Corsair 520 enough?

[Foz2001]

I have a corsair 520hx power supply and wanna upgrade my system. Looking at an intel i5, with most likely a gtx570. I will be running 2 harddrives and some case fans.

Think I'll be ok? I hate the fact of upgrading almost everything in the case everytime I upgrade....

 

[Tsumi]

Any overclocking? The 520 will probably work, but you might be running it a bit close. ~220 watts for the 570, 100 watts for a stock i5. Overclocked can be as high as 200, depends on how far you overclock. 50 watts for motherboard/RAM, and about another 50 watts for peripherals.

 

[Foz2001]

thanks for the response.

No I wont be overclocking, everything is gonna stay stock for this build.

 

[HardwareGuru]

thanks for the response.

No I wont be overclocking, everything is gonna stay stock for this build.

How old is your Corsair 520HX PSU? If you been using it for several years the power/performance will decline over time. To be safe, I would just get a new PSU if you had your 520HX for 4+ years.

 

[Zero82z]

The HX520 will be plenty for that.

 

[random305867]

Your HX 520 is fine for that, but don't plan on any future upgrades.

 

[Vengance_01]

520 will be plenty

 

[Foz2001]

thanks

 

[merliwolf]

Way more than enough. And also yes you can plan for future upgrades. It should handle any single video card + cpu easily. Also do not be concerned about degradation of the psu, I would expect this could easily run 7+ years.

 

[DarthV]

No problems with a 3+ year old 520 with my OC'd 2500k, 5850 + couple wd black drives & SSD. I am looking at the new corsair 650d, if I do upgrade the case, I'll probably get a corsair 750w to go along with it