Corsair cx430 watt ps enough?

[Shaun142]

Wassup guys, could anyone tell me if my power supple can handle my rig or if a absolutely have to upgrade?

My rig: Intel Core i5 S760 quad core, MSI amd radeon hd 7870 2gb gddr5, Corsair Vengeance Series 4gig ddr3 single stick, 500gb hard drive, Corair 120gb ssd, 1 dvd drive...anything else? Haha,
I appreciate the time anyone takes to answer my question, thanks.

 

[Danifilth]

Core i5 760 under load 132 watts.
MSI Radeon HD 7870 TwinFrozr III OC if thats the one you using is 161 watts under load

Total of 293 without counting the case fans hard drives or cpu cooler and dvd drives. Your probably pushing 320-350ish under full load at stock settings.

With a bronze certification your cutting it really close if your gaming at high settings.

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/191?vs=288
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_radeon_hd_7870_twinfrozr_iii_oc_review,7.html

 

[Calnin]

I don't think it would support any kind of an upgrade on your gpu. If you want to upgrade your gpu, you will need a stronger PSU.

 

[Shaun142]

Me again, its NOT the twin frozr card, just the regular card, is it looking any beter for my ps now that the draw power is just over 120 watt and not 160-ish?

 

[Pondering]

It should run fine in the meantime if you run your games on low to medium settings and nothing is overclocked. I was able to run a MSi 260x 2GB and an A6-5400k on a CX430.

If overclock your GPU to run games at higher settings then it might be worthwhile to take a look at the XFX TS 550 $36 after $25 rebate - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013.

I am running all 3 of my desktops with the XFX TS 550 right now.