Wondering if the Power supply is okay for this card

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this card is XFX Black Edition Double D R9-280A-
here's a link to the card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150705

i was wondering my power supply would be okay for this card. this is my power supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139023

this is my build
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157293
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115072
and only 2 fans from my case will be connected.
also i have 1 hard drive and that's it. memory is 1333 1.5V

I was also wondering if if i should get the R9-280 graphics card or should i get a EVGA GTX 750 TI FTW

here is a link to the 750ti
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814487028
 
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chris987
your psu is a quality one and more than plenty for a system with r9 280 which is considerably faster than gtx 750ti and will be a good pair for your i5.
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I would think the 280 would be fine on that PSU, although they do recommend a 750W. The 750 Ti consumes much less power, but won't deliver as much performance as the 280. I would personally go with the 280.
 
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A tough call on this. the R9 280 is a pretty power hungry card.

Unfortunately I don't think I can recommend the 280 with your current PSU. I think you should aim for a 650w PSU minimum for the 280.

Unfortunately your current PSU isn't a "great" PSU, Corsair do have alot of hit and miss products.

*edit* reading around on forums, seems some people are saying they are getting away with powering the 280 with a 500w PSU, you might be fine.
 
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XFX claims you need a 750 watt PSU but your 600 Watt should work ok. It has the required connectors and 48amps on the +12volt rail. If you'll be overclocking both the CPU and GPU you may want something a bit bigger.

GTX 960 is a closer competitor to the R9 280 than the GTX 750ti. The extra 1 Gb of memory on the 280 is a plus and makes it tough to recommend the 750ti.
 
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In performance on this very day, the 280 is better price-to-performance than the 960. But the 960 consumes far less power and runs much cooler on non-reference designs. And personally I think the full support of the upcoming DX12 is a pretty big deal, which is an advantage of the 960 over the r9 200 series.
 
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for sure thank you guys. so i will get the XFX Black Edition Double D R9-280A- .

i am just worried that my Power supply would not be good for this card. I have used this power supply for over 2 years without any problems. and i currently have a GTX 570.

i will not be overclocking the XFX Black Edition Double D R9-280A- because i know for sure that i would need more power to do so. and i do not overclock my CPU. I'm just really wondering if the power supply would be okay for it.
 
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I think it will be fine. Worst case scenario you get a new power supply that will last you a long time. Plus new stuff is fun! Good luck.
 
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You should use a 600W but it's not very safe to use a 450w psu but you can, but not overclocked or anything it's so they can't get sued because it randomly stops working. But stay in the safezone with 600w
 
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