is a 500w power supply enough to overclock my gpu

cuagua

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Sep 28, 2016
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hi
i have 500w sentey brp power supply
i have a asrock 960gm-vgs3 fx motheboard, an xfx r7 370 2gb and a fx 8320e
I want to overclock my gpu and im wondering if my power supply is enough
 
Solution
Yes, your psu is enough. On paper. Not in reality. Most all sentey are lower grade units that would be miracles if they actually lived up to their claims.
https://youtu.be/f6snWfd1v7M
While not a perfect representation, if you look at the load limits vrs claims, you'll get the idea.

Barty1884

Retired Moderator
I wouldn't. Honestly, I wouldn't even power a GPU from it, let alone OC a GPU on it.

Sentey are not the most reliable of brands (generally), they have the occasional one that's decent-ish, but still not great.

Do you have a budget for a new PSU? Or would you just continue 'as is'?