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Upgrading to Radeon R9 270X from Radeon 5670

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September 3, 2014 7:43:57 PM

What's going on boys,

A few days ago my Radeon 5670 went out and I'm looking to upgrade.
Here are my specs

CPU: AMD Phenom(tm) 2 X6 1075T Processor 3.0GHz
RAM: 7G
PSU: Max Watt is 460W,

I'm pretty new when it comes to upgrading hardware and I'm a little nervous to commit on a purchase. Will I need to upgrade my power supply and if so does anyone have any recommendations? Will my motherboard bottleneck the GPU? Thanks for your time, looking to hear back with any advice.

Here is the link to the R9 270X:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...

Here is my motherboard:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E168...



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a b V Motherboard
September 3, 2014 7:50:23 PM

I don't think your PSU will support the GPU and the CPU. Upgrade to a 600W SeaSonic.

But I think they're not too bad of a combo.
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a c 76 V Motherboard
September 3, 2014 7:57:21 PM

you didn't link the motherboard.

you should link the ps.

card will be a huge upgrade.
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September 3, 2014 8:28:26 PM

okcnaline said:
I don't think your PSU will support the GPU and the CPU. Upgrade to a 600W SeaSonic.

But I think they're not too bad of a combo.


A quick question about the PSU, I went to this website to calculate how much Watts I will need and it came up to be 950W. Does that sound right or is there something I'm missing?
Will a 600W PSU be enough to power my system?
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a c 76 V Motherboard
September 3, 2014 8:32:46 PM

list all components.......... and no.................950 is way too much. 600 should be okay unless it's a cheap PS.
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a b V Motherboard
September 3, 2014 8:54:32 PM

That ought to be messing up with something. A Phenom can't take that much wattage.
If you Overclocked, how much did you set it to?
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September 3, 2014 9:05:40 PM

okcnaline said:
That ought to be messing up with something. A Phenom can't take that much wattage.
If you Overclocked, how much did you set it to?


Oh no, I just went to this website and tried to get an estimate for my PS.

Website: http://images10.newegg.com/BizIntell/tool/psucalc/index...

After doing some research on other threads it seems that a 600W PSU will be fine.
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