Radeon R9 280 OC power supply

[Azark]

Hello. I am planning to buy a new gpu, currently having HD6850. GPU I am looking at is Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 OC, 3GB GDDR5 (384 Bit), HDMI, DVI, 2x miniDP.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4991#ov

My question is, will my power supply be enough for it? I currently have Thermaltake TR2 RX 550w.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=c_00001556

Minimal psu for that card on paper is 600w, though could this psu be enough for it? What are the risks/cons if the psu doesn't meet the required power supply?

 

[DasHotShot]

Hello. I am planning to buy a new gpu, currently having HD6850. GPU I am looking at is Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 OC, 3GB GDDR5 (384 Bit), HDMI, DVI, 2x miniDP.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4991#ov

My question is, will my power supply be enough for it? I currently have Thermaltake TR2 RX 550w.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=c_00001556

Minimal psu for that card on paper is 600w, though could this psu be enough for it? What are the risks/cons if the psu doesn't meet the required power supply?

In the title you say "x" in the thread you say 280 no x. Which is it?

Irrespective...550 is more than enough, no problem at all.

 

[Azark]

Hello. I am planning to buy a new gpu, currently having HD6850. GPU I am looking at is Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 OC, 3GB GDDR5 (384 Bit), HDMI, DVI, 2x miniDP.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4991#ov

My question is, will my power supply be enough for it? I currently have Thermaltake TR2 RX 550w.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=c_00001556

Minimal psu for that card on paper is 600w, though could this psu be enough for it? What are the risks/cons if the psu doesn't meet the required power supply?

In the title you say "x" in the thread you say 280 no x. Which is it?

Irrespective...550 is more than enough, no problem at all.

It's 280 OC, not really much into computers so not much of an idea about all those differences on gpus like ti, oc, x, etc. To be exact, the one I am buying is here - http://www.skytech.lt/gvr928wf3oc3gd-gigabyte-radeon-280-3gb-gddr5-384-bit-hdmi-dvi-minidp-p-185556.html

It's a website on my language, but you can pretty much understand which one it's, I guess.

 

[DasHotShot]

Hello. I am planning to buy a new gpu, currently having HD6850. GPU I am looking at is Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 OC, 3GB GDDR5 (384 Bit), HDMI, DVI, 2x miniDP.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4991#ov

My question is, will my power supply be enough for it? I currently have Thermaltake TR2 RX 550w.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=c_00001556

Minimal psu for that card on paper is 600w, though could this psu be enough for it? What are the risks/cons if the psu doesn't meet the required power supply?

In the title you say "x" in the thread you say 280 no x. Which is it?

Irrespective...550 is more than enough, no problem at all.

It's 280 OC, not really much into computers so not much of an idea about all those differences on gpus like ti, oc, x, etc. To be exact, the one I am buying is here - http://www.skytech.lt/gvr928wf3oc3gd-gigabyte-radeon-280-3gb-gddr5-384-bit-hdmi-dvi-minidp-p-185556.html

It's a website on my language, but you can pretty much understand which one it's, I guess.

With Radeon cards, the little "x" after the model is a BIG difference.

So the 280 is less powerful than a 280x.

Either way, you will have no trouble with power

 

[Azark]

Hello. I am planning to buy a new gpu, currently having HD6850. GPU I am looking at is Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 OC, 3GB GDDR5 (384 Bit), HDMI, DVI, 2x miniDP.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4991#ov

My question is, will my power supply be enough for it? I currently have Thermaltake TR2 RX 550w.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=c_00001556

Minimal psu for that card on paper is 600w, though could this psu be enough for it? What are the risks/cons if the psu doesn't meet the required power supply?

In the title you say "x" in the thread you say 280 no x. Which is it?

Irrespective...550 is more than enough, no problem at all.

It's 280 OC, not really much into computers so not much of an idea about all those differences on gpus like ti, oc, x, etc. To be exact, the one I am buying is here - http://www.skytech.lt/gvr928wf3oc3gd-gigabyte-radeon-280-3gb-gddr5-384-bit-hdmi-dvi-minidp-p-185556.html

It's a website on my language, but you can pretty much understand which one it's, I guess.

With Radeon cards, the little "x" after the model is a BIG difference.

So the 280 is less powerful than a 280x.

Either way, you will have no trouble with power

What does OC next to it mean though? Overclocked? Also what are the risks if psu wouldn't be enough?

