thermaltake 500w litepower enough for this build??

[ramo94]

i am gonna upgrade my pc soon as following:

asus B85-plus 1150 motherboard

intel core i5 4570 3.2 ghz

sapphire R9 270X 2GB ddr5 oc boost

8 gb kingston 1333ghz ram

and i already have the thermaltake litepower 500w .. so is it a must to upgrade it to corsair vs or seasonic?? or that power supply is just enough??

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=C_00001857

 

[Lord_Kitty]

The PSU is a good quality one for a basic system. It will be just fine and has enough wattage and I don't see the need for an upgrade.

 

[P1nnacle]

I wouldn't recommend a Thermaltake PSU unless you're getting a toughpower, most of their other types are meh. I would not recommend upgrading, the main reason being that your PSU only supports 430W over the 12v rail, which may not be enough if you're running at load.

 

[ramo94]

I wouldn't recommend a Thermaltake PSU unless you're getting a toughpower, most of their other types are meh. I would not recommend upgrading, the main reason being that your PSU only supports 430W over the 12v rail, which may not be enough if you're running at load.

i read on the support of that psu
+3.3V & +5V & +12V Combined Power: 480W
it also compines 36 amps ... where R9 270x needs 35amps

ofcourse i know that this psu isnt as good as seasonic s12 and corsair vs ... but is that power supply can handle my system or it may deal damage to my system ...

 

[P1nnacle]

I wouldn't recommend a Thermaltake PSU unless you're getting a toughpower, most of their other types are meh. I would not recommend upgrading, the main reason being that your PSU only supports 430W over the 12v rail, which may not be enough if you're running at load.

i read on the support of that psu
+3.3V & +5V & +12V Combined Power: 480W

it also compines 36 amps ... where R9 270x needs 35amps

90% of a computer is powered over the 12V these days, and 35amps on a 36 amp rail is a bad idea. It's a good idea to have some headroom and a PSU that puts about 90% on it's 12v+ rail.

 

[ko888]

For a system using a single AMD Reference Design Radeon R9 270X graphics card AMD specifies a minimum of a 500 Watt or greater system power supply. The power supply should also have a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 30 Amps or greater and have at least two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

Total Power Supply Wattage is NOT the crucial factor in power supply selection!!! Sufficient Total Combined Continuous Power/Current Available on the +12V Rail(s) rated at 45°C - 50°C ambient temperature, is the most critical factor.

Overclocking of the CPU and/or GPU(s) may require an additional increase to the maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current ratings, recommended above, to meet the increase in power required for the overclock. The additional amount required will depend on the magnitude of the overclock being attempted.

The Thermaltake Litepower 500W LT-500 (LT-500NL2NL) power supply unit, with its maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 36 Amps and with two (6+2)-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors, is theoretically sufficient to power your system configuration with a single Radeon R9 270X graphics card.

There's no guarantee that the Thermaltake Litepower 500W LT-500 is capable of delivering the power specified on its label though.

 

[ramo94]

For a system using a single AMD Reference Design Radeon R9 270X graphics card AMD specifies a minimum of a 500 Watt or greater system power supply. The power supply should also have a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 30 Amps or greater and have at least two 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

Total Power Supply Wattage is NOT the crucial factor in power supply selection!!! Sufficient Total Combined Continuous Power/Current Available on the +12V Rail(s) rated at 45°C - 50°C ambient temperature, is the most critical factor.

Overclocking of the CPU and/or GPU(s) may require an additional increase to the maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current ratings, recommended above, to meet the increase in power required for the overclock. The additional amount required will depend on the magnitude of the overclock being attempted.

The Thermaltake Litepower 500W LT-500 (LT-500NL2NL) power supply unit, with its maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 36 Amps and with two (6+2)-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors, is theoretically sufficient to power your system configuration with a single Radeon R9 270X graphics card.

There's no guarantee that the Thermaltake Litepower 500W LT-500 is capable of delivering the power specified on its label though.

thanks ... but on my psu model LT-500AL2NC .. the amps are written like that

+12v1 21amps +12v2 18amps
360w

The +3.3V & +5V & +12V1 & +12V2 combined output power shall not exceed 432W.

max power is 450W

peak power is 500W

shall that mean any difference?

 

[ko888]

thanks ... but on my psu model LT-500AL2NC .. the amps are written like that

+12v1 21amps +12v2 18amps
360w

The +3.3V & +5V & +12V1 & +12V2 combined output power shall not exceed 432W.

max power is 450W

peak power is 500W

shall that mean any difference?

Thermaltake uses the peak power rating to deceive unsuspecting customers into thinking that they're buying a 500 Watt PSU.

What you have is a 450 Watt power supply unit that has a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 30 Amps and has two (6+2)-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

That's not a power supply I would ever trust.

 

[ramo94]

thanks ... but on my psu model LT-500AL2NC .. the amps are written like that

+12v1 21amps +12v2 18amps
360w

The +3.3V & +5V & +12V1 & +12V2 combined output power shall not exceed 432W.

max power is 450W

peak power is 500W

shall that mean any difference?

Thermaltake uses the peak power rating to deceive unsuspecting customers into thinking that they're buying a 500 Watt PSU.

What you have is a 450 Watt power supply unit that has a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 30 Amps and has two (6+2)-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors.

That's not a power supply I would ever trust.

ok thanks .. then i shall get a new seasonic s12 II bronze 520W
http://www.seasonicusa.com/S12II-Bronze.htm