Need PC help

[TNGam3rz]

My pc specs:

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860k (95w)

GPU: Asus R7 260x OC Edition (115w)

PSU: EVGA 500w 80plus 

 

3 Case fans, 2 led 120mm fans and 1 non-led 180mm fan

DVD disk drive

Internal led lighting

 

It gets approx. 50-65 watts at idle, and it jumps around 70watts to 150ish when at load. but mostly jumps around 130watts.

 

So, my question is if i upgrade my GPU to a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121840 (Asus R9 290x DC2OC) will my PSU be able to handle it?

 

Asking because my friend has a 290x with a 500w PSU but instead he has a x4 750k and has 1 less fan

[ZacDaMan72]

Yeeeeeeeeeeaaaaah but you should really upgrade, especially if you're going to do a heavy OC.

[GhostWindGamer]

A 500w PSU can handle most single CPU and GPU configurations  

[Le Lion de Barreras]

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp


With that said.

500w should be able to handle it, though I'd upgrade to a 600w PSU just to be safe.

 

[the pokemon kid]

From what I have seen the R9 290x has quite a high power draw on it, Have you thought about going for a Nvidia 970 instead? From what I have read recently it has a lower power draw...

 

But realistically, I think that it may run the R9 290X off that power supply. You may want to upgrade you PSU to something with a higher rating as it is on "80 plus"... maybe 80 plus silver or gold perhaps.

[cec4]

i had the athlon x4 760k overclocked, a 600w evga psu, and an r9 290 and i felt as though it was being pushed. so as @ZacDaMan72 said: yeaaaaaaah, but probably not a super good idea...the r9 290 are thirsty animals. most likely it will work, crash sometimes depending on if you over clock, and definitely degrade the psu.

[cec4]

My pc specs:

 

CPU: AMD Athlon X4 860k (95w)

GPU: Asus R7 260x OC Edition (115w)

PSU: EVGA 500w 80plus 

 

3 Case fans, 2 led 120mm fans and 1 non-led 180mm fan

DVD disk drive

Internal led lighting

 

It gets approx. 50-65 watts at idle, and it jumps around 70watts to 150ish when at load. but mostly jumps around 130watts.

 

So, my question is if i upgrade my GPU to a http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121840 (Asus R9 290x DC2OC) will my PSU be able to handle it?

 

Asking because my friend has a 290x with a 500w PSU but instead he has a x4 750k and has 1 less fan

if you do have that kinda money the gtx 970 would be better, other wise a r9 290 would be the way to go prise to performance since its about 100$ less then the gtx 970 but vary close to the 290x.

 

 

also fans don't make a huge difference power wise, if you need to remove a fan to have enough power for the system its time to upgrade the psu