NVidia RTX 5000 series
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Amazing, you got really lucky, you must have got the order in pretty quick to snag a 5090 so early.6 Working days later and its already built, so much for expecting a month+ wait
5090 MSI Gaming Trio x Ryzen 7 9800X3D Combo
Bravo, that’s great news
Que slot 11, so about as quick as I could possibly get the order in. If one of the parts didn't conflict id have got it quicker 😂
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The question is, are you ready for it???
I would definitely quickly get some serious harness built into your gaming chair to help with the inevitable GForce from that GPU!
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I purposefully misspelt it for that very reason!
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Don’t want to freak people out, but just to highlight for any 5090 owners, worth just checking the power input to the gpu and being doubly sure it’s all the way home and not under too much duress from a bend to soon
Correct me if i'm wrong the MSI gaming trio one has a yellow tip on the connector to make sure its correctly inserted right ? Will be double checking this for sure when it arrives
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The connector is part of the PSU not the GPU. The GPU side connector from what I’m seeing is just a standard black.
Its normally the cable that would have the colour identifier
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Again, that's the adapter you'd use if you didn't have an ATX 3 PSU. All ATX 3 PSU's come with native support for 12VHPWR or 12v2x6 connections, so you don't use an adapter, you'd use the cable that comes with the PSU
If you have in fact ordered a 5090 build with an ATX2 PSU, I'd amend the PSU as quick as you can before it’s on build and you have to pay to male changes, just no way near suitable for the 5090
Opted for the Hxi 1500W corsair one so plenty of juice with three EPS12V connectors, tell me I didn't fumble that decision 😂 Cant image it needed anymore than that
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Thanks for the clarification, I'm good with the 1200 Hxi.
Thanks for the clarification, I'm good with the 1200 Hxi.
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The 1200W ATX 3 Shift model would be far better. ATX 3 factors in 1.5 x the power for transient spikes which is quite a major amendment, they're also far more efficient. So a 1200W gives you 1800W headroom
Personally if you're sure the 1500W is an ATX2, then I'd get it swapped out.
As far as I'm aware, weather the PSU is using a 12VHPWR connector or the old standard 8pins doesn't affect the melting happening on the card end, it's the actual connector into the GPU that's the source of the melting.
So I don't really see any benefit personally of sticking with ATX 2 even if it potentially has enough headroom for the GPU. If you were going to go ATX 2, then the 1500HXi is about the best you could ever do but I'd still want the extra protection.
We've already seen overclocked partner cards sucking 675W, so 75W over IN STANDARD USE on a 600w capable cable, that's not even accounting for transient spikes. I would definitely want the added protection of ATX 3 for this beast. We're talking potential transient spikes of 1350W just on the GPU alone from what we know so far, I really wouldn't be surprised if there are findings to come where it's sucking more, that would only leave you 150w absolute max headroom for the rest of the system IF the PSU was 100% efficient, which of course they aren't.
It's just insane how things have gotten related to power.
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It doesn't help that it's still not overly clear on the configurator which ones are ATX 3 and which aren't, plus stocks are just a nightmare at the moment, must be a hangover from Chinese New Year shutdown.
Yeah far from a PSU expert myself, found this article that suggests the HXI1500 and 1200 should be fine however, https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/explorer/diy-builder/power-supply-units/best-psu-for-rtx-5090/
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Yeah, agreed, but I do rate Corsair as one of the better ones out there, they do tend to be on the consumer side.
I had an old Corsair HX750i back on my previous build. That thing I think survived 3 systems from an old AMD HD6950 which was only 200W card with 400w min PSU suggestion up to a GTX 1080 at 180w but with a 500w min PSU suggestion. And I ran it right on the edge with the GTX 1080 for a good 8 years, so around 15 years that PSU went from build to build.
It never skipped a beat. They are incredibly designed units.