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it will work but its going to be tight id get a 600w psu if you want to OC

Not true. Please do more research in the future before giving out false info. 

At full load with an oc'ed 3960x, a system with a 270x doesn't even touch 400w in power draw. http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/5984/sapphire-radeon-r9-270x-2gb-toxic-video-cards-in-crossfire/index22.html

The OP's system is considerably less power hungry. 

You'd be able to cf 270x's on a good 600w.

So i am looking to buy a new GPU to replace my HD7770 and my budget is 300$ CAD so the 270x and 760 are basicly the best for that budget.

My delima is that my PSU is a 500w 80+ Bronze and the minimum PSU wattage according to NVidea and AMD on both cards are 500w.

So would a 270x on a CX500 be pushing my luck?

And also why does this 760 say it needs a minimum of 600w but has the TDP of all the other 760s?

Psu recommendations on the websites of gpus are highly inflated in case you're using a crappy psu and should be ignored.

A decent 500w or even 450w is more than enough. 

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So i am looking to buy a new GPU to replace my HD7770 and my budget is 300$ CAD so the 270x and 760 are basicly the best for that budget.

My delima is that my PSU is a 500w 80+ Bronze and the minimum PSU wattage according to NVidea and AMD on both cards are 500w.

So would a 270x on a CX500 be pushing my luck?

And also why does this 760 say it needs a minimum of 600w but has the TDP of all the other 760s?

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814500312

Thanks for your help!

And current specs for reference.:

Corsair CX500

HD7770

AMD A10 (Upgrading to FX6300 soon)

Acer OEM mobo (Upgrading it along with CPU)

8GB 1600

1x Optical Drive 

1x 1TB Blue WD HDD

And also 1 fan NZXT 120mm fan (Came with NZXT Source 210 case.)

EVGA GTX760 Superclocked (ACX) - i5 4570 - 8GB DDR3 - 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue - Corsair CX500 - NZXT Source 210(Black)  - 1x 120mm - Valley Bench http://imgur.com/J4EJnvV

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it will work but its going to be tight id get a 600w psu if you want to OC

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CPU: i5 4670k i won the silicon lottery Cooler: Corsair H100i w/ 2x Corsair SP120 quiet editions Mobo: ASUS Z97 SABERTOOTH MARK 1 Ram: Corsair Platnums 16gb (4x4gb) Storage: Samsun 840 evo 256gb and random hard drives GPU: EVGA acx 2.0 gtx 980 PSU: Corsair RM 850w Case: Fractal Arc Midi R2 windowed 

 

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You could honestly crossfire with that PSU, you are ok  ;)

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it will work but its going to be tight id get a 600w psu if you want to OC

Not true. Please do more research in the future before giving out false info. 

At full load with an oc'ed 3960x, a system with a 270x doesn't even touch 400w in power draw. http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/5984/sapphire-radeon-r9-270x-2gb-toxic-video-cards-in-crossfire/index22.html

The OP's system is considerably less power hungry. 

You'd be able to cf 270x's on a good 600w.

So i am looking to buy a new GPU to replace my HD7770 and my budget is 300$ CAD so the 270x and 760 are basicly the best for that budget.

My delima is that my PSU is a 500w 80+ Bronze and the minimum PSU wattage according to NVidea and AMD on both cards are 500w.

So would a 270x on a CX500 be pushing my luck?

And also why does this 760 say it needs a minimum of 600w but has the TDP of all the other 760s?

Psu recommendations on the websites of gpus are highly inflated in case you're using a crappy psu and should be ignored.

A decent 500w or even 450w is more than enough. 

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
Also, make sure to quote a post or tag a member when replying or else they won't get a notification that you replied to them.

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it will work but its going to be tight id get a 600w psu if you want to OC

This is completely wrong. Not even close to tight. He could probably get by on a 400-450watt PSU.

Don't listen to the minimum wattage needed, what's of more concern is the amperage available on the 12v rail. But even so, a system with a 780 Ti never went above 450 watts.

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Not true. Please do more research in the future before giving out false info. 

At full load with an oc'ed 3960x, a system with a 270x doesn't even touch 400w in power draw. http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/5984/sapphire-radeon-r9-270x-2gb-toxic-video-cards-in-crossfire/index22.html

The OP's system is considerably less power hungry. 

You'd be able to cf 270x's on a good 600w.

Psu recommendations on the websites of gpus are highly inflated in case you're using a crappy psu and should be ignored.

A decent 500w or even 450w is more than enough. 

Yeah my CPU doesn't use much power but i do plan on upgrading to a fx6300, but by then ill probably have already bought a new PSU...

EVGA GTX760 Superclocked (ACX) - i5 4570 - 8GB DDR3 - 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue - Corsair CX500 - NZXT Source 210(Black)  - 1x 120mm - Valley Bench http://imgur.com/J4EJnvV

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Yeah my CPU doesn't use much power but i do plan on upgrading to a fx6300, but by then ill probably have already bought a new PSU...

Why's that? 

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Why's that? 

For buying a new CPU or buying a new PSU?

For the CPU, well my A10 67 is basicly a Athlon 750k which is pretty weak.

And for the PSU i feel 500w might be the bare minimum for my build and with a 6300 which is pretty power hungry im thinking i might need to upgrade.

EVGA GTX760 Superclocked (ACX) - i5 4570 - 8GB DDR3 - 1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue - Corsair CX500 - NZXT Source 210(Black)  - 1x 120mm - Valley Bench http://imgur.com/J4EJnvV

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For buying a new CPU or buying a new PSU?

For the CPU, well my A10 67 is basicly a Athlon 750k which is pretty weak.

And for the PSU i feel 500w might be the bare minimum for my build and with a 6300 which is pretty power hungry im thinking i might need to upgrade.

The cx500 is far from the bare minimum. The bare minimum would be running a 350w psu or so. 

If you ever need help with a build, read the following before posting: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/3061-build-plan-thread-recommendations-please-read-before-posting/
Also, make sure to quote a post or tag a member when replying or else they won't get a notification that you replied to them.

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