Gtx 980 with a 500 Power Wattage.

[JoJo]

So i just bought my first pc its on route and im just wondering if its gonna work out well .. im reading around that a gtx 980 needs a better power wattage then 500w

Heres the PC /: gonna be using it for gaming on the most recent games and live streaming hopefully.
http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-g10aj-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-4790-2tb-hdd-16gb-ram-nvidia-gtx980-graphics-windows-8-1-g10aj-ca011s/10364438.aspx?path=535a6ef287e1d7cea2cf0dcabc3d81b8en02

The screen i plan on using with it takes up about 23w.. I am a little lost of to why a company would sell me a PC with a graphics card that the PC can barely handle?

Thanks for any inputs and all help .

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von SundownKid:

It's a good specced PC, but pretty overpriced. Just yesterday or the day before, HP had that (almost) same specs computer on sale for $875. http://slickdeals.net/f/8045263-hp-desktop-laptop-sale-250-rebate-on-1050-orders-30-off-amp-more-free-s-amp-h

But oh well.

You cant directly compare Canada and US prices. Quite a bit more expensive to get PC in Canada.

[Tusken GA]

Precisely what PSU do you have right now?

Because I really wouldn't try and slot in under the 500W ceiling unless the PSU is decent quality.

If it's not decent quality, it could be only capable of putting out 450W or less. It might also not survive long at its maximum wattage rating.

Either way, there's a potential for really bad things to happen.

My advice, make very, very sure your PSU is decent quality, and begin considering upgrading to at least a 600W PSU from Corsair, Seasonic, or Cooler Master.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Tuskan GA:

Precisely what PSU do you have right now?

Because I really wouldn't try and slot in under the 500W ceiling unless the PSU is decent quality.

If it's not decent quality, it could be only capable of putting out 450W or less. It might also not survive long at its maximum wattage rating.

Either way, there's a potential for really bad things to happen.

My advice, make very, very sure your PSU is decent quality, and begin considering upgrading to at least a 600W PSU from Corsair, Seasonic, or Cooler Master.

He bought the Asus bundle with GTX 980 and 500W PSU, it cant be complete rubbish PSU in there or the PC would simply not work and Asus would have tons of bundles sent back.

Cooler Master and Corsair CX are low quality PSU's, would not use that with GTX 980.
Seasonic, EVGA, XFX, Antec, Corsair AX and HX are fine.

[Samadhi]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 4 Series Express Family Chipset:

I have never owned a PC before so lemme make sure im understanding :P so your saying i wont have much room if i decided to upgrade different parts of the computer without upgrading the power first correct?

To understand the problem with a 500W PSU in a system like the one you have bought, you need to understand how PSUs work.
A power supply is generally most efficient at ~50% load, by running your system as described on a 500W PSU means any initial savings you made on the smaller cheaper PSU, will be offset by a higher power cost per watt, higher PSU OT(more chance of bad things happening) and less flexibility should you wish to upgrade in the future.

[Sintro / Yan]

I don't know

[OLDMAN🎅]

I have a Gtx 970 with a 500 Power with a watt monitor , right now monitor is reading 115 watt.

[JoJo]

I woke up this morning and saw this my PC is on its way to my house pretty nervous of a breakdown right now :P
This is everything they tell me about the computer.
Processor Type Intel Core i7-4790
Processor Speed 3.6 MHz
Processor Cores 4
RAM 16GB DDR-3 1600Mhz
Hard Drive Capacity 2 TB
Hard Drive Speed (Revolutions Per Minute) 7200 rpm
Optical Drive Blu-Ray Disc Combo
Pre-loaded Operating System Win 8.1 64 bit
Graphics Card nVidia GTX980 4GD5
Dedicated Graphic Card Yes
Video Memory 4 GB DDR5
TV Tuner No
Display
Built-in Monitor No
Audio
Audio Output Rt Speaker; Left Speaker; Central Bass; S/PDIF; Mini Jack
Microphone Input Mini Jack
Line-In Input Mini Jack
Digital Output S/PDIF
Networking
Integrated Wi-Fi 802.11 AC+BT
Inputs & Outputs
Keyboard Yes
Mouse Yes
USB Ports 6 x USB 3.0; 4 x USB 2.0
Card Reader 1 x 16 in 1
VGA Output 1 x VGA (D-Sub)
DVI Output 1 x DVI-D
HDMI Output 1 x HDMI
Other Input or Output Ports 3 x Display Port
Computing Features
System Bus Intel H97
Power Supply 500 W

