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Hey forums, so I currently have a 270, and I want to upgrade to a 290, but my problem is that my PSU is only 500w. I've put my build into PPP http://pcpartpicker.com/p/NNQgyc and that's a bit too close to 500w, right? I really don't have the money to upgrade my PSU so should i just wait on the 290 until I can afford a 600w?

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well shit ;_; guess I'm running without it for a while

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You do know your cpu will bottleneck the shit out of that 290, right?

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...Didn't Linus use a Antec 500W PSU in his "Scrap Wars" build that had a R9-290 in it?

To allow for some electrical headroom, I'd recommend getting a 520W / 550W (if 600W is out of your budget).

 

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You do know your cpu will bottleneck the shit out of that 290, right?

 

No it won't.

 

 

Theoretically the 500B should be fine, do you have it already?

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No it won't.

Yes it will.

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Yes it will.

No it won't.

 

The term is too widely thrown around, it entirely depends on how the PC is being used, what game and so on. In most-all cases, the 8350 will not "bottleneck" it.

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No it won't.

 

The term is too widely thrown around, it entirely depends on how the PC is being used, what game and so on. In most-all cases, the 8350 will not "bottleneck" it.

The gpu is bottlenecked by the cpu in some games. I call that a bottleneck.

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You do know your cpu will bottleneck the shit out of that 290, right?

I know it will be *slightly* bottlenecked. I'm upgrading to an i5 in September.

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No it won't.

 

 

Theoretically the 500B should be fine, do you have it already?

Don't like theories :( I do have it, but I can wait. In @brokencross 's defense, he does say "I don't like weebs" and I am clearly the AMD Kawaii Weeaboo Desu

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I know it will be *slightly* bottlenecked. I'm upgrading to an i5 in September.

 

I would wait for Skylake, which will be December/January next year, it's not worth going from 8350 to i5

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