To upgrade or not to upgrade my PSU?

[Draysh]

With black friday coming tomorrow, i've been searching around to upgrade my system and found the following items i wish to upgrade.

Cpu: from i5-4690k to ryzen 2600x

Motherboard: from (idk) to asus rog strix b450

Ram: from 16gb ddr3 to 16gb ddr4

Since im on a budget this is what im currently looking for and will in the future upgrade to a 1070ti to use all the power of the ryzen 2600x.

My question is, do i need to upgrade my 500watt psu?

I currently have 2 monitors, mouse, keyboard, ssd and an hdd in my case and from what i can see using the calculators i will be around 1 watt over, but i don't really have the money to upgrade.

Thanks in advance

[Uptivuptiz]

A 500W PSU is fine for a system with a 2600X. What GPU are you currently using?

[Draysh]

Just now, Uptivuptiz said:

A 500W PSU is fine for a system with a 2600X. What GPU are you currently using?

Im currently using a gtx 970

[LukeSavenije]

which 500 watt?

[Uptivuptiz]

1 minute ago, Draysh said:

Im currently using a gtx 970

If the PSU is high quality (Corsair and the likes) you'll be fine  

[Draysh]

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

which 500 watt?

A Cooler Master B500 VER.2 500W

[Draysh]

1 minute ago, Uptivuptiz said:

If the PSU is high quality (Corsair and the likes) you'll be fine  

Even if i upgrade to a 1070ti?

[Uptivuptiz]

Just now, Draysh said:

Even if i upgrade to a 1070ti?

The 1070Ti is more power efficient than the 970, so yes.

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Uptivuptiz said:

If the PSU is high quality (Corsair and the likes) you'll be fine  

not all corsair 500 watts are good. look at the old vs series for example

 

I would still upgrade it, not that 500 watts is not enough, but that one is not the best quality. cx450m is on sale for 20 bucks on newegg. maybe that's something?

[Uptivuptiz]

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

not all corsair 500 watts are good. look at the old vs series for example

True.

[Draysh]

1 minute ago, Uptivuptiz said:

The 1070Ti is more power efficient than the 970, so yes.

Ah that's great! thank you so much.

 

1 minute ago, LukeSavenije said:

not all corsair 500 watts are good. look at the old vs series for example

 

I would still upgrade it, not that 500 watts is not enough, but that one is not the best quality. cx450m is on sale for 20 bucks on newegg. maybe that's something?

Yeah i live in Denmark so that would have to go through customs and stuff. I'll see if i can find something cheap on black friday maybe. Thanks anyways

[LukeSavenije]

this will help. anything 450 watt+ and tier 3+ is your way to go here.

[Draysh]

Just now, LukeSavenije said:

this will help. anything 450 watt+ and tier 3+ is your way to go here.

Oooooh. That's really helpful!

[Uptivuptiz]

The EVGA BQ 500 is also a good choice  

[LukeSavenije]

4 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

The EVGA BQ 500 is also a good choice  

they are tier 4, they lack a some security features compared to the tier 3 ones

[seon123]

55 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

The 1070Ti is more power efficient than the 970, so yes.

It may be more efficient, but the 970 has a 145W TDP, Vs 175W on the 1070 Ti. 

 

 

 

OP: The TX550M is on a decent sale on Komplett right now. That's a very decent PSU.