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How much wattage do I need?

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Hi guys, I'm Martin and I'm planning to upgrade my PC by adding the R9 280X.

 

My rig is like this:

 

Gigabyte H6 1M-S1

intel I3 2120

R9 280x (to buy)

Kingston 4 gb DDR3 1333

 

How much do I need? I was palnning a Sentey 750W 80 plus modular, but I don't know.

 

Thanks for helpping!

 

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a 500w psu would be plenty

 

More if you wanted to be able to reuse it in the future should you opt for a multi gpu config

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a 500w 

 

More if you wanted to be able to reuse it in the future should you opt for a multi gpu config

this is plenty you could upgrade to an 4790k and r9 290 with out hitting the max

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I imagine that build uses around 250 watts under load. So anything above that. Corsair CX500M is well priced recently.

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