GTX1070 with old 520W PSU - will it work?

[legion285]

PSU in question is Corsair 520HX and apart from 1070 it would (now does) power i5 4690k@4.2GHz.

Will the power be sufficent for this GPU?

Will there be no problems with the connectors?
GPU I'm now using has 2x6pin.
1070 I plan to buy (Gigabyte G1) has 1x8pin.
My PSU has 2x6+2 and i assume this will work? It's not like there are other, new types of 8pins for GPUs?

 

[EpIckFa1LJoN]

If it's still supplying at least 300-400W it should work. 6+2-pin is an 8-pin.

 

[RCFProd]

The Corsair HX series were one of the best when they were released back around 2006/07. They're old, but their triple 12V Rails with a combined power of (3x18W) 54W will be easily powerful enough to run a GTX 1070 8GB. It is 100% fine on paper, and originally It's a great quality power supply. The only concern here is age.

The pins on the HX520 will work fine with any graphics card.

 

[legion285]

I've bought it around 07/08 and been using it since, no problems at all.
Ok, so now that i know it should work... What realistically can go wrong?
I mean if it dies I'll replace it but I'm kinda worried cos' of it's old age that it can kill other parts.
Is that kind of scenario probable? Should I replace it with something new?

 

[EpIckFa1LJoN]

I doubt if it dies it will take the system with it, usually when an old PSU fails it just stops supplying power.

 

[RCFProd]

I've bought it around 07/08 and been using it since, no problems at all.
Ok, so now that i know it should work... What realistically can go wrong?
I mean if it dies I'll replace it but I'm kinda worried cos' of it's old age that it can kill other parts.
Is that kind of scenario probable? Should I replace it with something new?

It's possible, but doesn't have to be. The risk can be aging capacitors. Don't want those to choke first.