550 Watt Seasonic enough for a gigabyte r9 280x windforce + fx 8350

Marko Milanovic · Jul 25, 2014

Well the title says it all, my CPU is not OC'd and I am not planning to OC the Graphics card.

tiny voices · Jul 25, 2014

You will be perfectly fine. no worries.

BigBadBeef · Jul 25, 2014

Not its not. It will be torture for the PSU, both components are massive power hogs. PSU's work best at 60-80% load and for that you need at least 650W, bronze rated.

tiny voices · Jul 25, 2014

That's false. At 100% load the system won't even use 450w.

Deleted member 217926 · Jul 25, 2014

Tiny Voices is correct. That power supply is more than sufficient for your system especially with no overclocking. Even RealhardtechX only recommends a 600w unit and they overstate enough you have nothing to worry about.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

Any Seasonic built unit will supply it's rated wattage on the 12v rail alone.

Marko Milanovic · Jul 25, 2014

Would me getting this card be a safer? http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J41A5GK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Also how reliable are Gigabyte cards?

tiny voices · Jul 25, 2014

Do not get a lower end card. That PSU will run a 280x perfectly fine.

Gigabyte make good cards. Honestly any 280x will be perfectly reliable.

Marko Milanovic · Jul 25, 2014

tiny voices :

Yeah it's just that I can only afford a second hand r9 280x, and I could get a brand new r9 280 for the price and it's not much of a difference. I'm just wondering since I'm in NZ and the card does die will it be covered by international warranty by Gigabyte?

tiny voices · Jul 25, 2014

There is a difference between the cards, but not a huge one.

It will not die on you.

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