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Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my graphics card but i don't know if my psu will work with it or will scrape by. my setup if I get the card will be a rtx 2070, i5 8400, 3 fans a water cooler and 1 8gb ddr4 stick of ram at 2400 speed and the psu is this https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Certified-Continuous-cooling-PS-SPD-0500NPCWUS-W/dp/B014W3EM2W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29EO174TK54ET&keywords=thermaltake+smart+series+500+watt+80+plus&qid=1574562404&sprefix=thermaltake+500+watt+smart%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1

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10 minutes ago, Careful_Quantity said:

Hello, I'm trying to upgrade my graphics card but i don't know if my psu will work with it or will scrape by. my setup if I get the card will be a rtx 2070, i5 8400, 3 fans a water cooler and 1 8gb ddr4 stick of ram at 2400 speed and the psu is this https://www.amazon.com/Thermaltake-Certified-Continuous-cooling-PS-SPD-0500NPCWUS-W/dp/B014W3EM2W/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29EO174TK54ET&keywords=thermaltake+smart+series+500+watt+80+plus&qid=1574562404&sprefix=thermaltake+500+watt+smart%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-1

 

That is a pretty poor quality power supply.

I would not risk it, especially when you are dropping ~$400 on a RTX 2070.

 

If you are upgrading your graphics card, consider getting a better quality 500W ~ 550W for $40 ~ $60 also.

 

Just looking at the "wattage" is meaningless -- it's just a number rating.

You need to look at how the internal of the PSU is designed, what current/voltage protections are built-in.

How steady is the power output on the +12v, +3.3v, and +5v, etc.. rails are.

How does the PSU behave under heavy load, etc.

 

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Considering the rest of the system being pretty low spec, I would say yes.

But, as someone said before that PSU is not the best quality, you might want to get something better if one day you end up upgrading CPU / mobo / mem.

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Not to crap on your parade but it will work fine. For awhile. But you will need to budget for a higher quality one.

 

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