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Hello all.

 

I am looking to upgrade my gpu to gtx 970 aswell as my psu, as it is quite old now. I ran my specs through the eXtreme power supply calcualtor and it came back with a peak wattage of 373w.

 

So would I be ok getting a 650w or sould I go to 750?

Be honest with yourself.  Are you going to SLI later? If so , then go with a 750 if not then go with 500.. more than enough even as the PSU ages and becomes less efficient.

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Hello all.

 

I am looking to upgrade my gpu to gtx 970 aswell as my psu, as it is quite old now. I ran my specs through the eXtreme power supply calcualtor and it came back with a peak wattage of 373w.

 

So would I be ok getting a 650w or sould I go to 750?

 

Thanks for reading :P

 

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you will be fine a with a 500w psu but i would get a 750 for upgrade ability 

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Hello all.

 

I am looking to upgrade my gpu to gtx 970 aswell as my psu, as it is quite old now. I ran my specs through the eXtreme power supply calcualtor and it came back with a peak wattage of 373w.

 

So would I be ok getting a 650w or sould I go to 750?

Be honest with yourself.  Are you going to SLI later? If so , then go with a 750 if not then go with 500.. more than enough even as the PSU ages and becomes less efficient.

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Ok, Thanks for advice guys :D

Desktop: Fractel Design R5 - i5 4670K @ stock - Asrock Z97 Extreme 4 - 16GB @ 1600MHz - Asus GTX 970 - Corsair RM650 - OCZ Vector 150 240GB - WD Blue 500GB - Noctua NH-D15

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Be honest with yourself. Are you going to SLI later? If so , then go with a 750 if not then go with 500.. more than enough even as the PSU ages and becomes less efficient.

A decent 650w is already plenty for sli. A single card would have no issue on a 500w.

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