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I have a 600watt psu and want to know if my psu is strong enough to handle a Sapphire R9-280x Toxic Edition

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December 23, 2013 2:36:21 PM

Hi I have a 600watt psu and want to know if my psu is strong enough to handle a Sapphire R9-280x 3GB Toxic Edition.

My Specs:
Gigabyte H61MA-D2V
Intel Core i5 3470
4GB RAM(might upgrade to 8GB)
LG DVD Writer
Seagate Barracuda 2TB(might get another 2 or 3 TB HDD)
Intel 330 Series 60GB Solid State Drive
Have about 2*8cm fans and a small fan under my 2TB HDD
I currently have a Sparkle Nividia 9400gt 1GB

Any advice is welcome

Thanks in advance

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December 23, 2013 2:39:27 PM

whats the make and model of your psu?
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December 23, 2013 2:41:40 PM

No, the Sapphire R9-280x 3GB Toxic Edition requires 750w or greater, your going to need to upgrade :/ 
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December 23, 2013 2:46:09 PM

JakeM7926 said:
No, the Sapphire R9-280x 3GB Toxic Edition requires 750w or greater, your going to need to upgrade :/ 


lol You're wrong. 600w is plenty enough to run it. The require PSU doesn't actually mean you won't be able to run it anything under those required. It just matters on what brand / model PSU OP has.
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December 23, 2013 2:47:31 PM

lol, people really love to quote those manufacturers recommendations...
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December 23, 2013 2:51:31 PM

^
Mostly people that fresh off built their first rig and are new to the site trying to look like a expert.
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a b ) Power supply
December 23, 2013 2:52:37 PM

exactly. because the manufacturer somehow knows the quality of your psu, and the rest of your system components.
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December 23, 2013 2:54:17 PM

Yup. Some of these people need to read and do some research before giving advice.
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December 23, 2013 2:59:54 PM

Jesus, crucify me why don't you? I was trying to help and the manufacturer said that it required a greater power supply.....
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December 23, 2013 3:12:32 PM

Look at it this way. What if daswilhem and I didn't reply to this post and you were the only one. You wrote a statement as if it was a fact right away. OP would take your statement as an answer since no one else reply to him. Then you just wasted OP's money because he took your answer as a fact and bought a brand new 750w PSU. I get you were trying to help but you need to do more research instead of reading one line from the system requirement and turning it into a answer.
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December 23, 2013 3:29:06 PM

My complaint is your overboard statements and how you basically told me i was an idiot for trying to help, get off your high horse dude. And one more question, why would the manufacturer set a requirement of 750w if it wasn't needed?
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a b ) Power supply
December 23, 2013 3:30:09 PM

don't take it personal, you're not the only one to go by recommendations. you live and learn is all.
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December 23, 2013 3:31:20 PM

the manufacturer recommends a much higher wattage psu than is necessary to cover their butts. the manufacturer doesnt know what kind of psu you are purchasing, nor do they know the other components your system is made of.
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December 23, 2013 3:40:41 PM

I find that hard to believe considering if their graphics card were to not work with a knock off power supply that doesnt really supply the wattage stated, the fault would lie on the power supply company, not the company that manufactures the graphics card. My advice, upgrade even if mr high horse up there thinks it will work fine. Your putting expensive equipment in your computer, you should supply it with what the manufacturer recommends/says.
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December 23, 2013 3:44:53 PM

and on top of that, if your going to be doing any overclocking, its going to pull more power..
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December 23, 2013 3:46:54 PM

all that, and you still don't know what kind of psu the OP is using...
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December 23, 2013 3:47:50 PM

All he ask was for the GPU. lol Seems like it's already built rig and he's just upgrading the GPU. 600w is plenty.
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December 24, 2013 1:17:30 AM

daswilhelm said:
whats the make and model of your psu?


Proline
model no: IP-S600AQ3-0
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December 24, 2013 1:25:08 AM

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Thanks it is an already built pc and Im just upgrading the gpu
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December 24, 2013 1:27:49 AM

Actually it looks like it`s InWin product (I might be wrong), and I could only see it on russian sites: http://www.nix.ru/autocatalog/power_supply_inwin/INWIN_...

I don`t want to give wrong advices, but I could see no review about it, so I for one could not recommend this PSU for your new GPU.
Maybe someone can give a better insight on this.

Enjoy your new GPU!
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December 24, 2013 1:33:28 AM

HeyyScott said:
Look at it this way. What if daswilhem and I didn't reply to this post and you were the only one. You wrote a statement as if it was a fact right away. OP would take your statement as an answer since no one else reply to him. Then you just wasted OP's money because he took your answer as a fact and bought a brand new 750w PSU. I get you were trying to help but you need to do more research instead of reading one line from the system requirement and turning it into a answer.

Huh, look at that, he doesn't have a top of the line brand PSU and others are recommending an upgrade......
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December 24, 2013 10:02:57 AM

JakeM7926 said:
HeyyScott said:
Look at it this way. What if daswilhem and I didn't reply to this post and you were the only one. You wrote a statement as if it was a fact right away. OP would take your statement as an answer since no one else reply to him. Then you just wasted OP's money because he took your answer as a fact and bought a brand new 750w PSU. I get you were trying to help but you need to do more research instead of reading one line from the system requirement and turning it into a answer.

Huh, look at that, he doesn't have a top of the line brand PSU and others are recommending an upgrade......


yep, educated people wait until they have information before recommending ideas.
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December 24, 2013 10:05:21 AM

daswilhelm said:
JakeM7926 said:
HeyyScott said:
Look at it this way. What if daswilhem and I didn't reply to this post and you were the only one. You wrote a statement as if it was a fact right away. OP would take your statement as an answer since no one else reply to him. Then you just wasted OP's money because he took your answer as a fact and bought a brand new 750w PSU. I get you were trying to help but you need to do more research instead of reading one line from the system requirement and turning it into a answer.

Huh, look at that, he doesn't have a top of the line brand PSU and others are recommending an upgrade......


yep, educated people wait until they have information before recommending ideas.


We were waiting for OP to tell us the model/brand of his PSU. Unlike you JakeM7926 jumping into conclusion.
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