Will I have enough watts for future component upgrades

[FlameLink101]

So my current pc specs are :

CPU - Intel i5 4590

GPU - EVGA 750ti

RAM - Crucial 8 GB ddr3 1600

Mother Board - GA-B85M-D3H

PSU - Zalman Zm500-gv

Hard Drive : Western Digital Blue 1TB

 

And I was wondering if i upgraded to a GTX1070 Will i have enough watts so I can upgrade in the future?

[Electronics Wizardy]

Yep 500w is more than enough.

[Canada EH]

I would go with 600 or 650 or even more to be on the safe side.

[Xanthe_2871]

Yes! And when the 1170 comes out, or whatever they call it, it will only get more power efficient! 

[Simon771]

Not sure if that's good brand or not, but it does have 80+ bronze cerificat, so it can't be that bad.

Anyway, with your build you won't be pulling more than 300W from the wall, so if that PSU is at least half decent, there won't be any problems.

[Guest]

15 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

Not sure if that's good brand or not, but it does have 80+ bronze cerificat, so it can't be that bad.

Anyway, with your build you won't be pulling more than 300W from the wall, so if that PSU is at least half decent, there won't be any problems.

80+ is an efficiency rating and has no direct effect on component quality.

[Simon771]

Just now, OnfireYH said:

80+ is an efficiency rating and has no direct effect on component quality.

I'm well aware of that.

But have you ever saw some PSU with 80+ gold certificat that's acctually bad?

 

They must be doing at least something right, to get that efficiency .

[arcanesama]

7 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

I'm well aware of that.

But have you ever saw some PSU with 80+ gold certificat that's acctually bad?

 

They must be doing at least something right, to get that efficiency .

but there's also good psu's with 80+ bronze certificat, so it doesn't really tell much.

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

I'm well aware of that.

But have you ever saw some PSU with 80+ gold certificat that's acctually bad?

 

They must be doing at least something right, to get that efficiency .

A great example is the evga nex650/750G. It is 80+ Gold certified. Performs merely average. Barely passes gold. Component quality is meh and most likely will not outlast its warranty at full load. It is also group-regulated which is outdated and may act strange with newer components. Also, it is currenty very overpriced (depends on location), making people think they are buying something good with evgas good reputation. What they dont know is that evga doesnt make psus, all they do is buy them from several oems like fsp, seasonic, super flower, hec, etc... and putting their stickers on it and they range from complete trash to "you cant get much better than that".

[Praesi]

Tier 1 80+ Gold is what belongs in a Gaming Maschine.

[TheRandomness]

1 hour ago, Simon771 said:

I'm well aware of that.

But have you ever saw some PSU with 80+ gold certificat that's acctually bad?

 

They must be doing at least something right, to get that efficiency .

The EVGA NEX lineup is 80+ Gold and still bad. 

Oh wow someone's already pointed this out

[Simon771]

1 hour ago, arcanesama said:

but there's also good psu's with 80+ bronze certificat, so it doesn't really tell much.

 

1 hour ago, OnfireYH said:

A great example is the evga nex650/750G. It is 80+ Gold certified. Performs merely average. Barely passes gold. Component quality is meh and most likely will not outlast its warranty at full load. It is also group-regulated which is outdated and may act strange with newer components. Also, it is currenty very overpriced (depends on location), making people think they are buying something good with evgas good reputation. What they dont know is that evga doesnt make psus, all they do is buy them from several oems like fsp, seasonic, super flower, hec, etc... and putting their stickers on it and they range from complete trash to "you cant get much better than that".

 

12 minutes ago, TheRandomness said:

The EVGA NEX lineup is 80+ Gold and still bad. 

Oh wow someone's already pointed this out

 

Sorry guys, it seems like I don't know that much about PSUs.

But I still don't think that his PSU will be a problem when he'll add GTX 1070.

[TheRandomness]

Just now, Simon771 said:

 

 

 

Sorry guys, it seems like I don't know that much about PSUs.

But I still don't think that his PSU will be a problem when he'll add GTX 1070.

It will be. That PSU will probably end up blowing up a little and dying, Zalman units are generally never to be trusted. 

[STRMfrmXMN]

500W is enough. However there's little to no documentation about your unit. I'd replace it when you get a 1070.