[SOLVED] Will a 500w power supply work with a r5 3600 and 5700xt

cmangorham

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Im upgrading my cpu and gpu to an r5 3600 and an xfx 5700xt raw 2 i have a masterwatt lite 500w will i need to upgrade my psu as well?
 
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No that PSU, its a fairly low quality PSU not really suited for a high draw card like the 5700XT I would recommend a quality 550 or preferably 650 watt PSU such as the Corsair TXm or RMx

TheDarkPleco

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I think your PSU can pull it. The 5700XT is rated for 225 watts at base clock and your CPU is rated for 65 watts. You can also generally say the rest of a system is around 100 watts in consumption, barring lots of extra hard drives, bringing it to a total of about 400 watts. Note that you will probably not be able to overclock that hard though and that if you decided to overclock, you may need a better PSU.