Is 500w enough for 1070ti or RTX 2070

[iYui7]

My current spec:

i5 8400

stock cooler

2x8GB RAM 2400MHz

GTX 1060 3GB

1x SSD 

1x 7.2k HDD

3x 120mm case fan

 

My current PSU are XCP-A500

 

Plan to upgrade from 1060 3G to either 1070ti or 2070, can my PSU handle this?

Since I have tight budget, if upgrading PSU I does not have extra money to upgrade graphic card. If unable to handle, which PSU I should get?

[Mira Yurizaki]

Assuming the RTX 2070 uses about 185W of power consumption (the 1070 Ti's is effectively the same), this is around 15.5A of current from the 12V rail. So yeah, it should handle it just fine even if it's using only one of the two 12V rails exclusively.

[TH3R34P3R]

so, 500W should be able to handle it. 

 

on another note, never seen that psu before... 

[Princess Luna]

Yes 500w is enough but that PSU is a pile of garbage.

[iYui7]

2 minutes ago, M.Yurizaki said:

Assuming the RTX 2070 uses about 185W of power consumption (the 1070 Ti is about the same), this is about 15.5A of current from the 12V rail. So yeah, it should handle it just fine even if it's using only one of the two 12V rails exclusively.

So my PSU will handle it just fine? Plan to buy RTX 2070 Ventus or MSI 1070ti GAMING

Will it cause damage to my component if it under gaming?

[Mira Yurizaki]

Just now, iYui7 said:

So my PSU will handle it just fine? Plan to buy RTX 2070 Ventus or MSI 1070ti GAMING

Will it cause damage to my component if it under gaming?

Theoretically it should. In practice? I don't know. I'm sure someone here who knows what it's made out of can tell you.

[iYui7]

6 minutes ago, TH3R34P3R said:

so, 500W should be able to handle it. 

 

on another note, never seen that psu before... 

From a Taiwan company I think

[iYui7]

5 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Yes 500w is enough but that PSU is a pile of garbage.

Will it handle heavy load like gaming, etc and not causing damage to component?

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, iYui7 said:

Will it handle heavy load like gaming, etc and not causing damage to component?

Psus aren't that expensive. Get a new one. Check the psu tier list down here and get a tier c+

[iYui7]

6 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

Psus aren't that expensive. Get a new one. Check the psu tier list down here and get a tier c+

It quite expensive in my country...

[DailyProcrastinator]

500W is enough but that is a cheap PSU, even voltage ripple can kill your components, so your PSU can live but not your other components, it is not worth the risk. 

 

If you are on a budget look at the Corsair CX550M.

[LukeSavenije]

17 minutes ago, iYui7 said:

It quite expensive in my country...

How much you want to spend and where?

[iYui7]

11 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

How much you want to spend and where?

My budget right now only have around $500 to spend

Do you have any solid PSU to suggest?

[iYui7]

22 minutes ago, JM21 said:

500W is enough but that is a cheap PSU, even voltage ripple can kill your components, so your PSU can live but not your other components, it is not worth the risk. 

 

If you are on a budget look at the Corsair CX550M.

Thanks for the information 

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, iYui7 said:

My budget right now only have around $500 to spend

Do you have any solid PSU to suggest?

once again, where?

 

btw, how much would that gpu cost you?

Edited December 7, 2018 by LukeSavenije

[DailyProcrastinator]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

once again, where?

OP is from Malaysia, right under his username lol

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

1 minute ago, iYui7 said:

Thanks for the information 

Other solid options are the MasterWatt (NOT the Masterwatt Lite) and the Focus+ Gold for a little more

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, JM21 said:

OP is from Malaysia, right under his username lol

didn't even see. well, don't know pricing there. I have the psu tier list linked down below. everything tier c or higher is a good psu (generally speaking)

[DailyProcrastinator]

6 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

didn't even see. well, don't know pricing there. I have the psu tier list linked down below. everything tier c or higher is a good psu (generally speaking)

Yup, on a budget I am recommending the Corsair CXM, EVGA B3 would be okay too.

[LukeSavenije]

1 minute ago, JM21 said:

Yup, on a budget I am recommending the Corsair CXM, EVGA B3 would be okay too.

meh, not the biggest fan of the b3. but the cx(m) line is pretty good

 

edit: the gray label line at least

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by LukeSavenije

[DailyProcrastinator]

3 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

meh, not the biggest fan of the b3. but the cx(m) line is pretty good

 

edit: the gray label line at least

 

Same, but a B3 is usually a cheaper option and still a whole lot better than whatever TF this is:

1 hour ago, iYui7 said:

 

 

But yes the grey label CXM is the better of my two recommendations.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, JM21 said:

Same, but a B3 is usually a cheaper option and still a whole lot better than whatever TF this is:

 

true, but they sent golden samples to reviewers, so that's mostly why I don't like it. 

[Guest]

23 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

Yes 500w is enough but that PSU is a pile of garbage.

Correct.  That PSU should be returned for a refund.

23 hours ago, iYui7 said:

It quite expensive in my country...

You get what you pay for,

 

 

[OrionFOTL]

23 hours ago, iYui7 said:

It quite expensive in my country...

If you can't buy a good PSU for 10% of RTX2070 price, then don't buy an RTX2070.

[Stefan Payne]

On 12/7/2018 at 6:35 PM, iYui7 said:

My current PSU are XCP-A500

Condolences

Why do you want to use a ~20 Year old PSU with modern Hardware?!
 

Its old and must not be used and replaced 

On 12/7/2018 at 6:59 PM, iYui7 said:

It quite expensive in my country...

Sux, but you have two choices:

a) get a decent PSU and a GPU you can actually afford

b) don't get a decent PSU, try it with your ancient piece of shit, wonder why the Harddrive dies every couple of weeks, deal with random lockups and reboots - and of course kill your hardware...

 

And given the age of the PSU, I don't get why you won't get a good quality new one.