RX 480 8GB power consumption on full load

[Poirot the Nerd]

I would like to buy this graphics card:
Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 480 8GB, GV-RX480G1-8GD
But I am not sure if my 500W power supply can support it on 100% load.
I am not planing to overclock manually.
I know Gigabyte offers gaming and oc mod, so I may use that.
Should I buy RX 480 or something more power efficient like GTX 1060(GV-N1060WF2OC-6GD)?

My PC specs:
i5 4460
MSI H81M-P33
1x8GB DDR3 RAM
1TB HDD
Cooler Master B500 ver. 2
DVD RW

Thanks in advance!

 

[CorsairSSC]

DO NOT BUY THE GIGABYTE RX 480! It has severe heating issues and its power draw is higher than the others. If you want an RX 480, get it from anybody except for Gigabyte and Powercolor. Your 500W PSU can handle any 2016 GPU.

 

[Poirot the Nerd]

Does GV-N1060WF2OC-6GD suffer from same problems?

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Poirot the Nerd : "Power consumption on full load question."

My PC specs:
i5 4460
MSI H81M-P33
1x8GB DDR3 RAM
1TB HDD
Cooler Master B500 ver. 2
DVD RW

I have to pick between this two graphics cards:
Gigabyte nVidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, GV-N1060WF2OC-6GD
Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX480 8GB, GV-RX480G1-8GD
I would buy RX 480 but I am not sure that my 500W power supply can support it on 100% load.
I am not planing to overclock manually. I know Gigabyte offers gaming and oc mod so I may use that. Should I buy RX 480 or GTX 1060?

Thanks in advance!

It's a fairly poor quality PSU, but would be ok with a 1060 power wise. Reliability wise who knows.

I'd say 1060

 

[4745454b]

According to this review, which I admit isn't the best, the B500 wouldn't be a PSU I'd use.

https://us.hardware.info/reviews/4642/8/three-500-watt-psus-tested-antec-vp550f-cooler-master-b500-and-nexus-nx-5000-v1-capacity-and-voltages

The Cooler Master B500 ended up at 11.09 V, far below the 11.4 V limit. In the 400W it already fell short at 11.36V. That means that 300W is the highest capacity that remains within the margins for the B500

It's really a 300W PSU that falls out of spec if you push it higher. No matter what you do I'd replace the unit before getting a card.

DO NOT BUY THE GIGABYTE RX 480! It has severe heating issues and its power draw is higher than the others.

Any proof? You used capital letters so I assume it heats up so bad it's an issue? You even said "severe". I know that historically Gigabyte locks their GPUs at the highest end of what the chip can handle so yes, I would expect it to be hotter and use more power than other similar GPUs. But I've never seen it be such a SEVERE problem. Look at this link.

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/gigabyte_radeon_rx_480_g1_gaming_review,5.html

Guru3d measured an extra 3W compared to the stock RX480. This is not SEVERE in my book.

 

[Susquehannock]

Looked at specs for that Cooler Master B500. You should be fine. Has a pair 6+2-pin PCIe connectors which is good also.

Partial to the ASUS Stirix and MSI gaming X cards myself.

 

[4745454b]

I know it has the plugs, but that "review" gave me some worry. I know it's not from a great site, but if the voltage goes out of spec above 300W, that's not a good/real 500W unit.

 

[Susquehannock]

Did not read the review. Good point. Power is nothing without control.