Can my PSU handle this?

RUAIRIDH

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May 16, 2015
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I have been using a 500W psu for that past year and a half and it has done me fine, but I am wondering if it is okay to get an aftermarket cooler for my processor.

I have
-Asus M5A97 LE R2.0 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (I know I should upgrade)
-Gigabyte GTX 960 4GB
-AMD FX 6300(stock cooler)
-2x 7200 SATA HDD
-2x Kingston HyperX Fury Black 8GB RAM
-3x Corsair AF120LED Fans
(all of this works fine)

and I want to know if I could use an ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2 or a Hyper 212 EVO in addition to what is listed above or if I would have any issues with power consumption. I couldn't find any website that could tell me what wattage the fx 6300 stock cooler utilises.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
 
Solution
The board is a heat issue , it has no heatsinks on the VRM and a poor power phase design.

FX 6300 is a 95W.

EVO will help , if the 500w is decent should be fine , board is just poor.


Thanks.

I am going to be upgrading my motherboard soon and I really appreciate the quick response