Cooler master masterwatt 450w bronze enough for gtx 970 ?

[Pomfrit]

Is my psu good enough for nvidia gtx 970 ?

also should i get gtx 1060 6gb or gtx 970 4gb ?

edit: i could get used 970 for 70-90$
and 1060 for 120-150$
 

also any good ideas for an upgrade from 1050ti with my 450w psu ?

Edited March 1, 2020 by Pomfrit

[Oswin]

that PSU should be fine, have you considered getting anything newer, i.e the 1650 or 1660? 

[Pomfrit]

3 minutes ago, Oswin said:

that PSU should be fine, have you considered getting anything newer, i.e the 1650 or 1660? 

isnt the 1060 6gb better then 1650 ? also i couldnt find a used 1650 in slovenia...imma pair it with a i7 2600.
so what do you say about the 970 4gb ? would my psu be good enough?

[Oswin]

Just now, Pomfrit said:

isnt the 1060 6gb better then 1650 ? also i couldnt find a used 1650 in slovenia...imma pair it with a i7 2600.
so what do you say about the 970 4gb ? would my psu be good enough?

the 1060 is still better compared to the 1650, would go with that over the aging 970, and 450 watts should be enough for that card, what are the rest of your specs?

[Pomfrit]

Just now, Oswin said:

the 1060 is still better compared to the 1650, would go with that over the aging 970, and 450 watts should be enough for that card, what are the rest of your specs?

Isnt 500w recommended for 970 ><?

i7 2600

gtx 1050ti

16gb ddr3 ram

22” monitor 1080p

intel dp67bg Mobo

1 front fan and 1 rear , cpu cooler 450w masterwatt psu... i think that all

[Oswin]

1 minute ago, Pomfrit said:

Isnt 500w recommended for 970 ><?

i7 2600

gtx 1050ti

16gb ddr3 ram

22” monitor 1080p

intel dp67bg Mobo

1 front fan and 1 rear , cpu cooler 450w masterwatt psu... i think that all

500w isnt that much of a necesity,

 

this web may help 

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

 

[Pomfrit]

3 minutes ago, Oswin said:

500w isnt that much of a necesity,

 

this web may help 

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

 

For 970 it says i need 480w psu and recommended 600w or 650w ... >< and for 1060 it says i need 430w 

[Pomfrit]

3 minutes ago, Oswin said:

500w isnt that much of a necesity,

 

this web may help 

https://outervision.com/power-supply-calculator

 

So my 450w would not be enough for 970... sadly i wanted to get it cuz i could sell my 1050ti for 90€ no problem and i could get the 970 for 70€ whoch would be awesome... too bad i didnt get a 500w psu when i had the chance... bit everyone said 450w will be enough

[Oswin]

3 minutes ago, Pomfrit said:

For 970 it says i need 480w psu and recommended 600w or 650w ... >< and for 1060 it says i need 430w 

my bad, i got the numbers wrong

[Oswin]

2 minutes ago, Pomfrit said:

So my 450w would not be enough for 970... sadly i wanted to get it cuz i could sell my 1050ti for 90€ no problem and i could get the 970 for 70€ whoch would be awesome... too bad i didnt get a 500w psu when i had the chance... bit everyone said 450w will be enough

would personally go with the 1060 if you can get your hands on 1, consumes less power and gives better performance overall, as long as you dont get the crazy triple fan version

[Pomfrit]

Just now, Oswin said:

would personally go with the 1060 if you can get your hands on 1, consumes less power and gives better performance overall, as long as you dont get the crazy triple fan version

Yeah im planning dual fan  so yeah what bothers me is that the gtx 970 is only 70€ and gtx 1060 is 150€ lol... but thank you for help

[Pomfrit]

1 minute ago, Oswin said:

would personally go with the 1060 if you can get your hands on 1, consumes less power and gives better performance overall, as long as you dont get the crazy triple fan version

And i could order the 970 right away.. cant do that with 1060 >< need some more money first

[Sir0Tek]

18 minutes ago, Pomfrit said:

Isnt 500w recommended for 970 ><?

i7 2600

gtx 1050ti

16gb ddr3 ram

22” monitor 1080p

intel dp67bg Mobo

1 front fan and 1 rear , cpu cooler 450w masterwatt psu... i think that all

(partial) OCed to +-4.1ghz? I guess the cpu then wants up to 130w then, add 50 for the mainboard/ram/drives. Thats below 200w. Now the gpu, will it ask more than 250w?

