Is this power supply good enough for what I want to do?

[cassith]

Sorry if this is in the wrong section. I am currently looking to upgrade my graphics card on my low end system.

I am currently running:
AMD FX-8370 - Black box
MSI Geforce GTX 760
16GB DDR3 Ram
With this power supply: CoolerMaster eXtreme Power Plus 550w (RS-550-PCAR-E3) (Link)

I want to get a GTX 1060 6gb, but I'm worrying that the power supply won't be able to take it.

Do you think I'm safe, or should I get a new one?

Thanks,

 

[cookiemania66]

A GTX 1060 consumed WAY LESS power then a 790 😀
You PSU could even handle 2 of these 😛

 

[4745454b]

I don't know about two of them...

As mentioned, the 1060 uses a lot less power than the GTX790. If your system runs fine now, it will remain fine with the lower wattage 1060. I'm not saying that's a good PSU, just saying you are going down in wattage with the 1060. Not up.

Edit: 790? 780TI is the top GTX card I know from that gen. There was a rumored dual GPU card with the 790 name, but to my knowledge that never came to market. Did you mean the 780? Those are 250W cards and the 1060 is 120-150W depending on model so you are still getting a lower wattage card.

 

[ElectrO_90]

You do realise - http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-970-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/2577vs3639
This shows that the 1060 is only slightly faster. (less than 10%)
Wait 3 months and get the 1160

 

[cassith]

Guys I meant GTX 760, sorry /facepalm

 

[4745454b]

760. Numbers are different but answer is still the same. The 760 was a ~175W card. so the 1060 still uses less, but not much less. You should still be ok if you've been using that PSU.

 

[ElectrO_90]

http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-760-vs-Nvidia-GTX-1060-6GB/2159vs3639
120watts for 1060 and 100% quicker
760 draws about 170 watts so you win win

 

[cassith]

Thanks so much for the answers!!