Is a 600w psu enough?
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eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 8:11:24 PM
Last week, I decided to purchase a 270x or 7950. I've managed to gather some more extra cash, and now the r9 280(non x) seems to be affordable.
I've come to the conclusion of buying either an r9 280, or a 7950. What has me worried is my power supply. Reading off the website i bought my psu, I have a 600w Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply. I really want to buy this 280, but if it's my psu that's holding me back, will it still work with a 7950?
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I've come to the conclusion of buying either an r9 280, or a 7950. What has me worried is my power supply. Reading off the website i bought my psu, I have a 600w Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply. I really want to buy this 280, but if it's my psu that's holding me back, will it still work with a 7950?
http://s1.postimg.org/ber8foqdr/imag0080.jpg
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eDeNNN said:
Last week, I decided to purchase a 270x or 7950. I've managed to gather some more extra cash, and now the r9 280(non x) seems to be affordable.I've come to the conclusion of buying either an r9 280, or a 7950. What has me worried is my power supply. Reading off the website i bought my psu, I have a 600w Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply. I really want to buy this 280, but if it's my psu that's holding me back, will it still work with a 7950?
Your GPU is just fine with 600 Watts of Power. According to this:

The card draws 257 Watts of power, and I am assuming your CPU wouldn't be drawing the remaining 343 Watts of power there...
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June 30, 2014 8:21:36 PM
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eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 8:29:38 PM
eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 8:33:07 PM
I bought a pre-built computer from cyber power pc.
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Back_To_School_2014
If you scroll down to the psu section, the one I've selected, all it says is: "600w Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply"
http://www.cyberpowerpc.com/system/Back_To_School_2014
If you scroll down to the psu section, the one I've selected, all it says is: "600w Standard 80 Plus Certified Power Supply"
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eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 8:36:45 PM
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eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 8:42:27 PM
SR-71 Blackbird said:
I wouldn't sell it , but id stick to the 7950 for now but that's up to you , an underpowered power supply can cause instability in your system.What would be some effects of the instability? Would the screen flicker, lower fps, or anything? I'm buying my gpu from a local store, so i can always return it if it's unstable and buy the 7950
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eDeNNN said:
SR-71 Blackbird said:
I wouldn't sell it , but id stick to the 7950 for now but that's up to you , an underpowered power supply can cause instability in your system.What would be some effects of the instability? Would the screen flicker, lower fps, or anything? I'm buying my gpu from a local store, so i can always return it if it's unstable and buy the 7950
Artifacts, bad stuttering and low GPU voltage, and possibly causing damage to your card if it fails.
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eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 8:53:26 PM
I've taken a picture of it if that helps at all:
http://s1.postimg.org/ber8foqdr/imag0080.jpg
Ignore my volunteer packet haha.
http://s1.postimg.org/ber8foqdr/imag0080.jpg
Ignore my volunteer packet haha.
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eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 8:56:55 PM
eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 9:02:41 PM
eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 9:09:20 PM
SR-71 Blackbird said:
I wouldn't risk it but that's up to you , I've been at this a long time and if you ask others around here they will tell you I know what I'm talking about.I guess I'll take the safe road and go with a lower end gpu. With my current psu, what gpu would be best that you can recommend?
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eDeNNN
June 30, 2014 9:16:35 PM
Andrew Buck said:
I would say the R9 280, but since you don't want to risk it, the R9 270X sells for $170-$200. There is the 7950, too.I'll try the 280 for 3 days(let me know if that's too little). If i notice artifacting or any problems, I'll return it. If that's not the case then I'll keep it. Does that sound like a good plan?
Thanks for the help guys.
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