500w psu powerful enough to run R9 280x

[m0stwanted]

I know this has already been talked about, found a previous thread on it, but I was wondering if my personal setup would be able to run one or would I have to upgrade my PSU.

Current Rig:
Corsair GS500 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139033
FX-6100
GSkillz 1866mhz 8GB
6 case fans
CM seidon 120M
1SSD
2HDD
MSI 6850

I was looking to buy Sapphire R9 280x Tri-C - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202125

What would you guys say?

 

[PizzaTheHutt]

I would say most likely not - the recommended is about 750w but as a bare minimum I would say 600w for a R9 280x

 

[Onus]

Although a 500W PSU is probably sufficient, unfortunately your Corsair "GS" was built using some inferior Samxon capacitors that can't take heat. Under the heat-producing load of a gaming PC, they will degrade rapidly, and may not last a year.
I would suggest replacing it as soon as reasonably possibly (when it fails, it isn't cheap junk that will kill your other parts, but you could experience data loss). Look for something around 500W-550W built by Seasonic (their own, XFX, some Antec) or Super Flower (Rosewill Capstone, Kingwin Lazer, EVGA G2 or B2).

Edit: A 600W-750W PSU is not needed. Some time ago, when GPU mining was still worthwhile, I mined BTC using a HD7970 (same GPU as a R9 280X) overclocked to 1130MHz. That system pulled only 312W-320W from its UPS.