Will one of these work on a 500 watt PSU?
2080234
I think you can do it, but it is right on the fringe and it depends if the CPU is overclocked. Another thing to consider is the PSU itself. I tried to run one on a 700 watt before that kept shutting down because it ran on multiple rails. Try to use a PSU that uses one rail for everything.
2080235
It probably depends if what else you have powered on in your system. If it's just a single hard drive and the motherboard with the single graphics card it will probably work, but if you are powering other items (multiple drives and/or a second graphics card or liquid cooling kit's) off a 500 watt power supply you might want to get a power supply that has more available wattage.
2080236
Yes the XFX HD 7970 will work with a 500 watt PSU of good quality. But only 1 of the cards if you go with more than 1 you will need a bigger PSU.
2080237
Someone else will probably write a long drawn out response but the short answer is "probably not"i want to say this uses over 300watts by itself which doesn't leave much for drives, mobo, ram, and CPU. Intel i7 2nd and 3rd gen can use ~100 watts alone.
2080238
That's actually the minimum requirement so yes it would work but you be pushing it.
2080239
The HD 7970 uses 163W at idle and 355W at full system stress, so the simple answer is yes, it'll power your video card, but you will be severely limited on other things you can add to your computer.
2080240
Yes, 500 watts should be more than enough. Make sure that you use a decent brand name PSU.As mentioned below, if you are running a massive overclock on the CPU or try to overclock the GPU then you might run into some issues. On stock clocks and with a normal build you should be absolutely fine.
579099
This psu will work in yiur 5150, you might wany to bump up to a 400 watt supply if you plan to run multiple hard drives though
618401
nope, highly recommended that you get 500-600 psu and connect it directly from the psu
1096672
The single slot GPU does NOT use extra power (harness) from the PSU. It works strictly from the mobo power. Your 500 watt PSU is going to work just fine....
823403
itll work once you have a 400watt psu, it doesnt require much power, or even an auxilliary power connector
964262
Over locked it will consume about 400 watts so a 500 watt PSU is sufficient unless you never want to over clock but I would rather have too many watts than one not enough.
1331134
Yes it will work. I was running mine on a 500W psu. You won't get the PCI-e 2.0 speed from the card with a PCI-e slot, but it will still work.
429209
Yes, it recommends a minimum system PSU of 500W. 600W will be fine as long as you are using this as a single card (not SLI). Do yourself a favor and get a good PSU from a reputable brand (e.g. Seasonic). Don't skimp on the quality of the PSU to save a couple bucks.
1124300
You want a reputable PSU that supplies 500 watts minimum. Yours should be fine. You will need a 6 pin PCI-e power adapter to power this card though. Some cards come with one. Before you buy, ask the seller if it includes the adapter that changes the 4-pin molex to 6-pin PCI-e power. If not, you can buy an adapter for a couple bucks on the internet.
2175236
I would say no. According to AMD's website the recommended is a 500 watt PSU
1923961
for a single card they recommend a 500 watt power supply, so if your running 1 you should be fine.
940085
Any ATX power supply that is at least 500 watts but it must have a 24-pin ATX power connector and the 4-pin 12V connector. An older PSU with a 20-pin ATX connector will not be reliable. I'm using a Cooler Master Power Pro 550. If you plan to use a separate plug-in video card and/or several hard drives, you should consider a 600 watt supply.
504715
I think not, 500w is the less you need to use it, with a 600w maybe you can
767599
Should be fine. I have this card and a 550 watt psu and haven't had any issues since I got the card a few months ago.
757983
It should but just in case i would go to http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp. this will tell you what the minimum recommended psu would be
373422
That's more than enough watts. It should work with your power supply too. However, I would check any specifics on both manufacturers websites.
980058
It should work but knowing the rest of the system would help also try pcpartpicker.com and build your system there and it will give est. wattage