Can my system handle an RT3060ti?

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If so, is there a power or anything else I might need to go with it?

Hewlett-Packard 212B
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1650 v3 3.5 GHz

31.91 GB of RAM

(newly upgraded 4k tv)3840 x 2160 60 Hz

Currently using Getforce GTX 1660 Super

current power=700watts

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Hello
I am not an expert.
But we would have to see several things.
RTX 3060ti consumption and CPU consumption I think we would need another more powerful PSU. Then see how the new GPU behaves with its current CPU and motherboard.
The Ram 32Gb is very good in the absence of its speed and its CL.

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The 3060 Ti is rated to draw up to 200 watts. GTX 1660 SUPER draws power from 1x 8-pin power connector, with power draw rated at 125 W

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3060 arrives Monday

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I screwed up big time. I think i fried my pc.

I tried plugging one of the 8 pin adapters into what my old card was plugged into. Pc wouldnt boot, which i assume is because my card was requiring more power than what it could get.

So i removed the new graphics card and put my old one in. However when i tried to turn on my computer, it just beeps several times and would not boot.

Im so bummed. I thought i could upgrade and be enjoying flight sim on a whole new graphics settings. Now i have to save up a few hundred dollars to figure out what needs to be fixed/upgraded before i have a working pc again.

Success in figuring out the wrong way to do something. Story of my life lol

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This isn’t likely because the card would basically be at idle power during boot or any other non-loading state. The new 40 series cards with the sense pins on the power cable may cause something like this if things weren’t matched properly, but not older cards with regular 8-pin connectors.

The two possibilities that come to mind are you either knocked something loose or shorted something during the switch over. Good luck with the troubleshooting.

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Search for the manual, those beeps are coded and they point what’s the issue. Or at least they should put you in the ballpark to where to start. As @Mooncatt3953 mentioned at boot the GPU is hardly pulling any power so I wouldn’t worry about that.

Stay calm, and get a hammer, just in case the part about staying calm doesn’t work :rofl:

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