Hey guys i need some help!

Vincent Nocum · Jun 24, 2014

So i have this system and planning on buying r9 290 tri-x by sapphire and planning on overclocking it but the problem is i have an i7 3770k cpu and i have a psu 550w , will it be sufficient if i overclock both cpu and the r9 290 ? Thanks in advance guys!

i7Baby · Jun 24, 2014

A 550W psu is OK, as long as its a good one - per http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

The 290 will work fine with the 3770k

iron8orn · Jun 24, 2014

no, the 290 requires at least 750w

iron8orn · Jun 24, 2014

i7Baby :

newegg says 750w

i assume testing is done at 100 percent load on cpu and gpu though. would it not be best to get a 750w for a overclock?

i7Baby · Jun 24, 2014

Not according to RealHardTech

iron8orn · Jun 24, 2014

hmm... newegg is saying 750w for a 280 also

i7Baby · Jun 24, 2014

I got another one for the 290 - 600W

But 550 or 600 for the 280x - I suppose its older - a 7970.

Vincent Nocum · Jun 24, 2014

Hey guys thank you for the answers , but it hit me to just upgrade my psu since its not that a good brand of psu. Thanks for the recommendation guys! Really helped me alot!

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