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PSU for GTX970 setup?

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Just ordered my 970 (hype) and I will be getting a Z97 MOBO and an i5 CPU soon. The problem is that I currently don't have money for a PSU and I wanna know if I could run it with my current one, without OC ofc. My current PSU is an APX-500P12P, dual 12v rail rated at 17A and 18A. If someone could shed some light on that I'd be happy :)

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The AXP-500P12P is made by Super Flower (as far as I know), that means it's a good one. If you want to overclock, you might want to upgrade to 600W just to be safe, but you are fine right now.

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The AXP-500P12P is made by Super Flower (as far as I know), that means it's a good one. If you want to overclock, you might want to upgrade to 600W just to be safe, but you are fine right now.

Okay, thanks for the help! :)

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It's fine, I ran a 5820K + GTX970 off a Corsair RM550 for a while, before retiring that to another build and getting an RM1000. The X99 platform uses a fair bit more power than Haswell or Skylake, so you'll be fine. It'll be a tight fit, but you should be okay. 

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Just ordered my 970 (hype) and I will be getting a Z97 MOBO and an i5 CPU soon. The problem is that I currently don't have money for a PSU and I wanna know if I could run it with my current one, without OC ofc. My current PSU is an APX-500P12P, dual 12v rail rated at 17A and 18A. If someone could shed some light on that I'd be happy :)

An overclocked 970 and i5 might hit 250W if you overclocked both things. You're good. That PSU is also good.

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