Power supply question

vlada93

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Oct 10, 2013
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Hello I have asus z87-pro,intel i5 4670k,Asus r9 270x,2 HDD(sata) 2x2GB RAM.I been saving money on Power supply,and I have some cheap CoolerMaster 500W power supply I got it with CM case,I am not sure which model it is on the box writes(RS-500-PCAP-I3).When I shut down pc on power button it's getting turned on after 1-2secounds,this might be also wrong connected pins,I am not an expert but reset button and led light works fine.I want to buy more RAM and I currently dont have budget for all and my question is could all this work fine on 500W with 5 more case coolers without DVD-RW or I should urgently change PSU?Everything is on stock speed
 
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500w is the bare minimum that is required for your video card. You are running bare minimums. You should be able to able to add the more ram and the case fans as long as the fans are reasonably efficient and not power hogs. However, in the not very far future, I would recommend a bigger power supply, just to be safer.

Another note....adding 5 more case fans? Are you running hot in your case?
500w is the bare minimum that is required for your video card. You are running bare minimums. You should be able to able to add the more ram and the case fans as long as the fans are reasonably efficient and not power hogs. However, in the not very far future, I would recommend a bigger power supply, just to be safer.

Another note....adding 5 more case fans? Are you running hot in your case?
 
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Thanks for your answer,I was hoping 500W would be ok but I will go definitely safe then sorry! For the coolers,I have 6 slots in case,I been reading somewhere on the net that in case should be good circulation of air,at the moment I have 1 front cooler to push in air,but I am planing to add 2 more at the top to pull out air,also 1 at the back to pull out and 1 at the side to push in-I have 1 slot at the bottom but it would be pretty hard to install becouse there are too many cabbles,that why 5 😀