[freeagent]

Nvidia says 500w minimum for the 970. If someone here said 450 is fine for it, that person should not be handing out advice anymore until he gets educated. You should follow up on fact checking as well for next time, so you don’t find yourself in a similar situation thanks to bad advice. I have a 650w powering my 970/x58 rig.

[The Torrent]

1 minute ago, freeagent said:

Nvidia says 500w minimum for the 970. If someone here said 450 is fine for it, that person should not be handing out advice anymore until he gets educated. You should follow up on fact checking as well for next time, so you don’t find yourself in a similar situation thanks to bad advice. I have a 650w powering my 970/x58 rig.

i think a 450w gold psu will be fine.

even his psu would be fine tbh but i wouldn't go near it anyway.

 

rmx or dont buy a pc

[freeagent]

Chances are it will be.

[Oswin]

26 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Nvidia says 500w minimum for the 970. If someone here said 450 is fine for it, that person should not be handing out advice anymore until he gets educated. You should follow up on fact checking as well for next time, so you don’t find yourself in a similar situation thanks to bad advice. I have a 650w powering my 970/x58 rig.

a simple miscalculation doesn't mean that someone is uneducated 

 

https://outervision.com/b/qHQdz2

[Pomfrit]

Still need help guys

[Sir0Tek]

32 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Nvidia says 500w minimum for the 970. If someone here said 450 is fine for it, that person should not be handing out advice anymore until he gets educated. You should follow up on fact checking as well for next time, so you don’t find yourself in a similar situation thanks to bad advice. I have a 650w powering my 970/x58 rig.

So you're fine in completely ignoring different capabilities of the so called 500w/450w psus, claiming that someone needs to get educated if he says a specific 450w from which it is known how much amps on 12v it provides would suffice, because nvidia says 500w is needed no matter what psu it actually is? Congrats.

[Sir0Tek]

35 minutes ago, The Torrent said:

i think a 450w gold psu will be fine.

even his psu would be fine tbh but i wouldn't go near it anyway.

 

rmx or dont buy a pc

It doesn't matter if it's white, bronze, gold or platinum, that's just the efficiency-rating.

[freeagent]

23 minutes ago, Oswin said:

a simple miscalculation doesn't mean that someone is uneducated 

 

https://outervision.com/b/qHQdz2

  No, I understand that.. all you had to do was go to the nvidia page and it would have said right there, 500w min. Running a psu at its ragged edge is not a good idea, they are surprisingly easy enough to hurt if you have the hardware to do it.

[Pomfrit]

4 minutes ago, Sir0Tek said:

So you're fine in completely ignoring different capabilities of the so called 500w/450w psus, claiming that someone needs to get educated if he says a specific 450w from which it is known how much amps on 12v it provides would suffice, because nvidia says 500w is needed no matter what psu it actually is? Congrats.

Im not following my english is not that good >< so does that mean my psu is good enough for 970 or not? Srry to bother

[Sir0Tek]

4 minutes ago, Pomfrit said:

Im not following my english is not that good >< so does that mean my psu is good enough for 970 or not? Srry to bother

It is sufficent, providing up to 35amps on 12v while the card is probably around the 150w tdp.

Dang, now I must get re-educated.

[Pomfrit]

1 minute ago, Sir0Tek said:

It is sufficent, providing up to 35amps on 12v while the card is probably around the 150w tdp.

Dang, now I must get re-educated.

maybe imma get it then cuz 70€ seems like a decent price since i can sell my 1050ti for more than that and get free performance

[Oswin]

16 minutes ago, freeagent said:

  No, I understand that.. all you had to do was go to the nvidia page and it would have said right there, 500w min. Running a psu at its ragged edge is not a good idea, they are surprisingly easy enough to hurt if you have the hardware to do it.

nvidia does state a 500w minimum, but i would find it hard for that system to draw that significant amount of power under load, the 450 watt should be fine 

 

i dont see why its on its "ragged edge"

https://www.anandtech.com/show/8568/the-geforce-gtx-970-review-feat-evga/15