Question Is 500w enough for this setup ?

[LegionOfHell]

I5-6500 bclk overclocked to 4.5ghz

Gtx 970 overclocked

2x8gb ram.

I am looking at this power supply:

https://www.evga.com/products/product.aspx?pn=100-GD-0500-V1

Is 500w enough or should i go with a cheap 700w psu like this:

https://www.thermaltake.com/smart-700w.html

Budget is 60 cdn max

 

[mariazestia]

With overclocking, in my opinion, 500w would not be sufficient

 

[Fallen Kell]

Another thing to consider is that new ATX 3.0 power supplies are probably coming out now and/or right around the corner. This is the first real change in PSU standard in almost 20 years. The added bonus is that it calls out the very item I have been mentioning, and actually accounting for and handling a 3x power spike from the GPU for 100 microseconds on the new GPU connectors. The new GPU connectors are also to be labeled (or at least listed in documentation) the GPU power they are rated for (so for example a 1200W PSU may have a GPU connector rated for 600W, which would need to be able to spike to 1800W for 100 microseconds handled via capacitors. This also goes for smaller PSUs that might only support a 250W GPU, 300W GPU, 450W GPU, etc.)
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Just something to think about...

 

[UsandThem]

@Grazick

3 years of only reactions and necro downvotes of answers.

How about actually adding a comment or thought for once?