[SOLVED] A Gigabyte PB500 is enough?

[Dantehermit]

Hello, i recently bought a Gigabyte Rx570 8gb but i have a psu 80+ bronze PB500 PSU.

I´m afraid that my PSU won't be enough supply my rig with this new upgrade.

My full specs are:
CPU: Ryzen 5 2600X
Motherboard: Asus TUF B450M-Plus Gaming
GPU: Gigabyte RX 570 Gaming 8GB
RAM: Adata DDR4 XPG Flame U- DIMM 16GB 2400 Mhz
Cabinet: Gabinete Eagle Warrior Stealth


https://www.gigabyte.com/ar/Power-Supply/PB500#kf

 

[Darkbreeze]

That power supply is enough for that card. It's not a fantastic power supply, but it has a high enough rated capacity for the card. That does not however mean it will have a long life necessarily. I'd look to upgrade to a better quality unit in the 550w range as soon as you are able to. For now, it should work.

 

[Dantehermit]

"It's not a fantastic power supply." That means that it is a low quality PSU or that it will burn my components?

 

[Darkbreeze]

That means that it's a "mediocre" PSU that is probably not up to the demands of your system for any kind of long term usage. Temporarily, so that you aren't without the use of your system until you can afford or arrange for, a better unit, it's probably ok. Personally I'd probably want to use it on a regular basis no more than a month or two at most with the hardware you have.

The fact that there are no professional reviews of that unit from any reputable reviewers makes it hard to specifically condemn that unit or series, but it's also telling, because ESPECIALLY from a big name brand like Gigabyte, if it was a quality unit, you can bet your bottom dollar they'd have sent review samples out to JonnyGuru, Toms' hardware, Kit Guru, TechpowerUP, Techspot, PCper, etc., and none of them have reviewed that unit. When that happens it's usually because the manufacturer doesn't want to send out review samples because they know they are better off staying out of the limelight with that unit and avoiding any negative reviews that might further discourage sales for that product.

Basically, any unit from a well known name brand that doesn't get reviewed within a year of release is probably best avoided in favor of a better unit that they weren't afraid to send out review samples of.

 

[Dantehermit]

Thanks, i got a EVGA 750 GQ plus gold, I hope that it would be more than enough

 

[Darkbreeze]

That's a good unit.