GPU | PSU | Recomendations

AlexJD · May 31, 2014

Greetings. (Had a similar topic in Systems).
Few questions.

1) I have read some reviews about the 'MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB', and have heard some bad things about it. For any of you with experience with this card, can any of you disprove this?

2) Is my 'SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX PSU' good enough?
AMD A8-5600K 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor
MSI Radeon R7 260X 2GB

3) Is using an OC GPU bad if I don't plan on OCing?

Thanks in advance!

Calnin · May 31, 2014

I cant speak about 1.

But your Psu, is more than enough to power boath of those. The OC GPU is basically an overclocked card out of the box.

Nuckles_56 · May 31, 2014

1. I am not sure, as I haven't ever used this GPU
2. That PSU will be enough, but if you were ever planning on going for crossfire, you would need a bigger PSU
3. There is no reason that it is bad unless it costs a significant amount more, and besides, most GPU's come factory overclocked a certain amount

Dark Lord of Tech · May 31, 2014

Is my 'SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX PSU' good enough? < Great power supply more than enough power with 45 amps on the 12v rail.

Yes it's more than sufficient to power your specs.

AlexJD · Jun 1, 2014

Thank you for your answers.
But doesn't the RAM, Hardrive, and all the other components use Watts as well? Should those be taken into consideration?

Would it be safe to swap the SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX PSU for a Seasonic M12II 520W Modular PSU
Also, what's a 'crossfire?'

(Forgot to mention that the MSI R7 260X 2GB is an OC), if that makes any difference).

Calnin · Jun 1, 2014

They use so little, its practically negligible. The main concerns are the GPU and CPU.

Nuckles_56 · Jun 1, 2014

You certainly could switch between the two but there is no reason to change unless there is a significant price difference. Crossfire is where you have two AMD graphics cards working together to display the content.

Vic 40 · Jun 1, 2014

That's all you need to know about the psu.

Still to make things more clear,that psu could crossfire two of those gpu's.

The gpu comes factory overclockt so don't worry about that too.They keep it within safe parameters.

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