Re: What I'm clearly not grasping is why 750w would be more than enough. I trust the basic online psu calculator. it is ranked the No. 1 best calculator For RTX 3060 and i7-12700 it calculates (using DDR4 for estimate because the calculator does not yet have DDR5) Load Wattage:462 WRecommended PSU Wattage:512 W in typical real-world scenario, your pc would draw no more than 500w. PS DDR5 is more efficient in power than DDR4.
My U2722D UltraSharp showed up a couple days ago and it's been awesome - so much so that I might get a 2nd one. But I digress... The time has come to replace my 8700 with an 8950. I'm planning to go with the NVIDIA RTX 3060 and the i7 12700 processor. I'm not a gamer by any stretch and have zero interest in an unlocked processor. Graphics-wise, the most intensive stuff I see on the horizon will be some video editing (think GoPro footage) but that's pretty much it. From looking at the specs for both the card and the processor, I see that I'd be sitting just below 750W but I can't help wondering if the 1000W PSU might be a better way to go. You know -better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. Or is 1000W gonna be stupid crazy overkill? Perhaps even unsafe? TIA
XPS 8950, PSU options, 750W or 1000W?