is a 400w PSU able to power my new gfx card

[linkj93]

Hi, i have a:

Asus HD 7870 AMD Radeon DirectCU II Graphics Card

coming and want to know if my PSU, 400W Xigmatek can take it

if you need anymore info on my other components then ill post em, i would rather know now and order a more powerful psu than have it come and burn out my rig

 

[smorizio]

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/corsair-power-supply-cx600
replace it.

 

[Rune Olsen]

you kinda need to inform us on the rest of your build, OC

 

[qbsinfo]

yes a 400 watt PSU could, depending on the rest of the rig - but i doubt that one will.

 

[linkj93]

ok heres my full build at the moment:

CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955 Black Edition

CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Frio

Operating System: Microsoft® Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit

Motherboard: Gigabyte M68MT-S2P

Memory: 8GB DDR3 1333mhz (2x4GB)

Hard Drives: 1TB S-ATAII 3.0Gb/s

Optical Drive: 22x DVD±RW DL S-ATA

Graphics card: AMD Radeon HD 6790 1GB

Sound card: Onboard 7.1 Audio

PSU: 400W Xigmatek

 

[Rune Olsen]

it might take it, you will discover that fast. I would not take the risk tho, get a cx600 instead, Corsair

 

[linkj93]

oh ok thanks guys, would this one be ok

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Builder-Series-Bronze-Supply/dp/B009RMP44O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385853145&sr=8-1&keywords=Corsair++CX600

i have no clue as to if PSU's come with wires or if i just install this with the wires i already have or do i need to get a slightly different psu, sorry if i sound stupid, im more of a software person

 

[qbsinfo]

oh ok thanks guys, would this one be ok

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Builder-Series-Bronze-Supply/dp/B009RMP44O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1385853145&sr=8-1&keywords=Corsair++CX600

i have no clue as to if PSU's come with wires or if i just install this with the wires i already have or do i need to get a slightly different psu, sorry if i sound stupid, im more of a software person

what budget do you have?

because it just might surprise people but there are actually better PSUs than corsairs out there and esp the CX series.

 

[linkj93]

what budget do you have?

because it just might surprise people but there are actually better PSUs than corsairs out there and esp the CX series.

roughly £50-60

 

[qbsinfo]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004RJ8EKI/?tag=pcp0f-21
made by seasonic. the CX series is made by channel well
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page447.htm

an ok budget OEM but not the quality of seasonic . . just saying.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Get this unit made by SEASONIC.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£48.99 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £48.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-12-01 00:01 GMT+0000)

 

[qbsinfo]

^ better price - i need to watch those part picker links - shame on me. 😛

 

[Rune Olsen]

seasonic is excellent

 

[linkj93]

thanks for all the help people, one more thing, my psu is at the bottom of my tower and theres venting at the bottom so do i just flip one of these so the fan on the psu is facing down? is that fine for the psu to be flipped?

 

[qbsinfo]

thanks for all the help people, one more thing, my psu is at the bottom of my tower and theres venting at the bottom so do i just flip one of these so the fan on the psu is facing down? is that fine for the psu to be flipped?

yes.