Is 500w Enough?>

[ignorethisone]

Hi guys! I Bought a Corsair cx500 (80+bronze) for my system build. I just want some second opinions on if this one is right for me. Of course, I dont want it to run at 100% all the time, I dont think that is particularly good. Just looking for some second opinions. Thanks! Here is my build:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($257.68 @ DirectCanada)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($30.98 @ DirectCanada)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($163.79 @ DirectCanada)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($79.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Storage: Sandisk Solid State Drive 128GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($64.99 @ Memory Express)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($56.98 @ DirectCanada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($409.95 @ Vuugo)
Case: NZXT H440 (White/Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($129.99 @ Memory Express)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ Memory Express)
Keyboard: Corsair Vengeance K95 Wired Gaming Keyboard  ($152.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $1427.31
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-14 23:44 EST-0500

[79wjd]

500w is plenty 

[Deletive]

yeah

[Skeletonfish]

500W should be fine, i would stick with 600W tho just to have head room

[Fate]

Yes it's plenty, even with big overclocks.

[Speedyv]

500w would be good.

 

I wouldn't go any lower. And make sure to keep headroom if you plan on SLI.

[ImBleu]

You'll be good with 500w until you add 2 more graphics cards for 3way SLI ;p

[MountainDrew]

Yes, it should be fine.

 

I would go with more if you want to go SLI in the future though (it's always nice to have some extra headroom).

[Thony]

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1355

GPU can consume up to 300w (thats reference card i think, other will varry) so yea 500w is plenty enough for your rig and u still have room to overclock

Pricepicker even gives u estimated power draw "347 watts". Its not perfect but its well close to what u will need (give or take 100w to be safe )
 

Sekhonpra

[79wjd]

 

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1355

GPU can consume up to 300w (thats reference card i think, other will varry) so yea 500w is plenty enough for your rig and u still have room to overclock

The total system power consumption was 300.