Is my 500w PSU enough for R9 280X? Recommendation pls.
I have this Silverstone SST-ST50F-ES it has 500W PEAK but 408W continuous.
http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=248&area=
After I do some research, I found out that MSI R9 280X 3G has 370W under load wattage
http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/10/28/msi_r9_280x_gaming_video_card_review/10#.U6_rNvmSwo0
So, I do some basic math if I use 4690K and 280X and 50 W for MOBO, SSD, RAM, and FAN, then full wattage would be 102 W + 370 W + 50 W = 512 W
These are my configuration.
http://pcpartpicker.com/user/yoshuakaleb/saved/2NJtt6
This is my first time building my own rig.
I'm not planning to do overclock soon but maybe in the future.
My questions are
1. Is this build going to work?
2. Are there any noticeable effect during normal usage or playing intense game?
3. Will it harm my other components for prolonged usage?
4. Should I buy 600 W power supply or more?
5. What is the cause of smoking power supply?
Sorry for my bad english. Thanks.
1. Yes it will
2. What do you mean?
3. Nope~
4. While 500W is enough, it kinda cutting it close to yeah, I'd like a 600W instead
5. Never happen to me... I do have one just die cause of old age but it didnt smoke or cause any damage to anything else.
Did you already purchase all these part? since you dont really need a 250GB SSD for gaming, 120GB is enough, and if you cut it down you can get a R9 290 instead?
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