TG01-2176z Upgrading Graphics Card to 3060 TI

[barom138]

Hi Everyone,

I have a HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop (TG01-2176z) and was wondering first of all, if I could upgrade the 3060 to 3060 TI without any issues (mostly concerned about power output). The included power supply is rated for 400w. The difference in power output between the two graphics cards seem to be about 30w (according to TDP rating) so it doesn't seem like a crazy upgrade.

If you think 400w is not sufficient for 3060 TI, I'm wondering if the TG01-2285t's 500w power supply (part# L81009-800) is compatible with my motherboard (Erica6)?

If not able to answer the above, do you know if historically, the power supply has been compatible between Intel and AMD machines of the same series (e.g. HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop)

[itsmyname · Accepted solution]

@barom138  -- is this your computer: HP Pavilion Gaming Desktop TG01-2176z Bundle PC (33V39AA#ABA)

It has a 400 Watt power-supply, and the AMD processor consumes 65 Watts.

The RAM and the CD/DVD device and the USB ports and a SSD and the fans consume only a few Watts, leaving about 300 Watts for the video-card, which should be plenty.

The power-supplies for both Intel and AMD motherboards will power SATA devices (SSD, CD/DVD), but there may be differences in the other power-leads (4-pin, 6-pin, extra power to a socket near the CPU), due to design differences between those two motherboards. There is no "one size fits all" solution to your question.

[barom]

Thank you for the help. It sounds like I’ll be okay for the gpu upgrade without a psu upgrade. I also just realized that I could get a kill-a-watt and measure the power, just as a sanity check.

 Anyway really appreciate the help,

[Prométhée]

hi

check the manufacturer data anyway
all graphics card, are not the same, and the requirements may be higher or lower

Insufficient power can lead to problems
see for example this model

https://ca.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-3060-Ti-VENTUS-2X-OC/Specification

Recommended Power Supply (W) 600W 

Power Connectors 8-pin x 2 

also take into account, the dimensions

232 x 124 x 52 mm

[itsmyname]

> Recommended Power Supply (W) 600W 

The same web-page also states that the graphics-adapter only requires 200W.

This leaves 400W for CPU, disk-drive, CD/DVD drive, RAM, sound-card, network card,  which is much more than what those components will consume.

[Prométhée]

Sorry, you may not have understood
I'm just saying check it out, this is just an example,
and i' m not just talking about power
We sometimes see that it will not be a problem to have a power supply box just limited compared to what is recommended.
But sometimes this will not be the case, the power required, can be effectively more or less sufficient in Watt, only if it is not of very good quality, it will not be sufficient any more.
But anyway, it's just for the user to check against what he has chosen.
This one is indicated 200w indeed, but others of the same manufacturer display a little more than that
We can see this indeed
Lower power rating is acceptable depending on system configuration.

 Prevention is better than cure all the same, no ..

[barom138]

Just FYI, I got a kill-a-watt and ran some benchmarks (with GPU pulled) and it hit about 115W-120W at its peak but mostly stayed between 75-90W. So that leaves still quite a bit of overhead for GPU. I'm thinking 250W  would be the highest I would go just to leave some room for error. The best GPU that fits this power budget would be 3070 but will probably go with 3060 TI (assuming any of them becomes available at some point that is).