[SOLVED] Will RX Vega 56 work on my 500W PSU ?

Jun 24, 2020
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I have 500W Super Flower Power Supply, which has 41,5Amps on +12v Rail (Before that, I used this power supply to overclock my RX 470) . Im going to pair it with Xeon E3-1230 v2, Will RX Vega 56 work without unexpected shutdown due lack of power?

My to be rig:
Gigabyte GA-B75-D3H (Rev 2.0)
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v2 (Stock Clock)
32 GB (8GBx4) DDR3 Kingston 1600MHz RAM
MSI RX Vega 56 8GB
Asus Xonar DG PCI Sound Card
Super Flower 500W
Silicon Power A55 120GB SSD
Goldenfir 32GB SSD
Seagate Barracuda 4TB 3.5" (2TB x 2)
Seagate Firecuda 1TB 2.5"
Samsung Writemaster DVD-RW

Thanks for answering!
 
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Nope. Get better PSU. 500W is not enough. Vega 56 is known to go above it TDP rating and even if it doesn't 500w is cutting it too close. Don't cheap out on PSU and then later cry about bricked system.
Nope. Get better PSU. 500W is not enough. Vega 56 is known to go above it TDP rating and even if it doesn't 500w is cutting it too close. Don't cheap out on PSU and then later cry about bricked system.
 
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