can my 650W corsair PSU handle the R9 280x Sapphire TRI-x video card?

[Chilson]

I am interested in buying the R9 280x Sapphire Tri-x OC video card and was wondering if i would have to upgrade to the suggested 750W from my 650W corsair if i were to buy it?

Current rig:
intel Core i7-3820 3.6 GHz 12 GB ram

 

[blacksheep123]

ofcourse ...a 650w can handle a 280x

 

[Darkbreeze]

The 280x only needs a 600w PSU, so the Tri-x OC is probably just fine with a 650w unit. The quality of the PSU model is another story. What model of Corsair PSU do you have? Corsair has some notoriously bad PSU models along with some very good one's, so it matters what model you have as to whether I'd trust it with my expensive card or not.

 

[Darkbreeze]

ofcourse ...a 650w can handle a 280x

So, you'd use your 200+ dollar GPU with, say, a 650w Thermaltake TR2? Or a FSP Raider? You NEED to be asking what brand and model PSU is in play before you say it's going to handle the card. A Tier 3 or lower PSU with a high end card can kill the card in a month if not sooner due to noise, ripple, poor regulation, etc., If it even meets it's listed spec and allows the card to run at all.

Not to mention that a lot of cheap units won't even have the necessary PCI power cables for bigger cards. There are quite a few out there that don't have dual 6 pin or any 6+2 or 8 pin connectors.

 

[Chilson]

The 280x only needs a 600w PSU, so the Tri-x OC is probably just fine with a 650w unit. The quality of the PSU model is another story. What model of Corsair PSU do you have? Corsair has some notoriously bad PSU models along with some very good one's, so it matters what model you have as to whether I'd trust it with my expensive card or not.

this is my current PSU http://

 

[Darkbreeze]

THAT PSU will run pretty much any card calling for up to 650w you'd care to install. No worries whatsoever with that unit and that GPU.

So yes, you're fine with using those together.