Best graphics card for CHIEFTEC A-80 PSU 500W PSU ?

Hojitsu

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Hello, I would like to know which graphics card would be best to upgrade with my system.
ATM I have:
CPU FX 8350 not overclocked cooler TX3 EVO
8gigs 1600mhz Kingston HyperX
vga r7 250
samsung evo ssd 250gb
hdd Samsung F3 1tb 7200 RPM
 
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You should try the r9 270x it needs a 500w psu!
But could you see if the Power supply has 2x6 power outs?
Or you could use molex but i dont like that idea...

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Price is not really a problem, the wattage will be my bottleneck i guess but im not going to buy new psu, just need a GPU that would handle newest games at atleast medium graphics and full HD
 

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You should try the r9 270x it needs a 500w psu!
But could you see if the Power supply has 2x6 power outs?
Or you could use molex but i dont like that idea...
 
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You'd be better off buying a new PSU my friend. That PSU is pretty low quality and if that blows so will some/all of your components. A PSU is a very important component in a build. If money is not a problem for you I'd highly recommend buying an EVGA/Corsair PSU (600w) and then you'll be able to buy most GPUs. You could buy a R9 270X/280/280X.
 

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Well actualy i was using the same PSU at my first build which i bought in 2010-12 and it worked well until 2011-06 when i accidentaly spit some water on the psu so it broke up however it didnt mess up any of the other components. I was glad because of that so i bought new same psu few days later. So im using another same chieftec psu since 2011-08 till now and didnt have problems. If i bought new psu and then i would lack money for my gpu.
There was suggestion for 270x, but it uses more power than 270, i think ill go for r9 270 since benchmarks doesnt show a lot of a difference between these two