Will a HD 7950 work in my PC?

xtremeninja86x · Mar 9, 2014

basically I bought a prebuild gaming pc due to laziness here it is:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vibox-RXW-AMD-4-0GHz-Quad-Core-Windows-8-Gaming-PC-HD7750-8GB-RAM-1TB-/200970618280?pt=UK_Computing_DesktopPCs&hash=item2ecac845a8

im wondering will this card work in this PC? if it will could you list a great PSU to power the Athlon x4 750K and the HD7950. Im sure 750W would do the job wouldn't it?

https://www.google.co.uk/shopping/product/903139052665563656?q=hd+7950&hl=en&qscrl=1&rlz=1T4GGHP_enGB565GB565&sqi=2&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.62578216,d.ZG4,pv.xjs.s.en_US.Qb9R7Hul644.O&ion=1&biw=1280&bih=651&tch=1&ech=1&psi=dG8cU7bQDsjKhAeB8oDwAQ.1394372467210.3&ei=f28cU-XsLseShQf9roGQDQ&ved=0CHAQpiswAA

because Im afraid the current Cheap(I think) VIBOX power supply would cause my pc to explode

I should have built a pc but I wanted one quickly

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

LOL your fear is well grounded. Upgrade your PSU if you want to get such a card upgrade.

A quality 550W power supply like the XFX 550 PRO (around 50$) is more than enough.

By the way : That card is very nice, I own 2.

xtremeninja86x · Mar 9, 2014

Novuake :

Now ive never really looked into PSU'S does it have the correct wires/cable to power the PC?

coozie7 · Mar 9, 2014

The unit listed by Novuake would do vey nicely.
The E-bay item shows a UK Pounds price so I'll give you a few UK sites to shop at: Aria, Scan, Overclockers, Ebuyer, Pixmania, Novetech, CCL, Dabs and Amazon.
Look for 550-600~Watts with the required connectors and try to get something from: corsair, Seasonic, Silverstone, Antec, EVGA or FSP, cheap units are available but they're cheap for a number of bad reasons.
Be careful how you go about the upgrades, you'll almost certainly kill the warranty by opening the case.
Have you already bought the 7950?

xtremeninja86x · Mar 9, 2014

coozie7 :

Well the card was about £188 on Google but I suppose it doesn't matter because im selling a lot of things and then may flog the 7750 on ebay

also how do I go around finding the right connectors? do I have to check every part in my pc?

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

xtremeninja86x :

A quality unit will have all the cabling you need.

xtremeninja86x · Mar 9, 2014

Novuake :

alright so If I bought the one you suggested it should work?

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

Jip, it will.

cyborgcity · Mar 9, 2014

Novuake why are you such a troll ?

xtremeninja86x · Mar 9, 2014

cyborgcity :

What do you mean?

cyborgcity · Mar 9, 2014

xtremeninja86x :

She's a troll, and hardly knows what shes talking about. She just recommended upgrading a gpu from a dual core processor lol...

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

cyborgcity :

Am I?

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

cyborgcity :

:lol:

A. I am male.
B. Wut?

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

cyborgcity :

Am I?

Let me check...

xtremeninja86x · Mar 9, 2014

I guess I could look at the current PSU and it should have what Rails ect it has on it?

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

xtremeninja86x :

You could. But I could almost assure you, its junk.

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

cyborgcity :

Good. I confirmed that I am indeed male as I suspected.

Now stop highjacking the thread.

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

cyborgcity :

Seriously, stop now or I will have to get a mod involved.

xtremeninja86x · Mar 9, 2014

would this work?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-CX750-Builder-Series-Bronze/dp/B008RJZR40/ref=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1394377468&sr=1-1&keywords=power+supply+750w

Novuake · Mar 9, 2014

xtremeninja86x :

Way more wattage than you need and also not as good quality wise as the XFX i mentioned.

lonewolf7 · Mar 9, 2014

xtremeninja86x :

Stay away from CX series of Corsair, cheaply built a budget oriented PSU, so not the best in stressful situation.
HX or TX series are better. Or you can go with XFX 550 or 650, solid as a rock.

HD 7950 requires 200W on max load with approx. 17 Ampere on +12V rail. XFX 550W PSU has 44A on +12V rail.

coozie7 · Mar 9, 2014

WOW! Back on topic.

Like lonewolf7 says, the XFX is a good unit, pretty well perfectly matched to your needs and it has the required leads built in.
Nice card BTW, it'll make your budget rig run like a champ.
Just a last point, the CPU you have has an unlocked multiplier AFAIK, once you've resolved this question, have a look into overclocking it, because a 7950 is going to be held back a bit by the processor if it's at stock speed.

sora · Mar 10, 2014

xtremeninja86x :

A company like XFX will DEFINITELY have enough cables and it is a great PSU.

xtremeninja86x · May 3, 2014

Sorry if this is a necro but i want to let you guys know what happened. I decided to buy a Sapphire R9 270x 2GB instead due to buget reasons)

The cpu is at 4.0GHz (Athlon x4 750k) but is bottlenecking a few games ect. So im going to buy an (intel i5 4670k 4.0GHz) and a popular crossfire ready Board as well as a aftermarket cooler with copper pipes ect. The R9 270x has helped my performance alot with the athlon and i bought a semi modular Corsair 750w.

So the good thing is i can now upgrade with this new motherboard instead of the current AM2 Board. Plus when i save some money im ditching the old case.

So you could say it worked out in the end.

So thanks a bunch

lonewolf7 · May 3, 2014

You are welcome.

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