MSI GTX 970 Gaming OC with a 550W PSU?

[Pablorwar]

Short and simple, will I run into problems? It's a Silverstone 550W Gold.

 

[tambeshakunt]

Full system specs pls

 

[Embra]

Short answer it should, but as stated ... please list full specs.

 

[Pablorwar]

Right. I also have an Intel i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz, 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3, a 1TB hard drive, a 62GB Adata SSD and an ASRock B75M-ITX.

 

[Derza10]

Right. I also have an Intel i7 2600 @ 3.40GHz, 8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3, a 1TB hard drive, a 62GB Adata SSD and an ASRock B75M-ITX.

Should be fine... You actually have a bit of room for some light overclocking if you see fit.

 

[tambeshakunt]

Yes you will be fine with a single 970. You even have headroom for overclocking - that is a decent power supply.

 

[sedateeddie]

Minimum PSU Wattage for the MSI GTX 970 is 500

 

[tambeshakunt]

Yes but they will never consume 500W. The 970 and 980 are very efficient cards.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_geforce_gtx_970_gaming_review,7.html. As you can see here, at full load the MSI 970 + (rest of system) only consumed about 280W. The card itself only about 168W max. Far far away from the advertised 500W minimum.

 

[Agera One]

The PSU requirement with certain GPUs: 550 W is more than enough for GTX 970
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

 

[Christianvamp]

I bought msi GTX 970 gaming 4G and it would run as I turn my pc but in 10 sec the fans would stop working need help