[SOLVED] What PSU for AMD RX series?

allextherat

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Hi, today I saw the AMD RX 580 and RX 570 are at the same price. I realy wanna buy one of this GPU (Rn I own an GTX 750 Ti)
So I know AMD is a huge "electricity eater" so I have a question.
I have a Corsair PSU with 550W.( Corsair NEW VS Series VS550)
Is this enough for RX 570 or RX 580? (4GB VRAM Both)

CPU AMD RYZEN 3 1300X (Stock)
8GB of Ram (Next month I will put 8 more gb of ram 2400mhz)

P.S It will bottleneck my CPU?
 
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If you're looking at the RX570, you should be...ok. If the RX580, then you're going to need headroom. Also, if I were you, I'd replace the VS with a more reliable/robust unit(by Corsair) like the TX series. If you're on an A series of chipset board, then don't bother with higher ram speeds. If a B450 chipsetted board, then sure, you're able to look at DDR4-3200MHz ram kits.

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If you're looking at the RX570, you should be...ok. If the RX580, then you're going to need headroom. Also, if I were you, I'd replace the VS with a more reliable/robust unit(by Corsair) like the TX series. If you're on an A series of chipset board, then don't bother with higher ram speeds. If a B450 chipsetted board, then sure, you're able to look at DDR4-3200MHz ram kits.
 
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allextherat

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If you're looking at the RX570, you should be...ok. If the RX580, then you're going to need headroom. Also, if I were you, I'd replace the VS with a more reliable/robust unit(by Corsair) like the TX series. If you're on an A series of chipset board, then don't bother with higher ram speeds. If a B450 chipsetted board, then sure, you're able to look at DDR4-3200MHz ram kits.

Oh sorry I forget to mention my Mobo, is it a MSI B350M PRO VD Plus.
Actually I dont have the money to buy a new PSU, just exactley for a new GPU and more 8Gb of Rams.
 

allextherat

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I actually ordered the RX 570 4GB Edition, It was at the same price with RX580 4GB, but I don't have enough money to buy a new PSU so I choosed rx 570, I saw some benchmarks and the difference is like -10/12 fps.Not that much as I expected