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Will 500w be enough for a FX 8320 4.5ghz and an R9 270X?

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October 17, 2014 8:36:25 PM

I was just wondering if i could or i won't do such a major overclock.

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October 17, 2014 8:52:05 PM

Yes a quality one will handle that fine even with OC.
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October 17, 2014 8:53:57 PM

A significant overclock may be pushing it, but that's more dependent on the quality of the PSU than anything else.
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October 17, 2014 8:57:50 PM

500W is more than enough.

According to Toms, the R9 270X draws a max of 142 W fully loaded:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-2...

The FX 8320 is a 125 W chip if I recall, so that leaves a 233 W cushion for overclocking and whatever other peripherals you have installed. Hard drives generally consume less than 5 W and SSDs use slightly less during load. Fans and optical drives also consume very little energy.

You can even add a second R9 270X and be perfectly fine.
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October 17, 2014 8:59:52 PM

viewtyjoe said:
A significant overclock may be pushing it, but that's more dependent on the quality of the PSU than anything else.


I have a Thermaltake LitePower 500w
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October 17, 2014 9:02:43 PM

merikafyeah said:
500W is more than enough.

According to Toms, the R9 270X draws a max of 142 W fully loaded:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-2...

The FX 8320 is a 125 W chip if I recall, so that leaves a 233 W cushion for overclocking and whatever other peripherals you have installed. Hard drives generally consume less than 5 W and SSDs use slightly less during load. Fans and optical drives also consume very little energy.

You can even add a second R9 270X and be perfectly fine.


I went on a PSU calculator and it said that if i overclock it to 4.5ghz with a R9 270X and all my peripherals it would take around 500w

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October 17, 2014 9:02:47 PM

Not really quality and if anything over rated.
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October 17, 2014 9:24:54 PM

yopig said:
merikafyeah said:
500W is more than enough.

According to Toms, the R9 270X draws a max of 142 W fully loaded:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-2...

The FX 8320 is a 125 W chip if I recall, so that leaves a 233 W cushion for overclocking and whatever other peripherals you have installed. Hard drives generally consume less than 5 W and SSDs use slightly less during load. Fans and optical drives also consume very little energy.

You can even add a second R9 270X and be perfectly fine.


I went on a PSU calculator and it said that if i overclock it to 4.5ghz with a R9 270X and all my peripherals it would take around 500w



PSU Calc is extremely conservative. If you have a Kill-A-Watt meter or a UPS that monitors power draw, you'd be surprised at how little your computer actually draws from the wall under typical usage.

Even older PSUs can provide a fair bit more than they're rated for. For example, the Antec EarthWatts 500 W PSU that I have from 2008 can supply 77 W more than it was rated for:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Antec-EarthWatts...

If you have a quality PSU, you'll be fine. It is actually quite difficult to exceed 500 W in practice without very high-end GPUs.
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October 17, 2014 9:26:51 PM

merikafyeah said:
yopig said:
merikafyeah said:
500W is more than enough.

According to Toms, the R9 270X draws a max of 142 W fully loaded:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-r9-280x-r9-2...

The FX 8320 is a 125 W chip if I recall, so that leaves a 233 W cushion for overclocking and whatever other peripherals you have installed. Hard drives generally consume less than 5 W and SSDs use slightly less during load. Fans and optical drives also consume very little energy.

You can even add a second R9 270X and be perfectly fine.


I went on a PSU calculator and it said that if i overclock it to 4.5ghz with a R9 270X and all my peripherals it would take around 500w



PSU Calc is extremely conservative. If you have a Kill-A-Watt meter or a UPS that monitors power draw, you'd be surprised at how little your computer actually draws from the wall under typical usage.

Even older PSUs can provide a fair bit more than they're rated for. For example, the Antec EarthWatts 500 W PSU that I have from 2008 can supply 77 W more than it was rated for:
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Antec-EarthWatts...

If you have a quality PSU, you'll be fine. It is actually quite difficult to exceed 500 W in practice without very high-end GPUs.


Ok thanks for your help.

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