GTX 970 - Power consumption

[S1ickRick]

Hello,

 

So, I've recently rebuilt my PC, and people have been warning me on my choice of power... I grabbed a nice GTX 970 (link below) and an EVGA 500W PSU (link also below.)

 

GTX 970:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088

 

PSU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438016

 

The rest of my build is a gigabyte P55 USB3 - i5 750 (OC at 3.4 GHz) - 8GB's ram (2x2GB G-Skill Ripjaw 1333) (2x2 Corsair XM3 1333) - 2 SSD's and a 500 GB Sandisk 7200 RPM HDD.

 

I was wondering if my build would suffer from a 500W power supply, or if it would cause any future potential harm? I've been using it for about 2 weeks or so now. I've been playing The Division, and I've done some hard gaming hours at a time with no shutdowns, crashes, etc. It seems fine, I just want to know if it may be a problem in the future.

 

Any insight would be helpful!

 

Thanks,

Ricky

[Nacho Marco Segui]

I have a 4790k and a 970 at 1500 Mhz and i can't break the 330 watts barrier, so you are fine. That psu is not the greatest, but it will do the job.

[FusionDeck]

I've got a 970 and a i5 4460, plus a heap of LED's and peripherals, and barely break 250 watts. You should be fine.

[don_svetlio]

970 uses around 200-220W depending on the clockspeed and power, as for the PSU, that one is AWFUL - get something better ASAP

[don_svetlio]

Check with @STRMfrmXMN 's whitelist or @Aniallation 's ranking and tiers

[STRMfrmXMN]

8 hours ago, S1ickRick said:

Hello,

 

So, I've recently rebuilt my PC, and people have been warning me on my choice of power... I grabbed a nice GTX 970 (link below) and an EVGA 500W PSU (link also below.)

 

GTX 970:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487088

 

PSU:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438016

 

The rest of my build is a gigabyte P55 USB3 - i5 750 (OC at 3.4 GHz) - 8GB's ram (2x2GB G-Skill Ripjaw 1333) (2x2 Corsair XM3 1333) - 2 SSD's and a 500 GB Sandisk 7200 RPM HDD.

 

I was wondering if my build would suffer from a 500W power supply, or if it would cause any future potential harm? I've been using it for about 2 weeks or so now. I've been playing The Division, and I've done some hard gaming hours at a time with no shutdowns, crashes, etc. It seems fine, I just want to know if it may be a problem in the future.

 

Any insight would be helpful!

 

Thanks,

Ricky

500W is plenty but that PSU is for very basic systems, not high-end GPU systems like with a 970. Get something from the PSU whitelist in my sig. The EVGA B2 and GQ can often be found cheap.