xfx r9 380 watt needed

[Dimitris Sourailidis]

Hi xfx r9 380 says it needs 750watt psu.Other 380 cards say they need 500watt .Can a thermaltake SE 530 Hande the xfx card??

 

[teknobug]

It definitely does not need 750W, a 500W will do fine, as long as it has two 6+2 PCI-E connectors.

 

[KKAW]

Hi xfx r9 380 says it needs 750watt psu.Other 380 cards say they need 500watt .Can a thermaltake SE 530 Hande the xfx card??

Not recommended because of the low tier that PSU is. If you are going for PSU's tier 3 or under you should atleast have 600W. However if the PSU is tier 2 or 1 a 500W~550W should be fine.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html