Is 500w enough to run and possibly overclock it?

TheBlindPenguin · Apr 21, 2014

The card is a msi r9 270 and the psu is a corsair 500w 80+ bronze semi modular. Any help will be appreciated!

rolli59 · Apr 21, 2014

Yes it will handle it fine! Even with OC.

TheBlindPenguin · Apr 21, 2014

kippohippo · Apr 21, 2014

http://forum-en.msi.com/faq/article/power-requirements-for-graphics-cards

Do cntrl+F and put in 270 and press enter. The site says 500 W MINIMUM. I am paranoid and would get a 600W Bronze. I deal with servers and PC's in my civilian job all the time that are built with the MINIMUM PSU requirements and they are the ones that fail by far the most.

rolli59 · Apr 21, 2014

kippohippo :

But here is measured total system load and it is less than 300watts http://anandtech.com/show/7503/the-amd-radeon-r9-270x-270-review-feat-asus-his/16
Recommendations are always High!

TheBlindPenguin · Apr 21, 2014

But on pc part picker it said my build would only take up 333w so unless overclocking puts 170 more watts it should be fine? A higher wattage would be $20 more

rolli59 · Apr 21, 2014

You are fine with the 500

TheBlindPenguin · Apr 21, 2014

How many watts would overclocking add though?

rolli59 · Apr 21, 2014

Not much and you have about 200watts to play with.

TheBlindPenguin · Apr 21, 2014

Ok thx again

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