Antec NEO ECO 620W for a Radeon 7950?

parrythemoon

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My husband and I bought a premade gaming PC. While the folks at the shop assured us it would run wow on Ultra and PC versions of console games, what I've read online about the components implies otherwise. (We should've been suspicious after they wouldn't give us a component list pre-sale, but alas, it's our first PC.) After it failed to run wow on anything above Low, we replaced the graphics card it came with (a Geforce 210) with a Radeon 7950. Unfortunately, we then realised the PSU wasn't up to scratch; it's a SunPro 550W, and doesn't even have enough plugs to support the new graphics card.

We're looking at buying an Antec NEO ECO 620W to replace the SunPro, but I wanted to check;

a. Will the Antec be sufficient, or is there another PSU that's better for our needs? (We're on a budget of ~$100)
b. Are there any other components that we should replace? This has been a huge expense for us, and I'd really hate to get the PSU only to find we need something else. I'm not tech-savvy at all, so I'm only seeing problems as we hit them.

Thanks for any help anyone can give us! :)
 
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You are fine with an HD 7950. In fact that should be a very good gaming computer now. Enjoy! :)
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The Antec Neo Eco 620 is absolutely fine for your HD 7950. It's actually a very good power supply.

OEM PC makers often put a very powerful CPU with a low end graphics card and call it a gaming PC. I suspect you have something like that but as bigcyco1 said make sure you have a good CPU to go with the 7950. If you don't know a program called CPU-Z will help.

http://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html
 
If your CPU is okay, and you're shopping Newegg, I'd get this PSU: Corsair TX 650 for $90, or $70 after MIR: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139020
It's actually a bit overkill for your needs, but at that price I don't think you can do better. It usually retails for $120.
Commiserations for that purchase, that's completely disgraceful to claim a GeForce 210 will run BF3 on anything, let alone ultra. Hope you can get it all sorted in the end.
 
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The Antec Neo Eco 620 and Corsair 650TXV2 are both made by Seasonic and both based on the M/S 12 II platform. Basically the same power supply.

Also OP is in Australia. No newegg.
 


Thanks, yes I know... But can the Antec match that price on Newegg at the moment? My recommendation was based on the price, hence the preface about shopping at Newegg.
 
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You are fine with an HD 7950. In fact that should be a very good gaming computer now. Enjoy! :)
 
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