Do I need a new PSU or not?

[UnicornGasm]

Would my Corsair VS550 support:

Gigabyte Nvidia GTX760 OC 2GB WF3 PCI-E Graphics Card
AMD Athlon X4 760k Black Edition Quad Processor (Socket FM2, 3.8GHz, 4MB, 100W, AD760kWOHLBOX, Richland, Turbo Core 3.0 Technology, Virtualization Technology)

If it doesn't can you please reccomend me a new PSU thats good quality and preferably under £50 that could supply this setup, thanks.

 

[volcanoscout]

The VS550 will work fine.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Yes that power supply is poor quality.

VS series uses poor capacitors.

Here's a good Seasonic made PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £46.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-28 20:12 BST+0100

 

[Conor17777]

Would my Corsair VS550 support:

Gigabyte Nvidia GTX760 OC 2GB WF3 PCI-E Graphics Card
AMD Athlon X4 760k Black Edition Quad Processor (Socket FM2, 3.8GHz, 4MB, 100W, AD760kWOHLBOX, Richland, Turbo Core 3.0 Technology, Virtualization Technology)

If it doesn't can you please reccomend me a new PSU thats good quality and preferably under £50 that could supply this setup, thanks.

ignore the dude down below, you will be fine with your current Power Supply, of course an upgrade couldn't hurt

 

[volcanoscout]

Here's a good list to use for referencing PSUs. As you'll see, the Corsair VS series is a Tier 3 PSU. There are better ones available, but if you already own the VS550, it's a decent PSU and meets the minimum wattage and amperage requirements for your CPU and GPU.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1804779/power-supply-unit-tier-list.html

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Corsair VS series is dead last in the Corsair lineup in terms of quality.

 

[volcanoscout]

That may be so, but I think it probably stacks up pretty well against all of the PSUs encompassed by Tier 4 and 5, as well as all of the no-names that didn't rate mention. More importantly, the OP already owns it.

If it's as bad as you seem to be implying, why is it listed at T3 instead of lower?

 

[UnicornGasm]

Thanks I will trust you and when I eventually get it I hope it works out

 

[volcanoscout]

Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

 

[UnicornGasm]

Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Yeah I already own it

 

[volcanoscout]

Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Yeah I already own it

Okay, just wanted to make sure I hadn't misunderstood

 

[UnicornGasm]

Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Yeah I already own it

Okay, just wanted to make sure I hadn't misunderstood

Okay, thanks

 

[UnicornGasm]

Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Do you already own the VS550? If not, I would purchase the PSU linked by Blackbird SR-71. I was under the impression that you already have the PSU.

Yeah I already own it

Okay, just wanted to make sure I hadn't misunderstood

Would my PSU support an R9 280X?

 

[volcanoscout]

It's possible, but I wouldn't recommend it. You could skim by with a good quality 600W but a 750W would be better.