Pick a good card 280x or 290? Based on power consumption.

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Hello,
My Spec
I5 2500K
Ram 8Gb
PSU PC Power and Cooling S75QB 750W. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009)
I think is singel +12V Rails @60A
Reso 1080p 60Hz
I am planig to pick a card 280x or 290.
For 290 is Sapphire R9 290 TRI-X OC.

Is my PSU recomended to power up Sapphire R9 290 TRI-X OC?
What actualy power usage for Sapphire R9 290 TRI-X OC?
Is major different compare with 280x both idle and Playing Game.

I looking in web but i not sure. Any recomendation for Web Review that i can trust.
 
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750W is more than enough for the r9 290 and R9 280X

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R9 280X = 600W Recommended
R9 290 = 650W Recommended

I would recommend you to go with a Antec HCG 620W, Seasonic M12II 620W, XFX TS or Antec NeoEco 620W
These are great quality PSU's that will handle the R9 290 easily.
 


I'm sorry to the power supply assessment above is completely wrong. You say it uses poor quality parts? Based on what information source? The list on this forum? It is a good reference, but hardly complete.

Here's a review of this specific PSU:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/5438-pc-power-cooling-silencer-750w-quad-power-supply-review.html

Summary:

http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/5438-pc-power-cooling-silencer-750w-quad-power-supply-review-9.html


PC Power & Cooling makes very good PSUs, usually the same quality level as Seasonic. Other than it being a little old ( research capacitor aging ) there is no need to change this one of it meets the power requirements.

One of several examples:

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/pc-power-and-cooling-silencer-760-w-power-supply-review/

Gabriel Torres @ Hardware Secrets has been reviewing and testing power supplies for a very long time. He has done reviews of MANY PC Power & cooling units. You can learn a lot about the brand on that site.


Now that the misinformation has been corrected...


If power use is your concern, I would also consider at an NVidia GTX 970 in your list. It runs around the same performance level as the 290, is a little more expensive, but used a little less power. Any of those 3 cards (280x, 290, 970 )would be a good pick and should run fine on a 750w PSU.
 
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