machine be ready for upgrades years from now.
So, I get what ur saying. And power supply will be my first upgrade. But it took me 9 months to save for this, so it'll be a couple months before I can get a new power supply. So let me rephrase, is it bad that it's 460? Like is my PC in danger? Also what cheap power supply would u recommend?
I was just agreeing with you ... that it's going to be boarder-line at 100% max utilization. It's sorta-like running your car-engine at the red-line rpms for hours-at-a-time.
That Intel-CPU, Nvidia-GPU, ram and motherboard ... they can all start drawing a lot of power (like during gaming or rendering-video). It's not really healthy for your power-supply to be running at over 60% utilization for large periods of time.
The OEM (Modular) 850w Power-Supply and OEM (Asetek) Liquid-Cooler are easily worth $150, and they are included in the machine's base 1-year warranty. Neither part will be easy to buy new later (if at all). Neither part is easy to install later.
The limited small-power-supply (460w) and only fan-cooled version of the machine that you describe is more like it's baby-brother, the lesser XPS-8930 . Reported-ly, fan-only-cooling models can get loud if machine is pushed. Similar reports from Aurora R5-R8 users over the years.
If the Sales-Page is not throwing a config-error, the Aurora-R8 will run fine ... hopefully without problems for at least a year or so. You waited this long to buy your nice new gaming machine . However, if money is still your main-concern, I would just go with the factory-installed OEM (non-modular) 460w PS.
Thank you so much! And sorry I didn't see this earlier. And since I bought it last minute Monday with the memorial day sale I wasn't thinking about power supply. I'll most likely have money for an upgrade around Christmas. I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't blow up on me. But thanks. It'll definitely be the first thing I upgrade. But u do think I'm fine until that Christmas/January time?
340W power for the card. Everything else in the system also uses power like a 95W cpu and 25W hard drive etc.
8PIN Aux power connector implys 300W for the card.
A graphics card with one 6-pin power connector can have maximum power consumption of 150 Watt as it will get 75W from the PCI Express x16 slot and 75W from the 6-pin connector.
A graphics card with one 8-pin power connector can have maximum power consumption of 300 Watt as it will get 75W from the PCI Express x16 slot and 225W from the 6-pin connector.
PCI-E 3.0 spec lists more power for the slot.
PCI Express 3.0 also changes line code to 128b/130b from the previous 8b/10b . This is why PCI-E 1.X cards are not compatible with newer machines and PCI-E 3.0 cards are not downward compatble with older machines.
Tesla1856
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When gaming and all those nice parts are running at 100% max utilization ? .... barely. :TongueTied:
I suggest you config with 850w Power-Supply and Liquid-Cooler for main Intel processor. It will run much-better now (cooler and less likely to melt-down or blow-up later in life) ... and machine be ready for upgrades years from now.
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Tesla1856
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I was just agreeing with you ... that it's going to be boarder-line at 100% max utilization. It's sorta-like running your car-engine at the red-line rpms for hours-at-a-time.
That Intel-CPU, Nvidia-GPU, ram and motherboard ... they can all start drawing a lot of power (like during gaming or rendering-video). It's not really healthy for your power-supply to be running at over 60% utilization for large periods of time.
The OEM (Modular) 850w Power-Supply and OEM (Asetek) Liquid-Cooler are easily worth $150, and they are included in the machine's base 1-year warranty. Neither part will be easy to buy new later (if at all). Neither part is easy to install later.
The limited small-power-supply (460w) and only fan-cooled version of the machine that you describe is more like it's baby-brother, the lesser XPS-8930 . Reported-ly, fan-only-cooling models can get loud if machine is pushed. Similar reports from Aurora R5-R8 users over the years.
If the Sales-Page is not throwing a config-error, the Aurora-R8 will run fine ... hopefully without problems for at least a year or so. You waited this long to buy your nice new gaming machine . However, if money is still your main-concern, I would just go with the factory-installed OEM (non-modular) 460w PS.
Riley C.
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May 30th, 2019 17:00
Thank you so much! And sorry I didn't see this earlier. And since I bought it last minute Monday with the memorial day sale I wasn't thinking about power supply. I'll most likely have money for an upgrade around Christmas. I just wanted to make sure it wouldn't blow up on me. But thanks. It'll definitely be the first thing I upgrade. But u do think I'm fine until that Christmas/January time?
Tesla1856
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May 31st, 2019 09:00
I thought you were looking for pre-sales config advice. At least it will be here for others to read later if they search.
Since you already purchased it, I would not worry about it. The stock OEM 460w PS is adequate for this mid-level hardware-config.
I also would not mess with PS or hardware in this extreme way until your one-year warranty is over.
If you did not get a M.2/NVMe SSD (as bootable C: ) ... I would think that would be a more appropriate initial upgrade.
speedstep
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May 31st, 2019 10:00
No.
Running everything at 100 percent of maximum is never a good idea.
While it may work at first it is likely to die soon.
buzzbo
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May 5th, 2020 00:00
dell runs nvida 1660 super with aq 340 power supply. Why can they run it if 450 min. is recommended?
r72019
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May 5th, 2020 08:00
What PC, are you referring to the base G5 desktop? I don't think Alienware has any current desktop offerings below a 460W psu.
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May 5th, 2020 09:00
Dell OEM cards are clocked lower than retail units. Thats why they also have GTX1060 with 365W power supply.
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340W power for the card. Everything else in the system also uses power like a 95W cpu and 25W hard drive etc.
8PIN Aux power connector implys 300W for the card.
A graphics card with one 6-pin power connector can have maximum power consumption of 150 Watt as it will get 75W from the PCI Express x16 slot and 75W from the 6-pin connector.
A graphics card with one 8-pin power connector can have maximum power consumption of 300 Watt as it will get 75W from the PCI Express x16 slot and 225W from the 6-pin connector.
PCI-E 3.0 spec lists more power for the slot.
PCI Express 3.0 also changes line code to 128b/130b from the previous 8b/10b . This is why PCI-E 1.X cards are not compatible with newer machines and PCI-E 3.0 cards are not downward compatble with older machines.