R9 390X on a 600w psu?

[tooncake]

Hi guys,

I would like to ask if my Seasonic M12II-620 EVO 620W 80Plus Bronze PSU would work with the range of R9 390x gpu as I'm planning to upgrade my GPU soon. I also have no plans in overclocking my gpu.

Note: I can't choose NVIDIA series 'cause they are more expensive here in our country compared to RADEON's.

 

[glamdringfh]

The specs on the AMD website for the 390x:

Requirements

Minimum Power Supply Requirement : 750 watt
XFX Recommended Power Supply : XFX 850W PSU

You'll probably want to upgrade your PSU if you choose to get this card.

 

[ChumP]

That PSU should do just fine, being a quality Power Supply also.
Max TDP of the card is somewhere around 280W.
Can you tell us your full specs?

 

[bignastyid]

That PSU should power a 390x as long as you aren't running a power hungry cpu like the FX 9xxx series.

 

[tooncake]

The specs on the AMD website for the 390x:

Requirements

Minimum Power Supply Requirement : 750 watt
XFX Recommended Power Supply : XFX 850W PSU

You'll probably want to upgrade your PSU if you choose to get this card.

how 'bout R9 390? If I'm right the recommended PSU for that is 650W, but I keep seeing these threads in here and from other forums as well that it could be run with a 500w psu - so as long as the brand is highly recommended.

 

[tooncake]

That PSU should do just fine, being a quality Power Supply also.
Max TDP of the card is somewhere around 260W.
Can you tell us your full specs?

@Chump Thanks for that info!

Btw, my build is:

- i5 4690 (non k) cpu
- ASUS Z97-A mobo
- Kingston hyper x fury 8gb

Is my build good with my gpu plan?

 

[tooncake]

That PSU should power a 390x as long as you aren't running a power hungry cpu like the FX 9xxx series.

Thanks for the info, well my CPU is i5 4690(non-k), I guessed I shouldn't worry about it then?

 

[ChumP]

Yes the R9 390X will work great in your PC.
Considering you're not overclocking, you're good to go !

 

[bignastyid]

That PSU should do just fine, being a quality Power Supply also.
Max TDP of the card is somewhere around 260W.
Can you tell us your full specs?

@Chump Thanks for that info!

Btw, my build is:

- i5 4690 (non k) cpu
- ASUS Z97-A mobo
- Kingston hyper x fury 8gb

Is my build good with my gpu plan?

That 620w Seasonic should work good for those specs.

 

[tooncake]

Yes the R9 390X will work great in your PC.
Considering you're not overclocking, you're good to go !

Thanks a lot @Chump! Guessed I'll start scouting for that GPU now.

 

[ChumP]

You're welcome !

 

[ko888]

You can see how much power is being drawn by the graphics card itself here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-10.html

Max TDP is meaningless if the card exceeds it.

 

[tooncake]

You can see how much power is being drawn by the graphics card itself here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-10.html

Max TDP is meaningless if the card exceeds it.

Thanks for these info @ko888

Though the way I understand it (correct me if I got this wrong) is that these are stress and torture test for each gpu series? And it seems that I'm looking at R9 390X with an average consumption of 350+w under these tests ..

Does that mean I'm still good for it with my 620w Seasonic psu with these info as my basis?

 

[ChumP]

Yes , the seasonic will be enough, no doubt.

 

[tooncake]

Yes , the seasonic will be enough, no doubt.

Thanks again @Chump

I'm almost about not to buy one!

 

[ko888]

You can see how much power is being drawn by the graphics card itself here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-10.html

Max TDP is meaningless if the card exceeds it.

Thanks for these info @ko888

Though the way I understand it (correct me if I got this wrong) is that these are stress and torture test for each gpu series? And it seems that I'm looking at R9 390X with an average consumption of 350+w under these tests ..

Does that mean I'm still good for it with my 620w Seasonic psu with these info as my basis?

Gaming power consumption was also shown, in that review, on the previous page.

The power supply should always be sized to handle the worse case power draw scenario. You don't ever want the system to be shutting down due to overload because of insufficient power supply capacity.

Also don't base your power draw calculations on an AMD Reference Design Radeon R9 390X card's power draw if you're not using a reference design card. Some of the non-reference design factory overclocked cards draw more power and the card manufacturer has used two 150-Watt 8-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors instead of the one 75-Watt 6-pin and one 150-Watt 8-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors used on the reference design cards.

Some of the AMD R9 39?? GPU cards have been shown to violate PCI Express supplementary power connector maximum allowed power draw specs.

Based on your given system specs you should have sufficient capacity on the most critical +12V rail.

 

[tooncake]

You can see how much power is being drawn by the graphics card itself here:

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/amd-radeon-r9-390x-r9-380-r7-370,4178-10.html

Max TDP is meaningless if the card exceeds it.

Thanks for these info @ko888

Though the way I understand it (correct me if I got this wrong) is that these are stress and torture test for each gpu series? And it seems that I'm looking at R9 390X with an average consumption of 350+w under these tests ..

Does that mean I'm still good for it with my 620w Seasonic psu with these info as my basis?

Gaming power consumption was also shown, in that review, on the previous page.

The power supply should always be sized to handle the worse case power draw scenario. You don't ever want the system to be shutting down due to overload because of insufficient power supply capacity.

Also don't base your power draw calculations on an AMD Reference Design Radeon R9 390X card's power draw if you're not using a reference design card. Some of the non-reference design factory overclocked cards draw more power and the card manufacturer has used two 150-Watt 8-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors instead of the one 75-Watt 6-pin and one 150-Watt 8-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectors used on the reference design cards.

Some of the AMD R9 39?? GPU cards have been shown to violate PCI Express supplementary power connector maximum allowed power draw specs.

Based on your given system specs you should have sufficient capacity on the most critical +12V rail.

@ko888

This is a thorough explanation about the link that you have given me. I'll definitely take note of this esp for future reference. Thanks man! This one's really helpful not only for me but for the others as well.