IS 550 watt enough?

[Guest]

I have a Psu called the Corsair VS550 and its doing good nothing fishy
I want to add a r9 380 overclocked whose Psu power requirements is 500 watts at the minimum
My specs:
Intel i5 4460
Asus H81M-Plus motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 16gb ram
Antec Truequiet 120mm 2x
AMD r7 360 Overclocked GPU(at the moment) I love it uses 500 watts at the minimum like the r9 380 OC
Corsair VS550 550 watt PSU
Seagate Barracuda hardrive
Asus VP228H Gaming Monitor 21.5 inch If this matters

Is the PSU enough? if not Ill wait until next year so I can get a PSU I have been spending too much money on my build lately lol xD

Thanks so much guys Have a nice day

 

[Robert Cook]

See that PSU might be acting fine, but with an overclocked R9 380 it will most likely fail. those VS series PSU do not have great tenacity when to comes to challenging loads. I would aim for a Corsiar RM or AX or HX or whatever the latest name scheme is or something like and EVGA XFX Superflower, or Seasonic PSU that is at least 80 PLUS BRONZErated. I would say get 600watts just to be safe.

 

[Dulith1118]

vs cx series are low quality..
And putting a power hungry amd card id say it will fail..
Get a better quality tier 1 or tier 2 psu 600W or 650W should be enough

 

[Robert Cook]

^
R9-380 on a 550 watt power supply is 'problematic'. (It has to be superb to be long term reliable).
The V.S. unit is not that unit.

I like that wording

 

[Alan Caldwell]

Get a Seasonic S12II-620w(Tier 2). The Corsair VS and CX are low end PSUs(Tier 4). The R9 380 is a power hungry card so better not risk your CPU getting fried!

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[Guest]

There are sites Robert that say 550 watts is enough for a 380.
I would consider an xfx ts 550 with a 380 and 65 watt skylake cpu, but it is not ideal.
Any other cpu its an S12II 620 watts as a minimum I'm afraid..
The 380 and predecessors do kick the snot out of power supplies on start up etc.
Short story is poster you need a better power supply to run a 380 or oddly buy the gtx 970. May work out cheaper.

IS my CPU not compatible with the GPU?

Here is a link to a more detailed post with a psu that is available in my country its by me It also ask the question is that psu compatible with my mobo hope you can help mate
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3035090/psu-compatible-mobo.html

Thanks

 

[maxalge]

There are sites Robert that say 550 watts is enough for a 380.
I would consider an xfx ts 550 with a 380 and 65 watt skylake cpu, but it is not ideal.
Any other cpu its an S12II 620 watts as a minimum I'm afraid..
The 380 and predecessors do kick the snot out of power supplies on start up etc.
Short story is poster you need a better power supply to run a 380 or oddly buy the gtx 970. May work out cheaper.

IS my CPU not compatible with the GPU?

Here is a link to a more detailed post with a psu that is available in my country its by me It also ask the question is that psu compatible with my mobo hope you can help mate
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3035090/psu-compatible-mobo.html

Thanks

he's talking about the power supply, nothing to do with your cpu

the previous post you made, was answered correctly

he even linked a power supply for you






here are some more good psu's:


https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=33119&cPath=535&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=export_feed#googlebase



https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19763&cPath=226&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=export_feed#googlebase




https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28100&cPath=535&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=export_feed#googlebase





or you can simply keep the psu you have already and just get a gtx 960

 

[Guest]

There are sites Robert that say 550 watts is enough for a 380.
I would consider an xfx ts 550 with a 380 and 65 watt skylake cpu, but it is not ideal.
Any other cpu its an S12II 620 watts as a minimum I'm afraid..
The 380 and predecessors do kick the snot out of power supplies on start up etc.
Short story is poster you need a better power supply to run a 380 or oddly buy the gtx 970. May work out cheaper.

IS my CPU not compatible with the GPU?

Are you sure my computer wont blow up if I get a 960 and the link he sent me is not available in my area


Here is a link to a more detailed post with a psu that is available in my country its by me It also ask the question is that psu compatible with my mobo hope you can help mate
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-3035090/psu-compatible-mobo.html

Thanks

he's talking about the power supply, nothing to do with your cpu

the previous post you made, was answered correctly

he even linked a power supply for you

why are you asking again?




here are some more good psu's:


https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=33119&cPath=535&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=export_feed#googlebase



https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=19763&cPath=226&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=export_feed#googlebase




https://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=28100&cPath=535&utm_source=googlebase&utm_medium=cse&utm_campaign=export_feed#googlebase





or you can simply keep the psu you have already and just get a gtx 960