“I noticed the recommended PSU wattage for the 3060 is 550 W. Is it recommended to upgrade the PSU ASAP? Especially if I decide to add another NVMe drive and bigger ram. I'm looking at a 750W power supply just to have more for the future.”
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I purchased this a couple of weeks ago and immediately added a 2nd NVMe drive (2TB) and replaced the 2x8GB RAM sticks with 4x16GB. I have not changed the power supply. I haven't had any issues, even when maxing out the GPU and most of the 64GB system RAM.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I'm sure you have the answer but maybe this will help other people. Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor 8W - 148W.......... Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard 15W - 60W.................. 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) Memory 14W.................... 512 GB NVME Solid State Drive 2W - 10W.............. GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card 42W - 170W............ Now if you take the max power consumption number from each component currently this system is using Total: 402W....................... Another SSD, even a 2 TB will still only take 2W - 10W more(so add 10).............. Another 16 GB will take another 14 watts........................ For video card upgrade.................. GeForce RTX 3070 LHR 8 GB Video Card 55W - 220W(add 50W) doable with Ram and SDD upgrade......... GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Video Card 28W - 115W(-55W) VERY DOABLE GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB Video Card 41W - 165W(-5W) doable with Ram and SDD upgrade........... GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card 50W - 200W(add another 30)doable with Ram and SDD upgrade............... Other than those Video cards you're on your own............. Processors---Upgrading to a Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor 8W - 219W(Add 71W) doable with some of the vid card and RAM and SSD upgrades................. That's a little info on upgrade opportunities...I tried to add some of the more common ones.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I tried to clean this up............ I'm sure you have the answer but maybe this will help other people. Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor 8W - 148W.......... Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard 15W - 60W.................. 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) Memory 14W.................... 512 GB NVME Solid State Drive 2W - 10W.............. GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card 42W - 170W............ Now if you take the max power consumption number from each component currently this system is using Total: 402W....................... Another SSD, even a 2 TB will still only take 2W - 10W more(so add 10).............. Another 16 GB will take another 14 watts........................ For video card upgrade.................. GeForce RTX 3070 LHR 8 GB Video Card 55W - 220W(add 50W) doable with Ram and SDD upgrade......... GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Video Card 28W - 115W(-55W) VERY DOABLE GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB Video Card 41W - 165W(-5W) doable with Ram and SDD upgrade........... GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card 50W - 200W(add another 30)doable with Ram and SDD upgrade............... Other than those Video cards you're on your own............. Processors---Upgrading to a Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor 8W - 219W(Add 71W) doable with some of the vid card and RAM and SSD upgrades................. That's a little info on upgrade opportunities...I tried to add some of the more common ones.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I'm sure you have the answer but maybe this will help other people. Intel Core i5-13400F 2.5 GHz 10-Core Processor 8W - 148W Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard 15W - 60W 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) Memory 14W 512 GB NVME Solid State Drive GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card 42W - 170W Now if you take the max power consumption number from each component, currently this system is using Total: 402W Another SSD, even a 2 TB will still only take 2W - 10W more(so add 10W) Another 16 GB RAM will take another 14 watts For video card upgrade a GeForce RTX 3070 LHR 8 GB Video Card 55W - 220W(add 50W) doable with Ram and SDD upgrade... GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Video Card 28W - 115W(-55W) VERY DOABLE GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB Video Card 41W - 165W(-5W) doable with Ram and SDD upgrade... GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB Video Card 50W - 200W(add another 30)doable with RAM and SDD upgrade... Other than those Video cards you're on your own Processors---Upgrading to a Intel Core i7-13700F 2.1 GHz 16-Core Processor 8W - 219W(Add 60W) doable with some of the vid card and RAM and SSD upgrades.. That's a little info on upgrade opportunities...I tried to add some of the more common ones.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you upgraded the CPU or the GPU then yeah, you would definitely need a bigger PSU. Adding the SSD and RAM you're fine. I would have much rather had Lenovo put a 550 or 600 in this. Not sure why they cut it so close. But 500w is enough
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I had same question when I bought mine. It runs well below the 550 Watt out the box. I was told to wait and see. The other NVM drive is used it seems. The upgrade is really for addition SATA SSD drives. It has four slots for memory. I would not add nothing, power wise, until it has an issue. Remember, the NVMe seems to swap out only, and not add too. The RAM compensates for the drive so I would add two 2Tb SATA SSD drives, 2 - 16G 5600 Memory Chips and call it a day. The configuration is confusing and cannot be changed. My 2 cents.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.You don’t have to worry about the power supply. It’s more than enough to run a lot more than you are talking about. I upgraded mine with 32 gb ram, RX6800, premium air cooler, and a 2 nd drive and it runs perfectly
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