600W Enough for upgrade

[Thomas428]

hey there.
I currently have a 600w thermaltake PSU.
My current setup involves a i7 4790k and a gtx 750ti, with 8gb of ram
I want to upgrade my gpu up to a gtx970.
Is my PSU enough to handle my current CPU and the new 970 plus 8 more gb of ram?

 

[Eldy]

Yeah, it should be enough. I would just double check in a watts calculator ( pcpartspicker also provides one).

 

[Archaic59]

A good quality 500 watt PSU can handle your system with a GTX 970. The quality of your Thermaltake may be questionable. What model is it?

 

[Thomas428]

A good quality 500 watt PSU can handle your system with a GTX 970. The quality of your Thermaltake may be questionable. What model is it?

Its a thermaltake tr-600

 

[Thomas428]

Yeah, it should be enough. I would just double check in a watts calculator ( pcpartspicker also provides one).

According to PCpartpicker, my total system uses about 320 watts.

 

[neieus]

Yeah you should be fine I once had 970's in SLI and my max peak wattage was 560w.

 

[Archaic59]

A good quality 500 watt PSU can handle your system with a GTX 970. The quality of your Thermaltake may be questionable. What model is it?

Its a thermaltake tr-600

While it has the required power for your upgrade, it's a lower quality unit and you may want to consider upgrading to a better PSU if you can afford it.

 

[Thomas428]

A good quality 500 watt PSU can handle your system with a GTX 970. The quality of your Thermaltake may be questionable. What model is it?

Its a thermaltake tr-600

While it has the required power for your upgrade, it's a lower quality unit and you may want to consider upgrading to a better PSU if you can afford it.

Although its a lower quality, it will still work perfectly fine correct?

 

[Archaic59]

It should work fine, until it doesn't. If you have problems check here at toms for advice on a better PSU. Until then, best of luck with your GPU upgrade.