can a Corsair CX 500W power supply run an AMD FX8370 Octa Core processor ?

[Uther The Lightbringer]

right now i currently have an amd fx6300 processor and a geforce gtx 750 with 8 Gigabytes of ram i wanna upgrade to the AMD FX8370 can my power supply handle that safely?

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

Yes it can handle it. Why are you wanting to upgrade to another FX series CPU? Is your FX-6300 bottlenecking your GTX 750?

 

[Uther The Lightbringer]

No I'm just wanting to
Upgrade to a new processor... :/

 

[James Mason]

it "can," but the CX series are really terrible and can lead to weird performance issues and system hiccups.

 

[MrN1ce9uy]

No I'm just wanting to
Upgrade to a new processor... :/

Is it just for gaming? Going from a 6-core to an 8-core of the same series isn't that much of an upgrade. The 8-core FX series will still bottleneck a current-gen, mid-range GPU. That money could be better spent/saved toward a newer CPU/Mobo/RAM combo, or a better GPU.

 

[Uther The Lightbringer]

it "can," but the CX series are really terrible and can lead to weird performance issues and system hiccups.

 

[Uther The Lightbringer]

Is that ur opinion or is that a fact, I've had my power supply since 2014 and I havnt run into any issues yet.. ;D

 

[James Mason]

Is that ur opinion or is that a fact, I've had my power supply since 2014 and I havnt run into any issues yet.. ;D

fact. it happens often with them.

they're not designed for gaming computers, they for light office computers. but they're cheap so people put them in gaming computers,

 

[Uther The Lightbringer]

Is that ur opinion or is that a fact, I've had my power supply since 2014 and I havnt run into any issues yet.. ;D

fact. it happens often with them.

they're not designed for gaming computers, they for light office computers. but they're cheap so people put them in gaming computers,

 

[Uther The Lightbringer]

So is it not safe for me to get the processor? I'm thinking of getting a new processor and a new gpu, maybe a 970, would my power supply be good enough to power both or just the processor ? Or would I need to get a new one for it to be safe

 

[JRedmond]

Is that ur opinion or is that a fact, I've had my power supply since 2014 and I havnt run into any issues yet.. ;D

fact. it happens often with them.

they're not designed for gaming computers, they for light office computers. but they're cheap so people put them in gaming computers,

What are you talking about. No office PC needs a Corsair 500 watt power supply... Yes your PSU will handle the rig with ease. I have the FX 8350 VM box of mine running on a VS 500 W PSU its the same as this unit, just different name. Your good to go you have 40 amps on the 12v rail and these corsair PSU's have a 3 year warranty so incase something does happen, Corsair will replace it. I have dealt with them for many years they are a rock solid company and they do stand behind their products.