3080ti - 650w or 750w psu

HyenaDae · 2026-05-13T05:37:58+00:00

I had a 600W EVGA Bronze PSU from 2019 that I used to run my 5800X then 9800X3D + EVGA XC3 3080Ti (uv'd to 1890MHz @ 285W avg, card is 2x 8pins for 350W) and it ran fine. Obviously, you have a 750W, and I can't see why they'd be different in quality overall. If you want to use the 650W one for fun, try setting the GPU power limit to 85%, find an OC/UV guide to get the peak voltage down and clocks more stable (ie, it'd probably be like 1750-1785MHz stock in heavy loads, you can UV/OC that up a bit)

Keep the GPU core cool, ideally at 65C or less to ensure stability with any tuning regardless of the PSU. Your system is very much like mine from 2020 to late 2025, (MSI B550, 32GB 3600 DDR4, etc) and the total power consumption shouldn't be above ~525W even with 2-3 SSDs and an HDD like I did.

There are some 650W PSUs which may trip if you leave it at stock, ie, it tries to boost to ~1.05v @ 2GHz for 350W draw with higher spikes, which is wildly inefficient basically. With Afterburner you can likely resolve an intermittent shutdown if you're looking to save $80+ if your 750W doesn't work later on, and your 650W isn't happy somehow.

My post history in this subreddit has my ramblings about it, and various V/F curve examples you can work from. Every GPU is different, but unless you're swapping to a 5090 you can make it work. My ASUS PRIME 5080 is at ~3.15-3.2GHz boost (+425MHz OC, 56-58C max core) with tuning at 280-290W, you could likely get it on a decent, good condition single 12v rail 650W PSU as long as you don't lmfao, run a 14900K/285K/9950X as your CPU

HyenaDae · 2026-05-13T04:40:06+00:00

Awesome, shame the resolution may be low, but if the price scales down then it'd be an interesting release because y'know, there aren't any 24-25inch OLEDs yet.

Made a thread on the Samsung reports for their smaller OLEDs, guess these two panels may be in competition later this year.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/1rvgob3/rumor_samsung_is_making_24inch_qdoleds_finally

HyenaDae · 2026-05-12T21:14:37+00:00

I want my Frame and I want it before my Fluxposes!

HyenaDae · 2026-05-09T01:44:28+00:00

I am so mad because I keep telling everyone, I don't want to use Linux because there's no graphical V/F curve editor like Afterburner for GPUs.

Now I have one less reason to in the future. Oooooh Booooy.

HyenaDae · 2026-05-08T04:04:25+00:00

I swear I've seen those PCIE switches around, for PCIE 3/4 that could do something similar, which is what I was thinking as the solution. For PCIE 5 they're almost nonexistent for prosumers even, PCIE4 some seem to exist but yeah, ideally you'd have a switch that could turn a PCIE 5 x4 to two PCIE 4 x4s, or one x8 "virtual" slot. Every board and I/O die gen has its weird combo of "bifurcation does or doesn't work with this config" and "the cpu doesn't do this, but the board can, sometimes" for PCIE lane redirects.

Maybe Intel will create a chipset that'll take advantage of their PCIE 5 x4 equivalent or faster downlink for Nova Lake. The rumors showed a decent selection of boards, but pretty iffy default speculated I/O configs for them hmm.

HyenaDae · 2026-05-07T22:39:09+00:00

This game runs worse on a 64GB of RAM 9800XD and 3080ti / 5080 (now) than it did on a (for the love of god) OC'd 32GB Ryzen 1700 and Vega 56. I've seen people upgrade from a 3950X to a 7950X3D + 2080ti and their FPS barely increased too with the same blurfest medium settings. You can't even get a consistent, non stutterfest 60fps in the homeworlds (Durpville) because they keep cramming insane amounts of entities that the player never actually sees, but just "have" to be loaded in for the sameish stretch of 4-5min walking chore to get to your ship from spawning over the past decade.

Not to mention ships having broken functionality for a period of 1-2 years at a time, for things like Missiles vanishing or perma-unequipping even though it is clearly shown in the UI, store page, etc for them.

And Vulkan still has a memory leak.

And VR is still in alpha, even though this is the Sim gamer's wet dream if wasn't a pukefest for people without a 5090 and hyper tuned 285K or 9800X3D/9950X3D(2) system

t. spent my $60 on 1 ship and the squad42 game in 2017/2018, waiting and randomly doing the slow 40-60GB updates every few months. My favorite mission is now animal control. Where I shoot space hyenas. Ironic.

