What PSU should I get for a GTX 970?

[agentbondy43]

I'm going to be getting an GTX 970 and a Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU (4 x 3.40GHz, Ivy Bridge, Socket 1155, 6Mb L3 Cache, Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0) CPU, this is my first upgrade and I'm not sure what PSU's are compatible, needed?

 

[HCSn]

Basically any 500W+ power supply that's gold rated or better. Seasonics and EVGAs tend to be good quality.

 

[agentbondy43]

What about pins or anything?

 

[HCSn]

What about pins or anything?

Any quality power supply will have the necessary pins for just about any graphics card. Exceptions being something like a kingpin card that takes 2 8-pin plus a 6-pin. I'm fairly certainly there isn't a GTX 970 that uses more than two 8-pins (most use two 6-pins I believe), plus most come with molex adapters. Pins won't be any issue on quality PSU's.

 

[StarChief]

What about pins or anything?

Depends on what brand you get, my Asus 970 requires only 1 8pin connector.

Other 970s have anything like 8pin+6pin or 8pin+8pin I think I've seen one that's like 8+8+6 or something silly like that.

 

[agentbondy43]

So a Corsair CX750 Power supply - 750 Watt would be sufficient?

 

[agentbondy43]

What about pins or anything?

Depends on what brand you get, my Asus 970 requires only 1 8pin connector.

Other 970s have anything like 8pin+6pin or 8pin+8pin I think I've seen one that's like 8+8+6 or something silly like that.

I'm getting a "EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked 4GB Graphics Card" 970.

 

[HCSn]

What about pins or anything?

Depends on what brand you get, my Asus 970 requires only 1 8pin connector.

Other 970s have anything like 8pin+6pin or 8pin+8pin I think I've seen one that's like 8+8+6 or something silly like that.

I'm getting a "EVGA GeForce GTX 970 Superclocked 4GB Graphics Card" 970.

I wouldn't get a corsair CX power supply. I've heard bad things about those.
Try this? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151136

 

[Xemko]

Corsair CX mediocre quality unit.
Any 500w+ XFX, SeaSonic, Antec, EVGA GS, G2, B2 unit will do the job.
See - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
eg - http://pcpartpicker.com/parts/compare/antec-power-supply-ea550green%2Cantec-power-supply-tp550c%2Cevga-power-supply-220gs0550v1%2Cxfx-power-supply-p1550sxxb9/

 

[agentbondy43]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151136&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-Skimlinks-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=12087162&PID=3899435&SID=skim1402X558040Xfa07f54dfec3c9c9db28268382846063&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-Skimlinks

will be what I most likely get, thanks for the help on a newbie upgrading his PC!

 

[HCSn]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151136&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-Skimlinks-_-na-_-na-_-na&AID=12087162&PID=3899435&SID=skim1402X558040Xfa07f54dfec3c9c9db28268382846063&utm_medium=affiliates&utm_source=afc-Skimlinks

will be what I most likely get, thanks for the help on a newbie upgrading his PC!

No problem, good luck sir.