Upgrade PSU?

[Dravenspur]

I have a question about my power supply. I know no video cards are available yet, but I wanted to buy a new power supply so that I could run an AMD 6800 XT card when they are available and the price has normalized (hopefully middle of next year). I have checked Newegg for cards and all the cards I have looked at say they require an 850W power supply. As you can see from my sig, I have a 750W. I checked on Newegg's power supply calculator, and with all the components it let me put in, it said I only needed 471W (so maybe a 600W to allow for headroom). My question is, do I go with the recommended wattage and buy an 850W or do you guys think my 750 will be ok? I don't want to fry any other components by having a PSU that doesn't work with a new video card. Would 750W allow for overclocking (since Newegg thinks I only need 471W) even though the recommended is 850W?

 

[Ben333]

Our computers honestly use MUCH less power than we often think. 750W is enough to run a pretty serious rig, but I'm sure others will chime in on this. Me personally, I'd run any consumer CPU + any single GPU on a good, high-quality 750w psu. And so a bit of overclocking too.

 

[JLK03F150]

I agree with Ben, your EVGA 750w PSU should be fine for your build.
I just got a new 750w PSU for my X570 build. Looking to get either a RX 6800 XT or a RTX 3080, whichever I can buy at retail.

 

[Blaylock]

Your 750W PSU will be fine. The RX 6800 XT uses the 2x 8 pin power connectors and your power supply has multiple of these and provides more than enough power. You are good to go.

 

[EarthDog]

I've got the same PSU and run an overclocked i9-10980XE along with a Strix 3080 (320W+). You'll be fine with your system and a 6800xt including overclocking as these fine gentlemen above have already said.

 

[Dravenspur]

Thanks everyone. I won’t buy a new PSU then. It’s good to know my PSU is good enough.

 

[SPL Tech]

750 is more than enough. Honestly I would bet a fat stack of cash you could run that with a 650. I bet you could overclock it and still run it on a 650W PSU.