Is a quality 500W psu good enough to maintain a GTX 980ti

[xgeniusxprodigy]

Upgrading gpu for better 1440p gaming. 

[Mug]

Yes

[Patrick Bateman]

cutting it pretty close in my book.

[Guest]

By far, but to be safe, check pcpartpicker 

[Tytan64]

Well I talked to Zotac about that and they really recommend using a 600W PSU ^^

[Castdeath97]

If it's a really good PSU then yeah.

[Oshino Shinobu]

Depends on the rest of the system. In general, yes, it should be enough. (assuming you're not running something like a 9590).

[TonyStark]

It depends on your other hardware as well....also if you overclock too.....

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1 minute ago, ChickenNugget said:

By far, but to be safe, check pcpartpicker 

Which overshoots by a large margin? Nope.

A 980 ti should be just fine, what's the rest of the rig? @xgeniusxprodigy

[N_Bot]

3 minutes ago, ChickenNugget said:

By far, but to be safe, check pcpartpicker 

Pcpartpicker won't tell you an accurate representation of the load wattage. Just calculates the tdp. 

[Guest]

Just now, N_Bot said:

Pcpartpicker won't tell you an accurate representation of the load wattage. Just calculates the tdp. 

The TDP is an accurate representation though

[xgeniusxprodigy]

@JoeyDM   6700k, 16gb ddr4, 250gb ssd, 3tb hdd 

[pokechat8978]

Make sure the PSU has correct power pins too.

[GlassBomb]

A 500 Watts will be plenty enough to power pretty much any system with a GTX 980ti. This is with an Intel 4960X and everything.

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8 minutes ago, xgeniusxprodigy said:

@JoeyDM   6700k, 16gb ddr4, 250gb ssd, 3tb hdd 

Should be plenty. Just make sure the PSU is actually a good one, and has all the cables you need.

[dunde]

i check some 980ti reviews, they dont get over 400W in 1440p, with an 4790k though... if your psu is gold or more, should be fine

[connorpiper]

Yes. That is enough. Just make sure not a cheap brand or model. 

Your CPU is not going to use much over 65W even when overclocked, so you have lots of space for your GPU.

I have been able to run SLI GTX 980s (At ~1500MHz) with my Overclocked 3570K on my 650W PSU and that was fine for it. 

[N_Bot]

12 minutes ago, ChickenNugget said:

The TDP is an accurate representation though

No it's not. TDP stands for thermal design power, and it means that whatever you are using to cool your GPU should be able to disappate that much heat. Not the amount of wattage at loads.

 

 

[DoctorTrueheart]

I wouldn't intensively back this up, but I did hear somewhere that the ideal running wattage being drawn from the wall should be between 40% and 80% of the PSU's capacity. That being said, maybe you *don't* have to get a stronger one, but I would just to be sure. Every card is individual, maybe yours won't be as "saving" as someone else's? I'd just want to be sure and not risk damaging any other of my components. Does that make any sense?