Will a 500w PSU be able to handle this??

[Guest]

Specs:

Core i5 3470
H61 mobo
8GB ddr3 mem
320GB and 1TB HDDS
R9 270x

Thanks !

My PSU is an EVGA 500B.

 

[Krishna1337x]

cutting it kinda close, I take it from your graphics card you'll be doing some gaming.
When it comes to gaming you always want some extra wiggle room in all areas. (at least in my opinion)
a 600W would be much safer, especially if you want to do upgrades later on.

 

[Scampi]

Looks fine, it's a decent PSU. You need roughly 25 Amps on the 12v rail for an R9 270X setup, you have 40 amps. And your PSU has2 x 6+2-PinPCI-Express Connector, the card needs 2x 6pin's, fine.

 

[Pondering]

It is fine for now. Look into deals for XFX/Antec 550/620 deals

Current one is XFX 550 for $27 after $25 rebate and $10 coupon http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013

 

[Guest]

Ok, if it's fine I won't be upgrading my psu yet cause I just bought it. I forgot to mention that I would be overclocking my gpu.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

A Radeon R9-270X NEEDS 24amps on the 12v rail and a 500 watt power supply.

You EVGA 500B has 40 amps on the 12v rail and is more than sufficient to power your specs with a 270x.

 

[Pondering]

It is a not a good idea to overclock the GPU with that power supply, the quality isn't bad just need a higher wattage to overclock. I just have Antec HCG 620M, XFX TS 550 and XFX Core 750 with 260x's, but I am too lazy to learn to overclock GPU while maintaining stability since I mainly play MMOs and old games.

 

[Guest]

So what is it really??? The PSU is enough to power my rig as long as don't overclock my gpu??

 

[Vic 40]

Even with some overclocking on the gpu would you be fine.

 

[Vic 40]

A Radeon R9-270X NEEDS ...
(SR-71 Blackbird has edited this post 31 May 2014 03:40:33)

Did you forget to be bold 😀

 

[Vic 40]

Why did you pick my answer? The answer from SR-71 Blackbird was really the best one.

 

[Scampi]

Why did you pick my answer? The answer from SR-71 Blackbird was really the best one.

You mean the one after mine saying the same thing ? ;-P

 

[Vic 40]

You mean the one after mine saying the same thing ? ;-P

And you're right about that.You should get it.😀

That's what putting things in bold does.It attracts attention.And we aren't even allowed to do that.😛

 

[Guest]

Oh, didn't notice I picked your answer as the best answer. I left my pc, It's not me I think.

 

[Vic 40]

It's not me I think.

I think it is,

Jinsan_t selected this answer as the solution 6 June 2014 04:27:04

Anyway,doesn't really matter,i will unselect my answer so you can pick the one from Scampi if you like.Or whichever one you think is the best.