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Not really. Some people use even lower PSU for them. The GPU will more than likely NEVER get to max power and they set the minimum to where it has enough room to use it. Unless you're overclocking I don't see a need. Someone I know was using a 400W PSU for a 290

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I have a WIndows 7 64 bit computer with a 970, two HHD's, an SSD and a 500W PSU. 500W is a minimum for my grapichscard. Am I missing out on performance in any way? Any reason to upgrade?

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Not really. Some people use even lower PSU for them. The GPU will more than likely NEVER get to max power and they set the minimum to where it has enough room to use it. Unless you're overclocking I don't see a need. Someone I know was using a 400W PSU for a 290

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: 32Gb DDR4  GPU(s): MSI 6800-XT Case: NZXT H440 Storage: 4x 250gb SSD + 2TB HDD PSU: Corsair RM850x with CableMod Displays: 1 x Asus ROG Swift And 3 x 24" 1080p Cooling: H100i Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB Sound: AKG 553 Operating System: Windows 10

 

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I have a WIndows 7 64 bit computer with a 970, two HHD's, an SSD and a 500W PSU. 500W is a minimum for my grapichscard. Am I missing out on performance in any way? Any reason to upgrade

The PC will either start or not, with that config a larger PSU would be advised, but the 500w will be fine.

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As long as it's a reliable power supply (which is likely the case), you're fine.

I actually couldn't underclock my 5 year old GPU to make it as slow as a next-gen console.

#pcmasterraceproblems

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I have a WIndows 7 64 bit computer with a 970, two HHD's, an SSD and a 500W PSU. 500W is a minimum for my grapichscard. Am I missing out on performance in any way? Any reason to upgrade?

What 500W is it specifically? If it's a decent one you'll be perfectly fine but not a Diablotek

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If it's a decent unit and depending on your processor and if it's overclocked it should be plenty.

I don'T PreSS caPs.. I juST Hit THe keYboARd so HarD iT CriTs :P

 

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Whaaaaa. The 290 uses like 200W just playing games. 250W is the max tdp for a non-overclocked card. How?

Well he would blue screen occasionally but it still worked, and the 970 uses less, so I think it will be fine. 

CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 Motherboard: MSI B550 Tomahawk RAM: 32Gb DDR4  GPU(s): MSI 6800-XT Case: NZXT H440 Storage: 4x 250gb SSD + 2TB HDD PSU: Corsair RM850x with CableMod Displays: 1 x Asus ROG Swift And 3 x 24" 1080p Cooling: H100i Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB Mouse: Corsair M65 RGB Sound: AKG 553 Operating System: Windows 10

 

Current PC: 

http://i.imgur.com/ubYSO3f.jpg          http://i.imgur.com/xhpDcqd.jpg

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Not really. Some people use even lower PSU for them. The GPU will more than likely NEVER get to max power and they set the minimum to where it has enough room to use it. Unless you're overclocking I don't see a need. Someone I know was using a 400W PSU for a 290

Well, the MSI 970 comes overclocked out of the box.

 

What 500W is it specifically? If it's a decent one you'll be perfectly fine but not a Diablotek

Silver Power SP-SS500 500W PSU

https://www.komplett.no/product/376060

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Silver Power SP-SS500 500W PSU

https://www.komplett.no/product/376060

Yes it will work. You have to realize that all these people here that are just saying wattage aren't getting the full picture, because you can have a power supply that says it can deliver 500W but it might be a cheap Chinese brand PSU that can only safely deliver half that wattage...

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