Is 530W enough for 970 GTX?

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Tom Tancredi
I thought so to... TILL I got mine. I am running 4 Drives (4TBs), Xeon CPU, BluRay player, GigaByte H97M-HD3, and my Zotac 970 and as soon as I went to any 3D applications BOOM sytem shuts down. I am running a 500W PSU atm, and had to 4Pin to 8Pin adapter because the Mobo is the new refreshed ATX.

Given this I ordered a 700W PSU and is being delivered today, which should solve my problem I believe. Based on my testing, that is what I determined in my problem and would ADVOCATE you consider instead a 650W to 700W just to be on the safe side, Over power is better than no power.
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I thought so to... TILL I got mine. I am running 4 Drives (4TBs), Xeon CPU, BluRay player, GigaByte H97M-HD3, and my Zotac 970 and as soon as I went to any 3D applications BOOM sytem shuts down. I am running a 500W PSU atm, and had to 4Pin to 8Pin adapter because the Mobo is the new refreshed ATX.

Given this I ordered a 700W PSU and is being delivered today, which should solve my problem I believe. Based on my testing, that is what I determined in my problem and would ADVOCATE you consider instead a 650W to 700W just to be on the safe side, Over power is better than no power.
 
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Tom Tancredi

Tom Tancredi

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AND yes alot of my issues was due to the power connector (8Pin ATX Refresh standard instead of the old 4Pin ATX standard), and how much power demand kicks in when going 3D (even when I just had my SSD ONLY connected no other drives powered) was more then the 'recommended minimum'.

Again I would highly recommend, even based on my experience here, a 650W or better
 
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