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520W PSU Powerful Enough - i5 4460 and GTX 970?
I'm looking to change my system from an FX6300 CPU and Radeon HD 7870 GPU to a Core i5 4460 and GTX 970. I have a 520W SeaSonic PSU that's served well with my current setup for > 1 year. Will it still be enough for my new CPU and GPU?
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October 15, 2014 9:58:43 PM

Is there any performance gains or fps gains between i5 4460 vs i5 4590 or no? I cannot decide which one to get. I'm waiting for a 960 to come out to pair with one of these or a 970.

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a c 578 U Graphics card
September 30, 2014 11:01:32 AM

The Seasonic 520 Watt PSU's +12V rail capacity is more than sufficient to power your system with a GeForce GTX 970.

Where you may encounter a problem is with the PSU not being Intel Haswell Ready. You may need to disable CPU C6/C7 power state support for the CPU in the motherboard's BIOS.
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a b U Graphics card
September 30, 2014 10:34:46 AM

i5 = 84W, GTX970 = 165W, plenty left over for the rest of the system.
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a b à CPUs
a b U Graphics card
September 30, 2014 10:24:28 AM

the card requires a minimum of 500 watt so you should be just fine with that psu however i would recommend you get a bigger one if you plan on getting more components into your computer or a little more headway so the system is completely serviced by the psu

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