PSU upgrade questions (GTX1070)

[miningshark23]

With the recent announcement of Nvidia's GTX1070 I have been prompted to upgrade my current PC to be able to hold such a beast of a card, to do this I would have to upgrade my case and my Power supply, for the case I have chosen the Fractal Design Core 2300, simply because of its low price but I have been unable to decide on a power supply, I have tried the PSU tier list (http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html?572f46de898fc=reload) and to no avail, so I decided to post this thread, I would also like to aim for a tier 2 PSU under £70, but if that is not possible then I suppose tier 3 wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. If there are any other case suggestions those would be welcome as well.

My current PC specs are:
Intel Core i5-3470
Generic UATX/MATX H61 motherboard
8gb of DDR3 1600MHz RAM
Sapphire R7 250 2gb GPU (Upgrading to GTX1070 shortly after launch)
1TB generic HDD
300W generic PSU (hence the upgrade)
HP Pro 3500 tower case (Hence the upgrade)
5.25" Optical Drive


If any more information I will be as helpful as possible.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX TS 650W 80+ Gold Certified ATX Power Supply (£58.26 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £58.26
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[miningshark23]

Thanks mate, you've been a great help in basically all of my threads

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Glad to assist , enjoy the upgrade when it's complete.

 

[sizzling]

With a HP motherboard there is no guarantee a 1070 will work, HP have been known to limit supported hardware in their BIOS. You should check with HP just to be sure

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

http://www.cclonline.com/product/179387/SF-650P14XE-HX-/Power-Supplies/SuperFlower-Golden-Green-HX-650W-80-Plus-Gold-Power-Supply-Black/PSU0846/?siteID=8BacdVP0GFs-icv45Mctu8Yt78bykLS0ZA
Another decent one.

 

[miningshark23]

With a HP motherboard there is no guarantee a 1070 will work, HP have been known to limit supported hardware in their BIOS. You should check with HP just to be sure

I've already upgraded it with my current GPU, didn't find out till afterward that it was a thing with a BIOS lock, though the Pro series is well known for supporting basically anything.

 

[sizzling]

With a HP motherboard there is no guarantee a 1070 will work, HP have been known to limit supported hardware in their BIOS. You should check with HP just to be sure

I've already upgraded it with my current GPU, didn't find out till afterward that it was a thing with a BIOS lock, though the Pro series is well known for supporting basically anything.

Ok sounds like your ok, just know HP and Dell can make upgrades difficult because of what they lock out in the BIOS

 

[miningshark23]

With a HP motherboard there is no guarantee a 1070 will work, HP have been known to limit supported hardware in their BIOS. You should check with HP just to be sure

I've already upgraded it with my current GPU, didn't find out till afterward that it was a thing with a BIOS lock, though the Pro series is well known for supporting basically anything.

Ok sounds like your ok, just know HP and Dell can make upgrades difficult because of what they lock out in the BIOS

Yeah, I have heard of others who experienced this problem, but it is mainly in pavilion series desktops.