Basically using it for ARK H1Z1 ARMA III and I would like to begin live streaming taking all those things into consideration how likely is it for me to blow the battery or over heat my pc while playing these games on high graphics and streaming. As stated in an early comment the monitor only uses 23w or so it says

Thank you guys for all this help I really do appreciate it

[Space Coward]

I'm fairly certain the R9 280 has an even heavier drain than the GTX 980, and I have a CX500M.

You're absolutely fine, but if you're afraid, put your build into PCPartPicker and check the wattage that comes up. If it stays under 400w, you're fine.

I wouldn't recommend an AMD processor if you've only got 500w with your GTX 980, but if you've got something from Intel, your build's fine.

PS: Don't calculate the monitor in wattage. Unless you've got a Power Mac monitor from 2002, your monitor takes directly from the wall.

[JoJo]

Thank you kind sir :)

[Revelene]

I'd recommend upgrading to windows 10 before doing anything else with it. The reason why is so you don't run into any possible issues that would arise in the upgrade process with installed software/games and stuff.

[JoJo]

Alright i wasent sure if i should ugprade or not one of my friends was telling me its not worth it that win8 is better, thank youuu

[Tusken GA]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 4 Series Express Family Chipset:

Alright i wasent sure if i should ugprade or not one of my friends was telling me its not worth it that win8 is better, thank youuu

I don't want to seem rude, but your friend should seriously consider meeting with a psychiatrist; that level of reality disconnect is often a sign of severe psychosis and he's a danger to himself and others if he continues to go untreated.

[JoJo]

Lmfaooo i shall inform him that he was extremly wrong
Thank you all for the help greatly appreciated :)

[Revelene]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von 4 Series Express Family Chipset:

Alright i wasent sure if i should ugprade or not one of my friends was telling me its not worth it that win8 is better, thank youuu

Windows 10 is essentially what 8 should have been. 10 has some improvements, but nothing major for gaming (yet). Just be sure that after you upgrade, go to the privacy settings and disable most of the personally invasive "features" and background resource hogs. You might also want to tell your friends that the upcomming API, DirectX12, will only be compatable with Win10.

Also, before installing any games or anything, get a decent anti-virus. Go to Nvidia's website and downloading the latest drivers (easiest way is to just google Nvidia driver, first link, fill out the form with the drop boxes, download it but do not do anything with it yet). Then go download Display Driver Uninstaller from Guru3D. Unpack the zip file (just create a file called DDU or something in the download folder and extract to that location) then run the exe. It will ask to go into safe mode and I highly recommend you to do this. Once you are back up, click uninstall drivers and reboot (or something similar, should be the top one of the 3 choices, I believe). Then after it does its thing and reboots, go straight to the download folder and run the Nvidia driver exe that you downloaded earlier. Keep clicking next through all the legal jumbo and when you come to two choices (express or custom) click custom. Make sure everything is selected in the scroll box, as well as the 'perform clean install' check box. Once that is finished, you should be good to go and drivers should not give you a problem since you just did a fresh installation of the latest drivers. Whenever you need to update drivers, Nvidida GeForce Experience will tell you about an available update... I do not recommend updating through the program. I recommend that once you see that, to repeat the previous steps to install the new driver. Driver issues always tend to arise when people don't do a clean installation.

Hope this helps!

[JoJo]

Woaah , do you mind if i add you :$ for when the computer comes in ? Lol i think you could be a big help when it comes to the drivers. I had a friend helping me with the basics but he never mentioned any of this.

Either way if you would rather not, I thank you very very much for this information :)