is my 500w psu enough?

[coutput]

I want to complete my pc upgrade with a gtx 970, but I am unsure if my 500w power supply will be enough. I plan on overclocking after I get better cooling.

Current Specs:

Core i7 4790k

16 GB of DDR3

GTX 760

500w power supply

 

Will my power supply be adquate or do I need something better? If I do need something better may I have some suggestions

[coutput]

It's an EVGA 100-W1-500-KR 80+ cert.

[Moonzy]

yup, 500W will do for an i7 + 970 with overclock

assuming its a good psu

 

500W is having lots of headroom, but personally i would go for 550W for even more

[mikat]

i run the i7-4790k + gtx 960 on 450 with 0 problems

so the 970 with the 500w is fine

[coutput]

okay thank you all

[papapoi]

it should be enough, maybe close to 350w with the hdd etc,depends on the extras in your case , if you are overclocking, etc, i personally would up it to a 600 but a 500 should be enough as long as it is a quality psu, and not some off brand,

the minimum required is a 500w, the card itself draws about 150

 

put your components into pcpartpicker.com and it will show you an approx wattage in the upper right side. add 40% more and thats what some recommend

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/

[HKZeroFive]

I'd still change it out. EVGA's White series are simply not good enough quality to be used for gaming. Especially at those specs.

[don_svetlio]

26 minutes ago, coutput said:

It's an EVGA 100-W1-500-KR 80+ cert.

Nope. That PSU is abysmal. W1 series are TO BE AVOIDED. REPLACE ASAP

[ThinkWithPortals]

6 minutes ago, don_svetlio said:

Nope. That PSU is abysmal. W1 series are TO BE AVOIDED. REPLACE ASAP

Ok, come on. It's not that bad. I mean, it's definitely not good, and OP should still think about replacing it, but it's not going to detonate.

[don_svetlio]

Just now, ThinkWithPortals said:

Ok, come on. It's not that bad. I mean, it's definitely not good, and OP should still think about replacing it, but it's not going to detonate.

Let me add some more info since most people seem to have omitted it. 500W is enough BUT the quality of the internal components matters greatly. The EVGA W1 fails certain load tests with voltage fluctuations going out of spec, it has cheap chinese caps, a temp rating of 25*C (average is 40*C, good is 50*C) and poor soldering everwhere. I highly advise upgrading it as rapid changes in voltage will cause more stress to delicate components such as GPU and CPU VRMs

[ThinkWithPortals]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

Let me add some more info since most people seem to have omitted it. 500W is enough BUT the quality of the internal components matters greatly. The EVGA W1 fails certain load tests with voltage fluctuations going out of spec, it has cheap chinese caps, a temp rating of 25*C (average is 40*C, good is 50*C) and poor soldering everwhere. I highly advise upgrading it as rapid changes in voltage will cause more stress to delicate components such as GPU and CPU VRMs

I'm aware of the fact that it's a budget unit and of the quality of the internal circuitry. I know about the ripple thing but that only causes damage in long runs of use with high-end components.

Hell, JonnyGuru gave this PSU a 7.5 for reliability. The below par ripple suppression and voltage regulation were noted, but it otherwise passed. Point is, it's pretty bad and should be replaced, but it's not all-caps TO BE AVOIDED REPLACE ASAP bad. I think you're blowing it out of proportion a bit.

[don_svetlio]

2 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

I'm aware of the fact that it's a budget unit and of the quality of the internal circuitry. I know about the ripple thing but that only causes damage in long runs of use with high-end components.

Hell, JonnyGuru gave this PSU a 7.5 for reliability. The below par ripple suppression and voltage regulation were noted, but it otherwise passed. Point is, it's pretty bad and should be replaced, but it's not all-caps TO BE AVOIDED REPLACE ASAP bad. I think you're blowing it out of proportion a bit.

I do that since people like to laugh at me and I get to laugh back when the topic 'My PC is randomly crashing, HELP!" appears.

[coutput]

Well to put this to rest I'm going to buy a new one. EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR 

[HKZeroFive]

1 hour ago, coutput said:

Well to put this to rest I'm going to buy a new one. EVGA 220-G2-0850-XR 

It's a good PSU but it's way too overkill for your specs. The 550W variant would be fine.