Thinking about getting gtx 970

[Nuclear Pebble]

im thinking about getting an asus strix gtx 970 but i cannot find out what the minimum power supply wattage is for the card can anyone help me i have 500W apex PSU.

 

 

 

Intel i7-4790

Gigabyte GA-Z87X-OC

4xGB DDR3 1866 G.skill ripjawx

NVIDIA geforce 760

500W apex PSU

1TB HDD 

250GB samsung evo ssd

Windows 7 64bit

[Enderman]

A 450W PSU will be enough as long as you get a good quality 80+ certified one from a reputable brand.

[Matimo]

I'm frikkin' lovin' my MSI GeForce GTX 970 Gaming 4G. Has all the goodness of the Strix, just has higher framerates and draws... (substantially, like 25w) umm... more power?

Not that that answers your question :0

Go for a PSU which has a decent 80+ rating, bronze minimum. If you want decently high amperage cheapness, go no further than a Corsair CX600(m). Good luck with the build.

[Semper]

My recommendation:

Read this before opting to go with Asus.

 

Other than that, a 500w should be sufficient.

[s3ns3]

if its a decent psu 500w is more than enough. For instace the seasonic s12 430w can run your pc with a gtx 970 +oc.very efficient card.and cpu(haswell)

And since it handles your gtx 760 it wont have problems with the 970