Can I upgrade the CPU or GPU(future Maxwell Nvidia cards) in the future as long as the 500W power supply can handle it?
470479
Yes but i would highly recommend getting a larger power supply worst thing to do to a computer is to starve it.
1239051
300W If you upgrade the video card, be sure to change the power supply too!
1273098
I would recommend you upgrade to a 300W power supply if you're going to upgrade the video card.
1215560
Yes. Check Nvidia web site and check system spec. but higher power supply wouldn't hurt if you are planning to upgrade again.
1968832
the specs on this card's webpage say the minimum wattage power supply required is a 450W, however if your power supply is of low quality (many are) 500W probably wouldn't be enough. personally, i would upgrade to a 600W just in case, and also so that there is more room for power in the future.
1786514
Yes it can, but not the larger sized cards. A few things to take into consideration: 1 this is a mini tower and space is limited. 2 the PSU is only a 275 watt. So check the specs of any video card you purchase for minimum wattage. Even though it is only a pci-e 1x slot any video card (that fits in the case and has an appropriate PSU) will work. I was using a nvidia gtx 750 Ti in this machine (upgraded PSU to a 550 watt) and it worked great.
2062848
Here is where I start when I want to calculate the amount needed: http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp (Although it looks like it doesn't have your CPU yet.) You'll probably be fine with an 800w power supply, although you'll need to make sure the rail(s) can handle the graphics card. Also, will you be (in the future) adding another graphics card? If so, I'd say get the 1300w one and then you won't ever have to worry about it.
1056616
yes, you must install a 1500w psu for both graphics card, then youll have a quadfire installation, so it requires more power, greetings and hace a nice day
1399848
Of course. It's a standard power supply, and it's only a few MM bigger then an 850 watt unit. It has 4 native gpu hook ups.
614142
It really depends on your graphics card. I have this, 8GB of RAM, and a Radeon HD7770 with a 550W power supply and it's plenty.
1110841
it depends on the rest of your system but this GPU isn't a power hungry . only uses 65watts max so it do'll find on a 300 watt PUS :D
2167591
Minimum System Power Requirement = 650 W. http://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-690/specifications
201961
No. It requires a 450w minimum, and installing it with lower could destroy the gpu
1251197
300 Watt should be able to support the current spec right now. But in the future if you are planning to upgrade to a higher end graphic card, I do recommend a larger power supply.
1966473
I'm running one with the same cpu as well, my power meter on the system shows about 620 watts during game play. I do run two hard drives, 1 HDD and another SSD. Other than that there shouldn't be much difference. You really don't want to run a power supply that close to max wattage, I ran a 650 on mine for a while and went out pretty quickly. I would say upgrade the power supply or go for an Nvidia at the same price range. They usually use less power.
1179347
The 7850 is a power sipper - a 500w PSU would be fine unless you have a lot of other components that are using lots of power.
1968833
It is highly unlikely that you will need to upgrade your PSU. It is all dependent on what your other hardware is as well, but I doubt you will need to upgrade.