Upgrade from AMD Radeon HD 7700?

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Hi guys,

I am looking to upgrade my HD 7700 1GB card, with a budget of about £200.

I have a 550w PSU, with the following other specs:

AMD FX-4350
8GB DDR3 (2x4GB)
Segate 1TB HDD
ATAPI iHAS124 optical drive
GA-78LMT-S2P Motherboard

The two I'm considering are the 4GB GTX-960 , and the 4GB R9-380.

My questions are; would either be too much for my 550w PSU, and, in light of my other specs, am I aiming a bit too high? Would I just be wasting money and not really notice any huge differences compared to somewhat cheaper cards, such as the GTX950, for instance?


Any help would be massively appreciated.


Cheers all,

 
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I'm afraid a PSU with a single +12V rail rated at a meager 25A is not quite up to "500W" PSU standards. It's what we refer to as a fake 500W. The specs put it more in the 300W-400W category. Too small for either card to run safely.
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The total wattage of the PSU is sometimes useless for determining capacity for those kind of devices. You need to check the nameplate on the PSU for the +12V rail(s) amps and watts. Or tell us the make/model so we can search it out.
The R9-380 is slightly faster than the GTX 960 in most games. But it uses a heck of a lot more watts to get there.
http://www.hwcompare.com/19967/geforce-gtx-960-vs-radeon-r9-380-4g/
http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-960-vs-AMD-R9-380/3165vs3482

Both cards are about the top end for that CPU if you want to avoid noticeable bottleneck. If you had a better motherboard, you couldOC the 4350 and increase its potential.
 
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The PSU is a WIN Power Plus MPS550; together with my other specs, would either card pose an issue in terms of power?

A huge thanks for your advice posted so far. It would certainly seem as though the R9-380 is the superior card in terms of performance though the high power usage would be my concern.


 
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I'm afraid a PSU with a single +12V rail rated at a meager 25A is not quite up to "500W" PSU standards. It's what we refer to as a fake 500W. The specs put it more in the 300W-400W category. Too small for either card to run safely.
 
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