Will this PSU enough for my system?

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Proaliahmadr

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My current PC is

FX-6300
Sapphire Nitro RX 470
Kingston HpyerX 2X4 GB RAM
DVD-ROM
2X SATA 500GB
Asrock 970 Pro3 R2.0

My current PSU is Corsair VS 550, but after i upgrade my GPU from MSI R9 270, my pc always auto-restart whenever playing AAA games, and no overheating, so i suspecting my PSU.

Is it because the low wattage? should i get Seasonic S12G 550 or Seasonic S12G 650?
Thank You! :D
 
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Zerk2012
The R9 270 has a TDP of 150 watts the RX 470 has a TDP of only 120 watts so you actually dropped the power draw by 30 watts switching cards.
A quality 450 watt power supply will do for what you have if those are your 2 choices the 550 watt will do fine and leave room for future upgrades.
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Your Corsair PSU doesn't have enough build quality to handle your MSI R9 270 GAMING 2G. Corsair VS series is low quality (Tier four) PSU.

PSU Tier list: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

Seasonic S12G-550 will do just fine since it's good quality (Tier two) unit.
If you don't want to get headache due to the fully wired S12G series, go with Seasonic G-550 (semi-modular) or Seasonic M12II-520 EVO (fully modular) PSU.
pcpp: http://pcpartpicker.com/products/compare/TgW9TW,DPCwrH/
 
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The R9 270 has a TDP of 150 watts the RX 470 has a TDP of only 120 watts so you actually dropped the power draw by 30 watts switching cards.
A quality 450 watt power supply will do for what you have if those are your 2 choices the 550 watt will do fine and leave room for future upgrades.
 
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