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550 watt seasonic ssp-550rt enough for Sapphire R9 280x Vapor x

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July 5, 2014 3:31:48 PM

I have a 550 watt seasonic ssp-550rt.

My PC specs are"

AMD FX 8350 4.0GHZ Black edition (No OC)
16GB Mushkin 1600mhz DDR3 RAM
Asus m5a78l-m lx v2 motherboard
Samsung EVO 120GB SSD
3TB Western digital HDD
Asus CD-R/W
NVIDIA GT 610 1GB

I am planning to upgrade to a Sapphire R9 280x Vapor x

I've tried running a Sapphire R9 290 in my system but it continuously crashes and I believe it because my PSU doesn't match the power requirements.

Will my PSU be able to run a R9 280X?

Thanks :) 

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July 5, 2014 3:35:44 PM

This is a very quality power supply. 280x draws 50w less than 290, and as long as you dont overclock, it should be enough.
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July 5, 2014 3:40:58 PM

Agreed. A good 550 watt power supply will be enough for just about any single card configuration and they dont get much better quality than Seasonic so Id say youre golden.
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July 5, 2014 6:39:44 PM

But will 50 watts really make such a difference?
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July 5, 2014 7:00:01 PM

According to reviews, a system running a 290x will draw less than 400 watts at the wall so a 550 will easily handle that or anything below that.
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July 5, 2014 9:13:37 PM

axe1592 said:
According to reviews, a system running a 290x will draw less than 400 watts at the wall so a 550 will easily handle that or anything below that.


axe1592, can you please send the link for this reviews? I have one sapphire R9 280X vapor-x with 750W evga power supply, and as per sapphire, I need 750W for single card and 1000W for crossfiring 2 of them, I'm not sure if my PSU will handle 2 of them

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July 5, 2014 9:38:00 PM

Da3souq said:
axe1592 said:
According to reviews, a system running a 290x will draw less than 400 watts at the wall so a 550 will easily handle that or anything below that.


axe1592, can you please send the link for this reviews? I have one sapphire R9 280X vapor-x with 750W evga power supply, and as per sapphire, I need 750W for single card and 1000W for crossfiring 2 of them, I'm not sure if my PSU will handle 2 of them



AnandTech shows theirs at 375 max draw. Its over 400 at Uber though.

Looking around I found this HardOCP review that shows 440 max draw under Uber.

Then of course there is Tom's Hardware review of several 290x's and theyre all well under 400 watts total.


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