What to upgrade

dessicata · Oct 21, 2014

pc specs:
fx 6300
msi r9 270
8gb ram
1 tb hdd
500w evga 80+ bronze certified psu.

Is this psu good enough to upgrade to something like a r9 290 or 280x or is there something else i should be upgrading to get better performance.

tomr4lph · Oct 21, 2014

I think you'll need to upgrade that PSU if you want to be able to use an r9 290, just to be on the safe side.

Pr3di · Oct 21, 2014

If you can get a GTX 970, you would get more performance than the R9 280x or the R9 290, and at the same time you can keep your current PSU.
What is your upgrade budget, and where are you buying from?

middlemarkal · Oct 21, 2014

no

psu at least 650
nvidia 970
ssd mx100

Pr3di · Oct 21, 2014

middlemarkal :

If you check this out, you will see that the 500W PSU is enough for the GTX 970: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-gtx-980-970-maxwell,3941.html

This card has a very low 145W TDP at max usage, so you don`t need a lot of power for it.

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