Do I need to upgrade my power supply?

[adamzdabest]

I am currently using a 650w corsair gold power supply. With the following components:
1x raedon hd7870 graphics card
7x 120mm fans
1x 140mm fan
1x CD drive bay
1x asrock extreme 4 motherboard
1x intel 3770k CPU (not overclocked)
2x 8gb corsair vengeance ddr3 RAM

I am looking to upgrade to a R9 280x and also put in a soundblaster sound card. (The ZX or something)

Do I need to upgrade my PSU?

 

[Deleted member 217926]

No. You are fine with that power supply.

The 280X will not be a huge upgrade from a 7870. There will be a difference for sure but Tom's recommends not doing an upgrade unless it's at least 3 tiers on this list.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-card-review,3107-7.html

 

[adamzdabest]

Perhaps a 290x then? Do I need an upgraded powersupply then?

 

[ajl2011shooter]

No you will still be fine.

 

[adamzdabest]

Awesome thanks guys )