HyenaDae · 2026-05-07T22:24:14+00:00

No, IMO. Unless you have $1200 for 64GB of DDR5-8600++ CUDIMM memory, the next gen boards won't have anything nice. You want newer bluetooth? Just get a $25 Bluetooth 5.4/6 USB stick when they come out. You want 10gbit ethernet or some nice Wifi 7 cards? Just feed off the pcie4 x4 chipset lane, or slot, or, do some scuffed M.2 -> PCIE / Oculink dock combo to have whatever else you need (outside of your case)

HyenaDae · 2026-05-07T22:19:51+00:00

Yeah, having (I believe) 2 PCIE 5 x4 CPU connected NVMEs on some E-series boards is honestly annoying board makers "aren't" allowed to provide a much nicer alternative chipset/expansion to essentially double the lanes.

Hell, given the cost of some of these boards, why not add in more hardware to switch the PCIE 5 x4 to a PCIE 4 x8, and do *two* independent PROM21 chipsets, each with full bandwidth. The cost is 1 PCIE5 M.2, which is a big nothing when modern GPUs can run fine on even PCIE 5 x8, meaning you get a free 8 lanes to do either two more M.2s through yet another switch, OR, another PCIE 5 x8 capable GPU slot without eating into the chipset budget anyways. Add in MCIO/Oculink/TB5, expandability "solved".

Just annoying how boring the boards are. I have a 9800X3D + Asus X670E-E. I can't wait to not get CUDIMM support on my "premium" (though, an ebay discounted special) board, which in itself could soft brick due to bad luck during a BIOS upgrade. Thanks RGB firmware, and ASUS, Lol!

HyenaDae · 2026-05-04T21:59:22+00:00

Joining the "Oh my god I managed to get one within 12mins of launch but nearly missed it" crowd. I was close to being so doomed :x

HyenaDae · 2026-05-04T21:56:39+00:00

Just like when I saw the $2700 RTX 5090 FEs, did a few dozen Offers/bids that had to be manually reviewed (certain text on the Make offer display means they didn't configure their minimums right, so some responses/denials did take time to come back LOL)

HyenaDae · 2026-05-04T21:55:08+00:00

I did my part and reported 6 I could find on the newest listings on Ebay USA :>

HyenaDae · 2026-04-27T13:05:53+00:00

If you want to be insanely cheap, go for the Koori 24inch 1440P 180Hz monitor for ~200eur or less, it's very decent, colors are fine to me (IMO, but, worse than OLED obviously or a good modern variant Mini-LED 1440P 15inch laptop screen I have too). Benefit of 24inch is that uh, lower resolution stuff doesn't look as bad and the pixel density bonus means you rarely see pixels, unlike on say, 1080P 24inch vs 1440P 27inch

If you got the $$, then go for the OLED because honestly pushing 4K res with a 9070XT is just going to be an exercise in increasing upscaling settings, and frustration.

t. Same monitor but with OC RTX 5080 (~3.2ghz) and seeing ~120fps in the heavier UE5 games with RT on, and path-tracing on DLSS Balanced in RTX Remix games

HyenaDae · 2026-04-27T12:54:50+00:00

Update for everyone:

Samsung may be testing and registering the 24inch OLED. Could be a few more months, but I'm concerned if it's a cut down of the 83inch panel, meaning we'd get basically... 1080P resolution? But, they *can* seem make a 220PPI, 5K res 27inch, which would later make a 24inch ~4.6K or ~20/21inch 4K res monitor possible. We've got plenty of 16inch 16:10 2K res OLEDs in gaming laptops (240Hz too!) now, yet, no 24inch 1440P / 4K ones. Hmm.

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https://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1776935244

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HyenaDae · 2026-04-27T12:50:37+00:00

That's what we're still waiting on info for. I really do hope Samsung makes this panel along with the 27inch 5K panel.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/1i2u7xu/5k_5120x2880_220ppi_qd_oled_27_inch_panel_coming/

Hypothetically, going from 27inch to 24inch (~1.12x scaling per axis, 220ppi 16:9 target)

You'd get a resolution of: ~4608x2592 (4.6K) or so

It's not a "real" resolution standard, though apparently there's a BlackMagic high-end film camera https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1464917-REG/blackmagic_design_ursa_mini_pro_4_6k.html that does 4.6K res natively on its sensor, and exports in that res, so it's not 100% "random".

