500 watt psu for GTX 1070

[Jamie_Lannister]

Hello guys! One question. Will 500 watt psu be enough for gtx 1070?

My specs:
Asus z170a

i5 6600k with some cryorig cooler dont remeber exact name (one fan)

8gb 3000mhz ddr4 (planning to add another 8 in the future)

Evga 500 80+ silver non modular or something like that

And i have 5 fans in my case (3 Wit LED) all are molex unfortunately

One SSD and planning to get 7.2k hdd

Sorry for not giving the exact specs but i wont be Home for a week and want to know now if i have to get a better psu

 

[_TheD0ct0r_]

I highly recommend a EVGA 600 watt power supply. It may be more than whats required to run that system, but it will give you more headroom. Im personally using a EVGA 600B 80+ Bronze. Plus, I dont think its hardly more expensive than that 500 watt.

 

[Karadjgne]

The 1070 on average requires 30A on the 12v rail and 500w total. From something at least decent. Most of the better built psus are 550w not 500w.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1500086/why-you-should-not-buy-an-evga-400-600-and-500b-600b

 

[Jamie_Lannister]

Ok so lets say i get the 1070 would it blow my psu. Or my gpu migh blow up? i think i will get 1070 now and get better psu in maybe 2-3 months

Edit
My evga got 40A on 12v rail so i think i should be good if i wont OC like crazy

 

[Karadjgne]

They pass ATX specs for protections, but where the top end settings are, no one knows. Usually you get issues or black screen etc. They aren't bad, just not really designed for gaming systems with expensive gpus.