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August 28, 2014 12:08:11 PM

Would my Corsair VS550 support:

Gigabyte Nvidia GTX760 OC 2GB WF3 PCI-E Graphics Card
AMD Athlon X4 760k Black Edition Quad Processor (Socket FM2, 3.8GHz, 4MB, 100W, AD760kWOHLBOX, Richland, Turbo Core 3.0 Technology, Virtualization Technology)

If it doesn't can you please reccomend me a new PSU thats good quality and preferably under £50 that could supply this setup, thanks.

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August 28, 2014 12:12:10 PM

The VS550 will work fine.
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August 28, 2014 12:22:58 PM

UnicornGasm said:
Would my Corsair VS550 support:

Gigabyte Nvidia GTX760 OC 2GB WF3 PCI-E Graphics Card
AMD Athlon X4 760k Black Edition Quad Processor (Socket FM2, 3.8GHz, 4MB, 100W, AD760kWOHLBOX, Richland, Turbo Core 3.0 Technology, Virtualization Technology)

If it doesn't can you please reccomend me a new PSU thats good quality and preferably under £50 that could supply this setup, thanks.


ignore the dude down below, you will be fine with your current Power Supply, of course an upgrade couldn't hurt :) 
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August 28, 2014 12:23:04 PM

Here's a good list to use for referencing PSUs. As you'll see, the Corsair VS series is a Tier 3 PSU. There are better ones available, but if you already own the VS550, it's a decent PSU and meets the minimum wattage and amperage requirements for your CPU and GPU.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-su...
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August 28, 2014 12:23:41 PM

Corsair VS series is dead last in the Corsair lineup in terms of quality.
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August 28, 2014 12:53:25 PM

That may be so, but I think it probably stacks up pretty well against all of the PSUs encompassed by Tier 4 and 5, as well as all of the no-names that didn't rate mention. More importantly, the OP already owns it.

If it's as bad as you seem to be implying, why is it listed at T3 instead of lower?
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August 29, 2014 5:38:55 AM

Thanks I will trust you and when I eventually get it I hope it works out
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August 29, 2014 6:46:48 AM

Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.
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August 29, 2014 7:32:05 AM

volcanoscout said:
Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Yeah I already own it
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August 29, 2014 7:56:52 AM

UnicornGasm said:
volcanoscout said:
Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Yeah I already own it


Okay, just wanted to make sure I hadn't misunderstood :) 
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August 29, 2014 7:59:20 AM

volcanoscout said:
UnicornGasm said:
volcanoscout said:
Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Yeah I already own it


Okay, just wanted to make sure I hadn't misunderstood :) 


Okay, thanks
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August 29, 2014 1:19:34 PM

volcanoscout said:
Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.


volcanoscout said:
UnicornGasm said:
volcanoscout said:
Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Yeah I already own it


Okay, just wanted to make sure I hadn't misunderstood :) 


Would my PSU support an R9 280X?
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August 29, 2014 1:41:35 PM

It's possible, but I wouldn't recommend it. You could skim by with a good quality 600W but a 750W would be better.
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