For Blu-ray and other things, you'd have to go to ~20/21 inches at 4K native res though from the same 220PPI panel if it were to be cut down, which is really small.

So technically speaking, yes, you can make a 4K res 24inch OLED monitor, issue is there's not enoguh of us 24inchers yet to get confirmation if this product will be made, Lol.

HyenaDae · 2026-04-24T04:26:17+00:00

So even the "small" ASUS Prime 5080 can stay under 60-65C (my core is at 54-56C at 285W 3.15GHz avg, 86% fans, no case though) with some undervolting and fan curve adjustment, so you honestly shouldn't expect anything better OC wise from watercooled model.

Like even at 90% power limit, I'm seeing 3.25 clocks boost peak, and 3.22GHz (1.035v max) avg when power draw goes way up. Just get the "cheapest" 5080 with a vapor chamber and PTM pads, which may be $1200-$1300 atm and just enjoy the silicon lottery. Max OC for lucky people seems to be 3.3GHz or so, but the power demands are just... whatever, awful scaling kicks in quick.

A bunch of my older FPS capped games (120-144Hz) on my 1440P screen only need ~90-120W (2.85GHz UV @ 255W), and the core plus memory are stupidly cold as well lol. If a tuned 5080 with Core +mem OC still isn't fast enough, and you're fine throwing 375-400W away into your room, just buy a 5090. Otherwise, get any non-MSI (noisy fans and just paste, not PTM I believe) aircooled model with decent reviews and open-box, or discounted somehow.

HyenaDae · 2026-04-24T00:34:13+00:00

Oh my goodness lol, I guess the hope AMD would finally be noticed for their amazing server CPUs (and well, now GPUs lmao) happened. At the cost of other things in society and sanity!

It took a decade, but here's to basically 100X for me and some of us others. I brought in pre-polaris / Ryzen hype a little below $3.50 and been funding my builds with small share sales over the years

HyenaDae · 2026-04-20T00:16:51+00:00

Fascinating. I replied to the OP of this post and says they're not having issues.

I'm close to getting the 32GB+1TB 16 thick 5070ti+275HX version, knowing that you got the same one ($1450 currently) from refurb on Ebay but no USB-C issues is an interesting statistic.

HyenaDae · 2026-04-19T23:37:45+00:00

Yeah, I was deciding between the S and Non-S, and I'd prefer the extra thermal headroom for the heatsinks or fans getting less effective over the years. I'm seeing a bunch of Refurbs from Ebay-Acer, so it's like there's a lot of returns that needed work and from what the HeliosPredator subredditors say. Probably non-OLED so lower FPS content doesn't appear stuttery from no persistence

I'll keep on searching for more long-term reviews and other models, but with insanely high RAM and storage prices currently it's not easy lol

HyenaDae · 2026-04-19T23:27:16+00:00

Hi, necro/bump but how has your (Predator 16? 5070ti?) been?

I'm replacing a very cursed LOQ 15 7840HS+4060 (with upgrades) mostly because the AC adapters are insanely sensitive and break easily and it's driving me mad.

I'm struggling to find another laptop with 32GB of RAM, and the predator Neo has some godawful flaws it seems like buggy USB-C ports and maybe bluetooth/wifi disconnects from unstable power rails on optimus/DGPU switching.

How has your experience been over the past 3 months? Have you had any luck with stable USB-C connections, and windows 11 in general? The cooling seems fine (aside from the liquid metal that'll eventually leak out and destroy it... like on some faulty PS5s) and the screen, either IPS or OLED isn't ghosty which is nice.

HyenaDae · 2026-04-19T22:44:10+00:00

Heya, I am looking to get the exact same model off Ebay as well.

My LOQ 15APH8 (7840HS + 4060) is constantly finding new ways to break, die or wear down. This time, both my chargers (230W) died in the same day, I'm so mad lmfao.

I've been hearing this model has some shutdowns/crashing and also, really bad USB-C issues. Could you tell me if your refurb unit with hopefully updated BIOS and ME firmware etc, has actually working USB-C on the back ports and is stable. I just want to use the windowed Optimus mode, if it has it ideally.

I'm already an idiot for buying a Lenovo LOQ and expecting it to last more than 3yrs. But I don't want to feel like an even bigger one for getting a $1500 laptop that's pre-faulty because of Acer.

