Need advice.

[eL-pRoduCente]

Hi everyone,

 

I am new to the forums and i badly need advice from someone who is more familiar with PSU power consumption than me.

 

System spec:

CPU: AMD FX-6300 @ 3.9 Ghz

GPU: MSI 7850  1 GB

MOBO: MSI 970a-g43

PSU: 600W Raidmax RX-600AF

RAM: 8GB

SSD: Adata SU-650

HDD: Samsung 7200 RPM

2x Case fans

2xMonitors

 

The plan is to buy new GPU. I've ordered the Sapphire Radeon Nitro+ RX 580 8GB Special edition, but i am not sure if my current PSU, 5 year old - 600W Raidmax RX-600AF (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152041) can handle this configuration?

 

Many thanks.

[akialwayz]

600w will be enough.you can go to - http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/

to check how much power you'll need.Is it 80 plus?

[eL-pRoduCente]

Yes, PSU is 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified, my only concerned is because it is 5 years old, i am not sure if it will blow up when i connect rx580, since it is probably at the end of the lifespan

 

These are the results from the link you gave me:

Load Wattage: 414 W
Recommended PSU Wattage: 464 W

 

Thanks.

 

[NunoLava1998]

I'd get something like a TX650M, as your current power supply is quite bad. 550W would technically work, but it would leave not much room for upgrades.

[alexhelvetica]

42 minutes ago, akialwayz said:

600w will be enough.you can go to - http://www.coolermaster.com/power-supply-calculator/

to check how much power you'll need.Is it 80 plus?

PSU Calculators are fucking useless. They quite often show almost double what you need. Most single GPU and CPU PCs, a good 400W supply is overkill. It's really only when you start getting really high core count CPUs or aggressively overclock high end GPUs that 400W isn't enough.

49 minutes ago, eL-pRoduCente said:

i am not sure if my current PSU, 5 year old - 600W Raidmax RX-600AF (https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817152041) can handle this configuration?

Ouch, 12.9V on the 12V rail. Though that's a 5V heavy load, so expected.

 

https://www.pcaxe.com/hardver/napajanja/raidmax-rx-500af/strana-7

 

I'm not sure what the article says, I cannot read Bosnian. But I don't think it's good.

[eL-pRoduCente]

1 hour ago, NunoLava1998 said:

I'd get something like a TX650M, as your current power supply is quite bad. 550W would technically work, but it would leave not much room for upgrades.

 The model you have mentioned is quite expensive in my country, ~90 Euros. i am pretty sure it is not worth to buy for that money.

Yes i am planing to upgrade to ryzen 5 or ryzen 7 in the future, for sure i will get a new PSU when i upgrade CPU,MOBO,RAM...

I am just trying to figure out if this PSU can handle the workload with RX 580.

41 minutes ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

PSU Calculators are fucking useless. They quite often show almost double what you need. Most single GPU and CPU PCs, a good 400W supply is overkill. It's really only when you start getting really high core count CPUs or aggressively overclock high end GPUs that 400W isn't enough.

Ouch, 12.9V on the 12V rail. Though that's a 5V heavy load, so expected.

 

https://www.pcaxe.com/hardver/napajanja/raidmax-rx-500af/strana-7

 

I'm not sure what the article says, I cannot read Bosnian. But I don't think it's good.

I've read that article, it is on Serbian language

In the article they didn't mention anything bad regarding the PSU, they have performed some "custom" tests with some device which can stress PSU more than normal PC and it did good on the tests, although the PSU in article is 500W model.

I am thinking to keep this PSU, hopefully it will not blowup...

 

[Will Bs PCs]

600w is more than enough as long as it is 80+ certified, I would be a little wary of its age though - pairing it with any new hardware. You could even go for a 500w, however it depends if you intend to upgrade or not, because you may end up buying a new PSU too.