psu for r7 260x 1 gb sapphire?

Jan 10, 2015
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hello people of tomshardware i have a very serious question i have a coolermaster b 500 ver 2 500 w psu with 12v rail 38 amps i wanted to ask can it support an r7 260x 1 gb from sapphire with i5 4690 nonk 1 64gb ssd and 2 1 tb hdds with one msi b85m g43 mobo? it has lots of protections like OCP OVP ITP and 2 more anyways i just want it to hold my pc until march-april withoout exploding or frying my components because on march ill get my xfx pro 650 w and gtx 970 can my psu do it until then?
 
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For a system using a single Radeon R7 260X graphics card AMD specifies a minimum of a 500 Watt or greater system power supply. The power supply should also have a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 26 Amps or greater and have at least one 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector. (Minimum system power requirement based on a PC configured with an Intel Core i7 3.2GHz 130 Watt TDP processor.)

Total Power Supply Wattage is NOT the crucial factor in power supply selection!!! Sufficient Total Combined Continuous Power/Current Available on the +12V Rail(s) is the most critical factor....
For a system using a single Radeon R7 260X graphics card AMD specifies a minimum of a 500 Watt or greater system power supply. The power supply should also have a maximum combined +12 Volt continuous current rating of 26 Amps or greater and have at least one 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector. (Minimum system power requirement based on a PC configured with an Intel Core i7 3.2GHz 130 Watt TDP processor.)

Total Power Supply Wattage is NOT the crucial factor in power supply selection!!! Sufficient Total Combined Continuous Power/Current Available on the +12V Rail(s) is the most critical factor.

That's more than enough capacity. You should be fine.
 
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