Power Supply

[Katon123]

I'm planning on upgrading my PC and I need a little help.
Specs will be the following:

- ASUS P5QPL-AM Motherboard
- Core 2 Quad Q8300 CPU
- 4GB RAM
- MSI 560GTX-M2D1GD5 Graphics Card
- Zalman CNPS 9500 Fan
- 320GB Hard Drive Disk

My question is, will my 500W Power Supplier be enough?
In case it's not, changing the graphics card to an "ASUS ENGTX550 TI DC/DI/1GD5 1GB", will it then be enough?

Thank you all in advance for your assistance!

 

[manofchalk]

Gonna need a bit more info on the "500W PSU" before we can say either way. If its a generic PSU, I would throw it out on general principle. If its a good model say from Corsair or Seasonic, then you will likely be fine.

 

[djangoringo]

Which is the brand/model of the psu ? a decent one will do just fine for a 560/560 ti.
I don't know what you mean by upgrading, the parts that you listed is the ones that you already have ?

 

[Katon123]

I already own some of the parts. I'm going to upgrade the CPU, RAM and Graphics Card, so the specs I mentioned before will be the PC's final state. As for the PSU, it's a Chieftec GPS-500AB A
AC-INPUT: 115V~/ 10A & 220-230V~/ 5A
FREQUENCY: 47Hz-63Hz

 

[djangoringo]

It will do for a 560 gtx, it requires a 450W psu and the maximum tdp of the card is 150W, that psu is a decent one, made by delta, it doesn't have much amps on the +12v rail(30A/360W) but it will do.
If this is the one : http://members.chello.pl/w.dyszynski/allegro/ATX/gps-500ab_a_3.jpg

 

[Katon123]

Yup, that's the one! So, I can use the all the components AND the GTX 560 as well without the fear of accidents? I mean, aren't I going to push the supplier to its limits? And since I can use the 560 one, the 550 is ok as well, right?

 

[manofchalk]

You should be fine with that PSU on the rig as it stands.

 

[Katon123]

Thank you everyone for your time! I couldn't find information on that matter, and I luckily found this site! One last question. Any other graphics card upgrade after the GTX 560 will need a better PSU for sure, right?