R9 280X 450W Help, please.

[chaotixblade]

Greetings,

Quick question.

My current rig is as follows:
r9 280x
600w psu
i5 3570

I am about to buy a r9 270 for a rig in my bedroom:
450w psu
2x mobile hard drives
1x 120mm fan
1x 80mm fan
Intel g850
Micro atx motherboard
1x stick of ram

The r9 270 is identical to an r9 270x when OC. The card is only 149.99.
I determined than an r9 270 in crossfire outperforms even an r9 290x.

If I was to eventually obtain 2 r9 270s, I would swap out my 280x for the two 270s (due tot hem being faster, and it would allow me to put my extra hard drive cage back into my haf 912)

Could a vp 450 with only 1 stick of ram, 2 small fans, 2 mobile hard drives, and a measely 50w g850 support a underclocked r9 280x?

Thanks guys,
Chao

 

[dariens007]

that pentium is gonna bottleneck that r9, and i think you should have a 600w power supply for it also. a 450 would be kinda tight maybe? does the 450 even have the 6 or 8 pin connectors on it?

 

[damric]

 

[Coolboy951]

your cpu will bottleneck i had the same rig on my old computer before i sold it and get a 500 or 550 watts cause if you wanna overclock your gpu and cpu need a lot of power and the 450 wont cut it

 

[chaotixblade]

Two things,

Firstly, the goal was to give a gpu to my secondary pc and to provide more horsepower to my main rig.

So bottlenecking means nothing to me.

However; you're right about the pci power connectors, I don't have enough.