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So i plan on upgrading my gpu since my grandparents tought i need new monitor for some reason(like i dont even get how they tought of that.....)so now i got 24 inch 1080p screen sitting in my room but my curent gpu cant handle the games on this resolution(i have 1366*768 atm and i was happy with it xD) so i was thinking of buying radeon r9 270(270x is like 30$ more that i dont have) but i am not sure if my psu can handle it?

My current pc has:
Gpu:Radeon 7770
Cpu:I5 4460
Cpu cooler:stock
Mobo:Gigabyte H97-D3H
Ram:2*4gb kingston fury
Case:Fractal design arc midi r2
Psu:Zalman ZM500-GS

As you can probably notice by cpu it is a budget gaming build and gtx 760 is to exspensive in Croatia and if i need new psu i am super tight with money even with r9 270 ;(

 

The r9 270 i would get would be double dissipation edition and for new psu i was thinking of XFX P1-550S-XXB9 Pro Series Core Edition 80+ 550W PSU but again i dont know a lot about psu so not sure if it is good enough or not :/

 

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your psu should handle it easily.

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It seems like the R9 270's advised PSU requirement is 450w so what you have right now is fine.

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Ok if i dont have to upgrade my psu(honsetly shocked atm xD) i could aford r9 270x or should i stay with the xfx 270 and overclock it(i know gigabyte 1 overclocks really well but didnt find anything about xfx on the net so far)?

 

Edit would also like to game at high not at low so that is why i am switching gpus while i dont spend all my money on going out.......

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Ok if i dont have to upgrade my psu(honsetly shocked atm xD) i could aford r9 270x or should i stay with the xfx 270 and overclock it(i know gigabyte 1 overclocks really well but didnt find anything about xfx on the net so far)?

 

Edit would also like to game at high not at low so that is why i am switching gpus while i dont spend all my money on going out.......

The 270 should handle pretty much any game at High 30fps+ with your CPU, But the 270x should handle even better.

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Ok if i dont have to upgrade my psu(honsetly shocked atm xD) i could aford r9 270x or should i stay with the xfx 270 and overclock it(i know gigabyte 1 overclocks really well but didnt find anything about xfx on the net so far)?

 

Edit would also like to game at high not at low so that is why i am switching gpus while i dont spend all my money on going out.......

get the 270x and overclock so you get even more performance :D

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 thx for the answers decided to go with 270x you saved me bunch of money now <3

 

I would go for the 280 if i was you.

 

I bought a 270x and regretd it.

 

its 20 bucks difference.

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