Masteryopa
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im here with another hardware forum since I need some more help. I recently upgraded my GPU from a AMD radeon 6950HD to a Sapphire r9 390 8GB.
First thing I read about the 390 is that its very power consuming, recommended by sapphire is a 750W PSU. Though many different reviews and forums suggets that a 550W is enough as long as you dont do any heavy overclocking. During black friday I blindly bought a CX750W corsair and extra 8GB RAM.
After reading a few reviews I got some mixed feelings about it. Many people said its a budget PSU and that many had gotten a defected PSU which might even result in crashing their entire motherboard. Others mentions it makes alot of sound or just works terribly after just a few weeks.
I immedietly regret my purchase, though im slightly uncertain if I can return the item. So my question is. Should I stick with my current PSU(links can be found below), or should I try the budget PSU with 750W?
Current PSU : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004
New PSU : https://www.komplett.se/product/773...at/corsair-cx-750m-750w-psu#technical-details
(language is swedish if you need to google translate the komplett website words)
Though from a very famous swedish tech website. They tried a complete build with intel core 7, 16GB RAM etc with the 390 and even with overclocking they only managed to reach 490Watt. Without overclocking 410W. So shouldn't my 550W PSU be enough?
Here is the website with the tests :
http://www.sweclockers.com/test/21190-sapphire-radeon-r9-390-nitro/7#content
What do you think? Should my PSU be enough or should I risk using the budget model PSU with 750W?
First thing I read about the 390 is that its very power consuming, recommended by sapphire is a 750W PSU. Though many different reviews and forums suggets that a 550W is enough as long as you dont do any heavy overclocking. During black friday I blindly bought a CX750W corsair and extra 8GB RAM.
After reading a few reviews I got some mixed feelings about it. Many people said its a budget PSU and that many had gotten a defected PSU which might even result in crashing their entire motherboard. Others mentions it makes alot of sound or just works terribly after just a few weeks.
I immedietly regret my purchase, though im slightly uncertain if I can return the item. So my question is. Should I stick with my current PSU(links can be found below), or should I try the budget PSU with 750W?
Current PSU : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139004
New PSU : https://www.komplett.se/product/773...at/corsair-cx-750m-750w-psu#technical-details
(language is swedish if you need to google translate the komplett website words)
Though from a very famous swedish tech website. They tried a complete build with intel core 7, 16GB RAM etc with the 390 and even with overclocking they only managed to reach 490Watt. Without overclocking 410W. So shouldn't my 550W PSU be enough?
Here is the website with the tests :
http://www.sweclockers.com/test/21190-sapphire-radeon-r9-390-nitro/7#content
What do you think? Should my PSU be enough or should I risk using the budget model PSU with 750W?