Is a 300w enough to power the rx 470?

[dasket]

I have a i5-4440 locked cpu and thinking of buying the rx 470. Is a 300w enough to run it or will i need a 450w power supply

 

[BadActor]

450 watts or larger is recommended.

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have a i5-4440 locked cpu and thinking of buying the rx 470. Is a 300w enough to run it or will i need a 450w power supply

http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm
You need a decent 450w.

 

[InvalidError]

It depends on the quality of the PSU. If you have a craptastic PSU like a Logisys, Diablotek and many others, then it doesn't matter if they're 300W, 450W or 600W, they are all likely to blow up and fry some of your other components along the way. A good quality 300W PSU should be perfectly fine, 450W is merely the board manufacturer's inflated recommendation due to the prevalence of crappy PSUs on the market.

If you see your PSU in tiers four or five below, you may want to upgrade to something that is at least in tier three.
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I have a i5-4440 locked cpu and thinking of buying the rx 470. Is a 300w enough to run it or will i need a 450w power supply

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.98 @ NCIX)
Total: $44.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-15 23:15 EDT-0400

 

[17seconds]

This is Guru3D's generic power supply recommendation for the series:

AMD Radeon RX 470 - On your average system the card requires you to have a 400 Watt power supply unit as minimum.

If you are going to overclock GPU or processor, then we do recommend you purchase something with some more stamina.
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/msi_radeon_rx_470_gaming_x_8gb_review,5.html

 

[dasket]

I have a i5-4440 locked cpu and thinking of buying the rx 470. Is a 300w enough to run it or will i need a 450w power supply

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.98 @ NCIX)
Total: $44.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-15 23:15 EDT-0400

Oh really dang. It's sucks because i live in canada and a 450w power supply is like $89+ soo. I guess i gotta spend a few bucks

 

[dankknightavngr]

Does that mean my 650w generic PSU will work fine if I DONT OC!?

 

[InvalidError]

In general, 'generic' PSUs are somewhere between bad to horrible and should be replaced with something of better quality if reliability is any sort of priority or concern.

Some generic brands like Diablotek are notorious for killing other components when they fail.

 

[dankknightavngr]

i think ill just buy a 1050ti...

 

[DSzymborski]

I have a i5-4440 locked cpu and thinking of buying the rx 470. Is a 300w enough to run it or will i need a 450w power supply

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($44.98 @ NCIX)
Total: $44.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-15 23:15 EDT-0400

Oh really dang. It's sucks because i live in canada and a 450w power supply is like $89+ soo. I guess i gotta spend a few bucks

The link Blackbird gave you is for Canada.