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BlueNitro

Should I upgrade my power supply?

My old Parts

  • 3072MB XFX Radeon R9 280X Black Edition Aktiv PCIe 3.0 x16 (removed)

  • 16 GB ddr3 1333

  • Intel Xeon E3-1231v3 4x 3.40GHz So.1150

  • ASRock H87 Pro4 Intel H87 So.1150 Dual Channel DDR3 ATX Retail

  • 530 Watt be quiet! Pure Power L8 CM Modular 80+ Bronze

  • some 30euro pc cooler and a case

bought a 8GB Asus Radeon RX Vega 64 ROG Strix OC Should I upgrade my 530 Watt power supply? If that's the case what size should it be?

Thanks in advance for any help!

Posted Nov 26, 2018, 2:08 PM UTC

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Thatisdifficult•

Your PSU should be acceptable, but it would really be pushing it with that GPU.

You may want to consider getting a 650W Gold PSU.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

TypeItemPrice
Power SupplySeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply€82.95 @ Amazon Deutschland
Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
Total€82.95
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-26 15:12 CET+0100
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endmysufferingxX•

Yeah you defo need to because

  1. It's bronze rated

  2. 530w

  3. vega64 has a 750w recommendation from AMD, but you can get away with 650w from a efficient and reliable PSU that is at least gold rated

  4. Would recommend 650w gold rated if you're into tweaking and undervolting or 750w gold rated if you're not into OC and undervolting and that stuff.

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acedollaz•

I normally only use 800 watt or better psu’s in my builds. Better to be safe than sorry!

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