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I’ve currently got a GTX 1050 and a Pentium G5460 in my system. I was curious about my upgrade potential with my 500w Bronze power supply. Could that power supply run an i7 7700 and an RX 570? Or would I need a 600W?

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I have a 500W in my PC with an i7 6700 and GTX 970 and it's enough.

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depends on what 500w unit it is. There are good units of this wattage, and a LOT more that are bad.

 

500w itself is more than enough, the problem is the quality of PSU, not wattage.

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15 minutes ago, Zeke_ said:

Could that power supply run an i7 7700 and an RX 570? Or would I need a 600W?

The answer to your question would be dependent of the other specifications of your system and the amount of power draw they take. I would suggest using Outervision Power Supply calculator in order to find out the wattage the system with these specifications would draw and what they recommend as the wattage to maintain stability of you machine in general as the computer gets older especially.

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21 minutes ago, Zeke_ said:

I’ve currently got a GTX 1050 and a Pentium G5460 in my system. I was curious about my upgrade potential with my 500w Bronze power supply. Could that power supply run an i7 7700 and an RX 570? Or would I need a 600W?

It depends on what all else is in your system and what PSU you have.

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23 minutes ago, Zeke_ said:

I’ve currently got a GTX 1050 and a Pentium G5460 in my system. I was curious about my upgrade potential with my 500w Bronze power supply. Could that power supply run an i7 7700 and an RX 570? Or would I need a 600W?

Well a 500W of decent quality can power nearly any single GPU system out there. What PSU do you have?

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If it's a good quality PSU, then you will be fine.

 

 

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36 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

I have a 500W in my PC with an i7 6700 and GTX 970 and it's enough.

 

26 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

It depends on what all else is in your system and what PSU you have.

 

24 minutes ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

Well a 500W of decent quality can power nearly any single GPU system out there. What PSU do you have?

I’ve got an EVGA 500BT

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2 minutes ago, Zeke_ said:

 

 

I’ve got an EVGA 500BT

That's not a good unit. Don't go past the RX570 in your plans and replace when the warranty is up or when you get another, better GPU.

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1 hour ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

That's not a good unit. Don't go past the RX570 in your plans and replace when the warranty is up or when you get another, better GPU.

Do you have any recommendations for a better 500W

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22 minutes ago, Zeke_ said:

Do you have any recommendations for a better 500W

A Corsair TX550M, Seasonic Focus Plus Gold, Bitfenix Whisper, EVGA G3, etc.

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