MSI Nightblade PSU

[solomonannison]

Basically I have seen that the Nightblade has a 350w PSU and it has a i7 6700 and a GTX 970, how on earth does that run on such a low psu?

And also are there upgrade paths available for the card on this PSU wattage?

 

[Lutfij]

Going by this chart you should be able to drop in the GTX1070 but I'd be a little skeptical as to how much power the PSU can deliver at this point of time.

Which variant of the Nightblade do you have? Perhaps the PSU can be replaced later down the road.

 

[Darkbreeze]

There are no 350w power supplies that are in any way realistically enough for a GTX 970 with a 6700k. Not even by itself really. That's not surprising. Most prebuilt systems include the weakest PSU they think they can get away with and in some cases it doesn't even meet the recommended minimums. I'd avoid that unit and most all prebuild units like the plague. The GTX 970 should be paired with a very good 500-600w PSU. Absolute minimum with no overclocking on anything would be an exceptional 450w unit. A really good 550w unit would be just about right.

 

[Zerk2012]

That is about a 285 watt PC
160 video card.
65 watt processor.
Might get 60 watts for the rest.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Well, you might like running your system with 65w to spare on what is probably a garbage power supply that's probably lucky to do 75% of it's rated capacity, but I wouldn't recommend it. I've never known any of these companies to include substantial quality units in their prebuilts.

 

[solomonannison]

Pretty sure the one i saw was the MSI Nightblade MI2, not 100% it is a 350w PSU but almost certain it is, i know the CPU is viable for years to come but wasnt too sure that the graphics card was still a good choice for 1080p.

 

[Darkbreeze]

That unit has a proprietary power supply. You can't just go purchase a replacement unit for it through Newegg or Amazon. So unless you plan to buy a replacement power supply from MSI at probably double or triple the price you can normally purchase 350-550w unit for, I'd avoid that thing like the plague. And cosidering these boutique systems almost always come with the cheapest psu option they can make work, since this is generally one of the areas they skimp badly on in order to make money from these systems, you most likely WILL be replacing it at some point, probably sooner than later IMO.


https://us.msi.com/Barebone/Nightblade-MI2/Specification