Need help upgrading my pc

[ProCryonicX]

So i want to upgrade my graphics card from a AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series to a MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming 8GB. I was wondering if my power supply provides enough power or i need to upgrade it. Also wondering things like will it fit in the case or not? And lastly will my pc be bottlenecking or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advanced! <3

 

Current setup:

CPU: Intel core i5 4670k

 

Motherboard: MSI b85m-e45

 

RAM: 8GB Corsair (2x 4GB Sticks)

 

GPU: AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series (http://imgur.com/HR4VLNE)

 

Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout II Advanced

 

Storage: 1 Terabyte Western Digital Blue

 

PSU: Corsair CX 500W

[Castdeath97]

Is that a CX?

[alexhelvetica]

What is your PSU?

[Streetguru]

 

So i want to upgrade my graphics card from a AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series to a MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming 8GB. I was wondering if my power supply provides enough power or i need to upgrade it.

 

Ya, exact PSU model

 

and what's your exact GPU model? Because if it's like a 270 or higher, it's probably not worth it, especially if you have a 1080p display only

[ProCryonicX]

Is that a CX?

Im not very good at pc's what is a cx?

[HKZeroFive]

Im not very good at pc's what is a cx?

 

He meant if it's a CX series PSU (as in the name).

 

E.g. CX500, CX600...

[Castdeath97]

Im not very good at pc's what is a cx?

CX is a name of a popular power supply made by corsair.

 

If you open your side panel what is written on it, there is dozens of power supplies made by crosair.

[Starelementpoke]

 

So i want to upgrade my graphics card from a AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series to a MSI Radeon R9 390 Gaming 8GB. I was wondering if my power supply provides enough power or i need to upgrade it. Also wondering things like will it fit in the case or not? And lastly will my pc be bottlenecking or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Thanks in advanced! <3

 

Current setup:

CPU: Intel core i5 4670k

 

Motherboard: MSI b85m-e45

 

RAM: 8GB Corsair (2x 4GB Sticks)

 

GPU: AMD Radeon™ R7 200 Series

 

Case: Cooler Master Storm Scout II Advanced

 

Storage: 1 Terabyte Western Digital Blue

 

PSU: Corsair 500Watts

 

What gpu and psu exactly?

[ProCryonicX]

CX is a name of a popular power supply made by corsair.

 

If you open your side panel what is written on it, there is dozens of power supplies made by crosair.

I opened the side bar and yes the PSU is indeed a cx500 model

[Leonard]

1. PSU

GPU

MOBO

SSD

[ProCryonicX]

Ya, exact PSU model

 

and what's your exact GPU model? Because if it's like a 270 or higher, it's probably not worth it, especially if you have a 1080p display only

All i can see is that it is a r7 200 series http://imgur.com/HR4VLNE, And im not asking if it is worth i'm asking whether i can or not because i want to be able to play video games at 1080p ultra which i currently cannot ( BF4, Far cry 4, Fallout 4)

[ProCryonicX]

What gpu and psu exactly?

The PSU is a CX500 and the gpu i cannot tell since all i see is that it is a r7 200 series http://imgur.com/HR4VLNE

[Streetguru]

All i can see is that it is a r7 200 series http://imgur.com/HR4VLNE, And im not asking if it is worth i'm asking whether i can or not because i want to be able to play video games at 1080p ultra which i currently cannot ( BF4, Far cry 4, Fallout 4)

You need speccy

https://www.piriform.com/speccy

 

your PSU is fairly average, so something like a 380 should be fine, 390 should be good as well, but that's going to be at about the upper limit

[ProCryonicX]

You need speccy

https://www.piriform.com/speccy

 

your PSU is fairly average, so something like a 380 should be fine, 390 should be good as well, but that's going to be at about the upper limit

Thanks alot  ! I dowloaded specky and it litterly just said my grahics card was a "r7 200 series" aswell.

[Streetguru]

Thanks alot  ! I dowloaded specky and it litterly just said my grahics card was a "r7 200 series" aswell.

Okay, well if you have the newest drivers installed, open that up and under system hit where it says hardware

[Starelementpoke]

You need speccy

https://www.piriform.com/speccy

 

your PSU is fairly average, so something like a 380 should be fine, 390 should be good as well, but that's going to be at about the upper limit

I´d say it´s a little below avg., but that´s just me. I personally wouldn´t go above 380, and that´s pushing it IMO.