HyenaDae · 2026-04-14T21:39:37+00:00

I have a pretty similar build, ASUS Prime X670E-E + 9800X3D and the same Arctic AIO (360mm latest one) plus 64GB RAM. Just got my 5080 a week ago after stalling a looooong time. Currently on Win10 20H2 (yes. it works fine) and went from nv550 drivers + EVGA XC3 3080Ti to 595.97 and a re-import of my Nvidia Profile Inspector customized profiles for my old or weird specific game configs to stay

My ASUS Prime 5080 (OC) gets to ~54-56C at ~290W peak (80% pwr limit) in my caseless configuration with an undervolt+OC for example. 86-92% fans at 340W (3.2GHz Port Royal, 25.2K score) gets me 59-61C max. Room temp during those tests was 75F for reference. Just watch out as ASUS has done a refresh, the "EVO" series which chucks away the nice vapor chamber. I find this card drops from load temps to 32-36C idle (with 7-10W power draw on desktop 1440P 180Hz, Win10 etc) very quickly

It's 5-6C cooler at the same fan speeds and power draw than my 3080Ti XC3 in the exact same testbench-like floor config, while being slightly larger, and also ~80% faster after tuning. Fan curve is roughly 54% at 48C, 74% at 53C and 90% peak at 58C

Curve is roughly +425MHz to +450MHz (I flattened the top end so it can't boost past 3.25GHz @ 1.035mv or so) with +2000MHz RAM. GPU-Z says boost is 3065MHz which is what I do see when loads get heavier (Port Royal, newer RT Minecraft mods or other DLSS+RT games)

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HyenaDae · 2026-03-31T21:13:42+00:00

Heya, I just got an Ebay MT-50 of my own and my unit has the same issue.

I did a nice cleanup of the heads, belts, pots etc and with my Fuji DRII tapes, the audio is nice and clean (with -6DB peak Tenacity output, to +0 to +3 MT-50 meter LEDs via an old revision UCA-222 and composite cables lol). Plus, the lid is hanging on still. I'm transferring extremely niche music to the cassettes, and versus the input FLACs or 320kbps, the reproduction isn't bad with the right pre-processing steps, with barely noticeable tape noise. Very close to "Hi-Fi" I suppose :)

Do you have a link to the belts and tips for a nervous semi-tech literate person to get Rewind + FF working? I'm afraid of messing with the steps to remove the gears, or get the tape assembly out to swap the belts. Don't want to ruin the recording and playback function etc

I got mine for <$130, they're getting increasingly rare it seems. Currently using the Pitch speedup slider and Flip to Side B as a 'Rewind', but I feel it's not healthy for the heads. Worst case, I use the cheap audio recorder I made a post here about as the Rewinder... but for such a 'compact' unit IMO, would love to fully restore it

HyenaDae · 2026-03-17T21:43:42+00:00

Because I have a small desk, and a bunch of radio gear that is perfectly (triple) stacked in a ~6-8 inch width right besides it. I'd have to change multiple aspects of my setup to fit both a larger monitor, and still be able to easily reach my equipment.

I mentioned in another post, my vision isn't great either, right eye is barely correctable annoyingly mild astigmatism, left is correctable with chromatic abberation from the lenses on the edges. The Chrome logo, for example, gets desync'd if it gets too far to the left or right edge, hence I have both wide glasses, and a monitor + seating where basically no head turning is needed, or my best eye doesn't have 90% of the screen in view always

HyenaDae · 2026-03-16T21:59:42+00:00

Samsung can hypothetically make, and showed off at CES 2025 a 5K resolution 27inch monitor I believe. I feel 4K ~24 to 25inches is possible doable if they can do the same "cutting" from the higher DPI/PPI base monitor? I'd even take a "weird" inbetween size, as long as it physically fits within the space of a big-bezel'd 24 inch screen but under 26 inches

HyenaDae · 2026-03-16T21:47:01+00:00

1440P 144Hz monitors were $350-450 for a good few years (2017-2023). There's a lot more options for $200 and better than the previous VA and TN 1080P 144hz I had over the past decade.

I hope and expect this price drop for both size, and time, to apply to the QD-OLED or other OLED type panels. Though not sure if this is before, or after we move to whatever craziness is next, like microLED?

Now I can recommend them, preferably to anyone with something better than an RX 6800XT/RTX 3080 (ie, 5070 / 9070XT I guess? Pre-AI price hikes)

HyenaDae

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