Is EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W Power Supply good enough for upgrading my pc?

anx101

Prominent
Mar 19, 2017
24
0
510
Hi.
I have an oem pc I bought a while ago. Model is Acer aspire tc 780. Instead of building one from scratch, I wanna upgrade this pc. Right now I have a EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W Power Supply( 100-W1-0500-KR) .
x. I have a 1tb hdd with a stock cooler and a i5 processor plus 16gb ram ddr4(dual 8 GBs). I plan on adding a ssd and a gtx 1060 or maybe a 1070. May go with a 1060 because Im on a bit of a low budget. Also, depending on the temperatures after these upgrades I will upgrade to a custom cooler and add 1 more case fan.
Will this psu be enough to handle these upgrades?

Below are the upgrades I have decided for now. These seem to be the best budget ones around for now. May change the choices later, but will be pretty much similar in specs. Havent decided on a specific card yet, plus if I am right it doesnt matter which 1060 I go with.

SanDisk SSD PLUS 240GB Solid State Drive (SDSSDA-240G-G26)

Corsair Air Series AF120 LED Quiet Edition High Airflow Fan Twin Pack - Red

DeepCool 12cm Fan CPU Cooler Heatsink quiet for Intel LGA775/1156/1155 AMD FM2/AM2 2+/AM3

 
Solution
While that PSU isn't one of the better units, it gets a passing grade from JohnnyGuru, so there's that. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=384
I have been building budget builds with that PSU for awhile myself, with no issues. In fact, I still have a couple here running a 1060 3GB and an RX-470. You can easily run the GTX 1060 6GB on that PSU. While it is also safe for the GTX 1070 (considered the minimum size required), you may want to invest in a bit bigger/better PSU if you plan to OC the card.

As to mattering which 1060 you go with, that will depend on your budget and the room in your case for the length of the card. I've found all modern manufacturers to be pretty competitive. When I settle on...
While that PSU isn't one of the better units, it gets a passing grade from JohnnyGuru, so there's that. http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=384
I have been building budget builds with that PSU for awhile myself, with no issues. In fact, I still have a couple here running a 1060 3GB and an RX-470. You can easily run the GTX 1060 6GB on that PSU. While it is also safe for the GTX 1070 (considered the minimum size required), you may want to invest in a bit bigger/better PSU if you plan to OC the card.

As to mattering which 1060 you go with, that will depend on your budget and the room in your case for the length of the card. I've found all modern manufacturers to be pretty competitive. When I settle on a model, I usually look for the one that has the highest core clock out of the box. That usually guarantees it has the top-binned GPU in it.
 
Solution