 

[VedranMik]

The PSU is enough but if it were too not enough it would cause shutdowns, blue screens, which means losing files or corrupting them.
Also, such violent shutdowns degrade hardware and can cause it to fail.

550W is more than enough, I have Sapphire R9 280 and while it is at it's max OC (1175) it is perfectly stable in FurMark and Unigine Heaven benchmark.
No shutdowns or whatever.

 

[DasHotShot]

Hello. I am planning to buy a new gpu, currently having HD6850. GPU I am looking at is Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 OC, 3GB GDDR5 (384 Bit), HDMI, DVI, 2x miniDP.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4991#ov

My question is, will my power supply be enough for it? I currently have Thermaltake TR2 RX 550w.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=c_00001556

Minimal psu for that card on paper is 600w, though could this psu be enough for it? What are the risks/cons if the psu doesn't meet the required power supply?

In the title you say "x" in the thread you say 280 no x. Which is it?

Irrespective...550 is more than enough, no problem at all.

It's 280 OC, not really much into computers so not much of an idea about all those differences on gpus like ti, oc, x, etc. To be exact, the one I am buying is here - http://www.skytech.lt/gvr928wf3oc3gd-gigabyte-radeon-280-3gb-gddr5-384-bit-hdmi-dvi-minidp-p-185556.html

It's a website on my language, but you can pretty much understand which one it's, I guess.

With Radeon cards, the little "x" after the model is a BIG difference.

So the 280 is less powerful than a 280x.

Either way, you will have no trouble with power

What does OC next to it mean though? Overclocked? Also what are the risks if psu wouldn't be enough?

OC = Overclocked

The risk would be that the pc does not boot.

If it did and you drew loads in an intense 3d application (game) it would shutdown.

The thing is though...it is enough power, easily. Give me your full specs and I will show you why.

 

[VedranMik]

And I have a 550W Silver PSU

 

[Azark]

Hello. I am planning to buy a new gpu, currently having HD6850. GPU I am looking at is Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 OC, 3GB GDDR5 (384 Bit), HDMI, DVI, 2x miniDP.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4991#ov

My question is, will my power supply be enough for it? I currently have Thermaltake TR2 RX 550w.

http://www.thermaltake.com/products-model.aspx?id=c_00001556

Minimal psu for that card on paper is 600w, though could this psu be enough for it? What are the risks/cons if the psu doesn't meet the required power supply?

In the title you say "x" in the thread you say 280 no x. Which is it?

Irrespective...550 is more than enough, no problem at all.

It's 280 OC, not really much into computers so not much of an idea about all those differences on gpus like ti, oc, x, etc. To be exact, the one I am buying is here - http://www.skytech.lt/gvr928wf3oc3gd-gigabyte-radeon-280-3gb-gddr5-384-bit-hdmi-dvi-minidp-p-185556.html

It's a website on my language, but you can pretty much understand which one it's, I guess.

With Radeon cards, the little "x" after the model is a BIG difference.

So the 280 is less powerful than a 280x.

Either way, you will have no trouble with power

What does OC next to it mean though? Overclocked? Also what are the risks if psu wouldn't be enough?

OC = Overclocked

The risk would be that the pc does not boot.

If it did and you drew loads in an intense 3d application (game) it would shutdown.

The thing is though...it is enough power, easily. Give me your full specs and I will show you why.

Alright, my current full spec is:

GPU HD6850
PSU: Thermaltake TR2 TX 550w (ATX 12V 2.3 version)
RAM: 8gb kingston hyper x.
CPU: i5 2500k 3,30 ghz x4 (Planning to OC to 4 Ghz, as had it in the past with no problems)
Motherboard: Asrock z77 extreme 4

 

[DasHotShot]

Your parts (some blanks filled in) draw no more than 395 watts (conservative estimate with headroom)

Click on the part list breakdown link

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£75.57 @ PC World Business)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.95 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£148.42 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £266.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-21 17:06 BST+0100

So yeah...your PSU is fine!

 

[Azark]

Your parts (some blanks filled in) draw no more than 395 watts (conservative estimate with headroom)

Click on the part list breakdown link

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: ASRock Z77 Extreme4 ATX LGA1155 Motherboard
Memory: Kingston HyperX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£75.57 @ PC World Business)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£42.95 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (£148.42 @ Ebuyer)
Total: £266.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-21 17:06 BST+0100

So yeah...your PSU is fine!

Thank you very much mate, nice and clear!