r7 260x with 300W?

[kahlo08]

I got this computer:

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-m11bb-desktop-pc-amd-a8-6500-1tb-hdd-6gb-ram-windows-8-1-m11bb-ca010s/10284327.aspx?path=27a48ce19b1561d2d899a1920c5c14d3en02

and I would like to put in a r7 260x and in the build there`s a 300W PSU and the PSU works wonderfully great, never had a problem with it. Do you think I have enough Watts? Otherwise I would go with a r7 250. :S

 

[laviniuc]

check the max output on the 12V rail on the label of the psu. that tells you if the 260x works, according to the specs it needs 19A on the 12V

 

[kahlo08]

check the max output on the 12V rail on the label of the psu. that tells you if the 260x works, according to the specs it needs 19A on the 12V

Wat?

 

[Derza10]

That 300w PSU won't be enough for a 260x, You might want to look into getting a GTX 750 Ti, it only uses about 60w while the 260x uses over 120w. The gtx 750 Ti is about $20 more but it performs just as good if not slightly better than the 260x and uses half the power... So you would not have to replace your current PSU.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-750-ti-review,3750-21.html

 

[ko888]

The PSU included in the ASUS M11BB only has a maximum combined +12V current rating of 18 Amps.

The Radeon R7 260X requires one 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector that the PSU doesn't have.

Look for an NVIDIA GeForce 750 Ti card that doesn't require a 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector.

If you compare an NVIDIA reference design GeForce 750 Ti to an AMD reference design Radeon R7 260X the GeForce 750 Ti has a 15% performance advantage over the Radeon R7 260X.

 

[Pondering]

Get a new power supply and the r260x (what I did)

or

Get a GTX 750 Ti but not the ACX FTW version (what I couldn't do since my PSU maxed out at 240 watts but the PSU in the ASUS is probably a better quality one compared to my old one)