Graphics Card - PSU Requirement

ulasyeah

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Hi,

I am currently using this PSU (600W) and i have Powercolor AMD Radeon 7850 which requires only one 6pin power connector. I am considering to get new graphics card, ASUS R9 280X which requires dual power connectors; 6pin and 8pin.

My PSU has that 6+2 and 6pin connectors no problem there. Question is, is my PSU strong enough to handle R9 280X? It is not modular, it is Bronze certified 80Plus PSU. Thus i am not sure if my new graphic card will work properly with my current PSU.

Additional informations: I am not going to use Crossfire or such. My PC is on like 12-15 hours everyday, usually under load (in game). Playing 'heavy-ish' games like BF4 or so.

Thanks in advance!
 

ulasyeah

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Yeah but currently my budget is limited... I might need to wait a bit more to buy both PSU and Graphics Card...



Hope so, will do.
 

ulasyeah

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Well Sapphire Toxic edition requires 750W, MSI Twin Frozr requires 600W. I couldnt find how much Asus wants. It only says "Power Consumption: up to 300Wadditional 6+8 pin PCIe power required" but the point is quality of my PSU i think. 600W seems enough already.