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Re:Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new ... by marcosdumay on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @09:49AM (#28839622)
You really won't run your rig at 500W all the time either. That's also peak power.

Very few people have computers capable of cooling a constant 500W.

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Re:Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new ... by eertami on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:27AM (#28840090)
>You really won't run your rig at 500W all the time either.

While this is true, I don't agree with your statement about cooling.

It's very possible to have sustained 500W+ draw while playing a modern game on a 3080/3090. Sometimes you might play games for a few hours with a fairly consistent 500/600W power draw - honestly I think it's cheap and easy to cool this kind of load. A few 140mm fans and a mid-level CPU cooler should be enough.

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Re:Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new ... by marcosdumay on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @01:37PM (#28842586)
> A few 140mm fans

Yeah... Nearly nobody has a few 140mm fans on their computers. Most people won't have any fan lager than 120mm. Powerful computers usually have a pair of them. Maybe 3 if you count the PSU.

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Re:Up to 600 watts of power for graphics cards with the new ... by genocidicbunny on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @05:23PM (#28845252)
People who are using 3080/3090's are much more likely to have systems with larger numbers of fans. And they usually have far more than two.
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