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GTX 970 vs 280x for PSU

Gr33nL34f
By Gr33nL34f
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So i'm building a pc for a family member and i've already went ahead and ordered the psu which is a Seasonic 550w G-series with the plans on getting the 280x. I'm now worried that that card will put alot of stress on the psu so my question is what your guys opinion on this and would the 970 be a better option because it uses less power than the 280x from what ive heard?

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Either card would be fine, but the GTX 970 is a better option just for performance in general and for performance/watt.

 

What is the rest of the build though?

Main Rig: CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) KLEVV CRAS XR RGB DDR4-3600 | Motherboard: Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX | Storage: 512GB SKHynix PC401, 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus, 2x Micron 1100 256GB SATA SSDs | GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra 10GB | Cooling: ThermalTake Floe 280mm w/ be quiet! Pure Wings 3 | Case: Sliger SM580 (Black) | PSU: Lian Li SP 850W

 

Server: CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | RAM: 32GB (2x16GB) Crucial DDR4 Pro | Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550-PLUS AC-HES | Storage: 128GB Samsung PM961, 4TB Seagate IronWolf | GPU: AMD FirePro WX 3100 | Cooling: EK-AIO Elite 360 D-RGB | Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow (White) | PSU: Seasonic Focus GM-850

 

Miscellaneous: Dell Optiplex 7060 Micro (i5-8500T/16GB/512GB), Lenovo ThinkCentre M715q Tiny (R5 2400GE/16GB/256GB), Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF (i5-6400/8GB/128GB)

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A 550w PSU will power both, but you are right, Nvidia's option will consume less power

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That can handle the 280x just fine. The 970 would indeed consume lesser power, but if your budget allows for a 970 I'd rather you get the 970 instead.

i5 2400 | ASUS RTX 4090 TUF OC | Seasonic 1200W Prime Gold | WD Green 120gb | WD Blue 1tb | some ram | a random case

 

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wow you guys are quick to answer. i should have posted everything that's going in the system so here it is. 

  • i5 4460
  • gtx 970/280x (whichever one they can afford at the time)
  • 8GB ram
  • HDD
  • DVD drive

hopefully it'll be the 970.

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wow you guys are quick to answer. i should have posted everything that's going in the system so here it is. 

  • i5 4460
  • gtx 970/280x (whichever one they can afford at the time)
  • 8GB ram
  • HDD
  • DVD drive

hopefully it'll be the 970.

Go for the 970, it isn't that much more to be honest and it will be well worth it.

My PC: i7 3770k @ 4.4 Ghz || Hyper 212 Evo || Intel Extreme Motherboard DZ77GA || EVGA Hybrid 980ti || Corsair Vengeance Blue 16GB || Samsung 840 Evo 120 GB || WD Black 1TB

 

Peripherals: Corsair K70 RGB || Sentey Pro Revolution Gaming Mouse || Beyerdynamic DT 990 Premium 250 Ohm Headphone || Benq XL2420Z Monitor

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I have had both in my system (see sig). And i used 350W with the 280X and 240W with the GTX 970; both scenarios under load.

who cares...

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