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Distressed

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I want to buy a new Graphics Card, as my old one crashes almost instantaneously whenever i try to play a game.I want to buy either the:
-Gigabyte GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5 (Website states required power is 400w or more)
-Sapphire Radeon R7 265 2GB GDDR5 (Website states required power is 500w or more)
My question is... Will I have enough power?
I currently have an Antec 520W power supply. With my other specifications, will I be able to run it? Because I rather not buy it at all if it wont even start up :S.

Specifications:
CPU: Quad Core AMD A8-5600K
Motherboard: ASUS Motherboard ACPI 64x Based PC
RAM: 8gb
Mouse and Keyboard: Standard
Fans: 2 Installed

Thank you for your time and effort.

 
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Distressed

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I rather not change any computer components. Will that put my computer at risk, when I play resource demanding games?
 
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you could get away with it yes but a new PSU will be welcome for the long haul of your machine so I would get a 700 - 750 PSU that might set you back $150au or $141usd ish, and I would hold off the GPU upgrade until the power supply becomes affordable and get both at the same time.

and I bought a gigabyte 290 wind force and I have a corsair cs750 and that works great with the GPU and I payed $140au for it too

here is a link to the corsair PSU i was talking about on newegg --> http://www.newegg.com/global/au/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139061 out cheap too which is nice
 
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The 520w PSu he has is more than enough for a 750 ti or the 265. Infact it could run more powerful cards a r9-270x or a gtx 760 and still have room to upgrade to a faster CPU. The 750ti can run on a good quality 350w PSU, maxed out the 750ti only uses 68w.
 
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Hmm, most of your answers seem to be all over the place. Buy a new PSU, dont buy a new PSU. Im really conflicted. May I please get a solid answer? If my Antec 520 High Current Gamer is not enough, or is barely making the requirements I'd like to know. I wouldn't be happy to buy a new PSU but If i have to, I guess i could buy another. Thanks again.
 
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The Antec 520w HCG is a good PSU and will have no problem powering your system with either the 750ti or the 265. It's capable of power faster more power hungry cards like the GTX 760 or r9-270x. Quality wise it's better than the 600w EVGA 3Dns posted, the antec is a tier 1 unit while the evga is a tier 4 unit.
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html
 
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