Does my psu support these cards?

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Hello, I bought a cyberpowerpc and I didn't like their 600Watt xtreme gear psu so i changed it to 520 continous watt ANTEC Eco.
I want to change my AMD Radeon 6670 to rather 6970 or 6870 or 560 ti cause I want to play crysis 2, BF3 in full option in 1600: 900. (Will these card able to do that?)
My specs so far are:

Processor Intel Core i5-2500K 3.30GHz
Processor Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor
Cache Per Processor 6MB L3 Cache
Memory 8GB DDR3 1333MHz Dual Channel Memory
Hard Drive 1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM
Optical Drive 1 24X DVD±R/±RW Dual Layer Drive
Graphics AMD Radeon HD 6670 1GB PCI-E Graphics Card
Audio Sound card - Integrated
Ethernet Gigabit Ethernet
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Special Features AZZA Orion Gaming Tower Motherboard
Chipset Intel H61 CPU
CPU Type Intel Core i5
Installed Qty 1
CPU Speed 2500K(3.30GHz)
L3 Cache Per CPU 6MB
CPU Socket Type LGA 1155
CPU Main Features 64 bit Quad-Core Processor Graphics
GPU/VPU Type AMD Radeon HD 6670
Graphics Interface PCI Express 2.0 x16 Memory
Memory Capacity 8GB DDR3
Memory Speed DDR3 1333
Form Factor DIMM 240-pin
Memory Spec 4GB x 2
Memory Slot (Total) 2
Memory Slot (Available) 0 Hard Drive
HDD Capacity 1TB
HDD Interface SATA II
HDD RPM 7200rpm
HDD Spec 1 x 1TB Optical Drive
Optical Drive Type DVD±RW
Optical Drive Spec 24X DVD±R/±RW Dual Layer Drive Audio
Audio Chipset Integrated
Audio Channels 7.1 Channels Audio Communications
LAN Chipset Integrated
LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps Front Panel Ports
Front USB 2 x USB 2.0
Front Audio Ports 2 Back Panel Ports
PS/2 1
Video Ports 1 VGA, 1 DVI, 1 HDMI
Rear USB 4 x USB 2.0
RJ45 1 port
Rear Audio Ports 3 ports Expansion
PCI Slots (Available/Total) 1x PCI-e x16
1x PCI-e x1
2 x PCI


Thank you!
 
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I use a lot of Antec PSU's but the Eco (Economy) would not be on my buy list

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-hd-6000/hd-6970/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6970-overview.aspx#3

6970 - 550 Watt or greater power supply with one 150W 8-pin PCI Express® power connector and one 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connector recommended

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-hd-6000/hd-6870/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6870-overview.aspx#3

6870 - 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for AMD CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-560ti-us.html

Minimum Recommended System Power (W)...

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Hmm i'm not sure about the whole calculator thingy but when i did it, i got min W 510 and recommand 560 with 6970. This means no on my psu?
 
I use a lot of Antec PSU's but the Eco (Economy) would not be on my buy list

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-hd-6000/hd-6970/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6970-overview.aspx#3

6970 - 550 Watt or greater power supply with one 150W 8-pin PCI Express® power connector and one 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connector recommended

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/amd-radeon-hd-6000/hd-6870/Pages/amd-radeon-hd-6870-overview.aspx#3

6870 - 500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for AMD CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)

http://www.nvidia.com/object/product-geforce-gtx-560ti-us.html

Minimum Recommended System Power (W) 500 W
 
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Thanks!!! I will be getting Geforce 560 Ti!!!
 

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hello guys i also have that pc from cyberpower pc im planning to upgrade my gpu but im hesitating because of the psu came with this computer do you think this psu can handle a 6870 gpu? and with regars to xtreme gear [su just like mine is it that bad why people avoid using it?