Will this PSU be good enough for gaming on this machine?

[Aleswall]

Hello!

I'm upgrading to a GTX 960 4GB after Christmas, though I'm unsure if my PSU will be good enough. I know my current one certainly wouldn't be and I was going to upgrade to something from XFX. I shared this with family and a relative offered to give me a spare PSU he has. Its a "Corsair CX500", the model number being 'CP-9020047-UK'. I simply wonder if this will be good enough to power my system reliably without damaging any of the components.

Here is my system;
CPU: i3-4160 3.6GHz (Maybe upgrading to an i5-4460 later).
Ram: 8GB DDR3
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 960 4GB GDDR5 OC Windforce 2x

I'm also aware that my processor is Haswell and some PSU's are Haswell-compatible and some aren't. Does that matter a lot? I'm mostly worried about the quality of the PSU itself, as I haven't heard much about the Corsair CX range.

Cheers in advance.

 

[sammy sung]

It would certainly be enough. Though I'd advise against it, like most around these parts.

Odds are under these circumstances that it'd run your system fine. Though there's the lingering chance of that unit biting the dust prematurely, taking other components with it. Your call. I'd look for something wildly similar to this instead, for a much better build quality.

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Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($53.99 @ SuperBiiz)
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[Aleswall]

Thank you, I'll look into a better PSU when I know the sort of budget I'll be on. What I do wonder is whether my current PSU would be able to run the system for a few weeks / months until I was able to get a better PSU?

Its this: http://www.fsp-group.com.tw/index.php?do=proinfo&id=158

I don't plan to do any overclocking with it, really, I won't need to for a few years I think.