[SOLVED] Will 500w psu be enough for 1060 6gb?

[twiskas]

I'm planning to upgrade my gtx 1050 ti to 1060 6gb my pc specs are: amd fx-8350,2x4gb ram,gtx 1050 ti,2ssd, my psu is ASUS P-50 GA 500w will it work with 1060?

 

[BeauJet]

I'm planning to upgrade my gtx 1050 ti to 1060 6gb my pc specs are: amd fx-8350,2x4gb ram,gtx 1050 ti,2ssd, my psu is ASUS P-50 GA 500w will it work with 1060?

Honestly , the max power that gtx 1060 can draw is120 watts as stock and more if it's a third party unit.

But, considering your other components it's pretty fine, but if you were to overclock and such, it's worthy of upgrading that power supply at-least to 600 or above for overclocking comfort.

Power usage will change when overclocking obviously, but i wouldn't know due to what or if your overclocking.

 

[twiskas]

Honestly , the max power that gtx 1060 can draw is120 watts as stock and more if it's a third party unit.

But, considering your other components it's pretty fine, but if you were to overclock and such, it's worthy of upgrading that power supply at-least to 600 or above for overclocking comfort.

Power usage will change when overclocking obviously, but i wouldn't know due to what or if your overclocking.

no i didn't overclocked any of my components

 

[BeauJet]

no i didn't overclocked any of my components

Then you should be fine, but in future sake, i would upgrade.

 

[Satan-IR]

That PSU can apparently deliver the 500W it claims and I think the OEM is Delta. However as far as efficiency goes it doesn't go over 80%.

It has 3 12V rails each rated at 18 amps which makes them each capable of delivering 216W and I think one of them is for PCIE graphics cards with 6+2-pin connectors which can handle a 120W 1060.

However, it's a low quality unit and since your CPU is a power hungry component too, if you can, I'd suggest you upgrade to a good quality 500-550W unit. The PSU is the most important part of a PC and the performance and longevity of all other components depends on it so it's always a good investment to get a good unit.