upgrading to gtx970

toxin9

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my friend wants to upgrade his GPU to a GTX970 card. he has a enermax tomahawk etk500awt 500w for a PSU. is that enough considering the amps on the 12v rail? it says 36apms total on 2 12v rails but i'm not so sure if that's true... thanks!
 
500 watts from a high quality power supply is enough to power a GTX 970 and an Intel CPU on an average system. The enermax tomahawk etk500awt is an entry level, low budget power supply. It can probably do the job, but a high end video card such as the GTX 970 may be better off with a higher quality power supply.
 


The thing is that the Antec you have is a good PSU and further more the 960 is designed to be very very power efficient. The 970 has good power consumption, but still a lot higher than the 960. I have a 960 too, but even though I decided a while ago to go just a bit OP on my PSU now so I don`t have to worry about it later on.