Could I run a 280x card (XFX or MSI) on just a 500watt or should I get the 600 watt version to be safe?
1266610
I bought a 750W supply to be safe. Not a big price difference and it's modular
1266611
I'd get the 600 (or possibly higher, depending on future upgrades; dual video cards etc) to be safe. there are lots of resources to determine how much of a power supply to select. google it...
975162
Yes I have a 500watt power supply and it runs great unlessential you are try to do crossfire then I would get a higher watt power supply
1478875
I Dont know. All I can say is mine is running off 480 watts and periodically shuts the PC down during heavy gaming. Id just spend the 50bux and get a 600w.
1420707
the wattage should be fine but you also need supplemental power plugged directly into this card from the psu.
476180
450w is recommended at the least it seems. I use a 600w and don't have any issues.
1846670
As long as you do not have several hard drives, or anything unusual in your system that is drawing extra power, then 600W is fine for this card. I would not personally go below 600W, but it will work.
895758
I have the 650w version, purchased on the recommendation of a friend. I also have a MSI GeForce GTX 770 and after 9 months of use I have had no issues, no problems, outstanding power supply. Hope this helps.
944178
It would depend on what else is running in your system, but I would recommend 500w+. This particular card is pretty efficient on power. At peak performance it can consume about 160-170watts. That's taxing it pretty hard though. But throw in a couple hard drives, optical drive, fans, and any power consuming usb peripherals, along with whatever your motherboard and processor use, and you will have an issue. Most retail systems come with a 300watt psu and they don't have a ton of overhead. 400 watts isn't much higher. I think you are asking for trouble unless you aren't planning on taxing the system with high end games. I would recommend a 600w but I think you could get away with 500 watts.
571223
400 watt or greater is the recommendation for this model. You should calculate how your psu is destrobuting it's power to make sure you can delegate enough to the card
2157789
Will depend by other resources you have in your computer like coolers.In my computer I use a XFX 1050W , but I have a 300W CPU cooler. I recomend at last 550W REAL if you dont have any cooler with high demand. But if you will buy a new power supply I recomend go with at last 850W Real. I like the XFX full modular. They have awesome power supplies
1318227
I wouldn't recommend using a 435w PS. I would at least go with 600 watts as long as it is 80+ gold. This card does sip quite a bit of power.
1096672
The single slot GPU does NOT use extra power (harness) from the PSU. It works strictly from the mobo power. Your 500 watt PSU is going to work just fine....
1492013
The power needed for the CPU should also be considered. I read somewhere that MSI recommended 500 watts for a system with 1 card. Since you are overclocking the CPU?, and the GPU?, I would recommend a 850 watt PSU at a minimum just to be safe and avoid power issues. Have fun!
1881916
Maximum draw for this card I have seen reported by Afterburner is slightly over 300W and that was in FurMark, a rather pathological workload. A reported 260W seems to be about the most it pulls while actually gaming. Depending on your CPU, you would probably be fine with reusing a decent quality 500W PSU if you have one. If buying new I'd suggest going up a few 100W as the price difference is negligible.
249996
This is a really great card. however, your concern is correct. I wouldn't try running it on a power supply that is less then 700w just to be safe. I currently run a 1100w Therm, and have had no problems.
1445889
No, the minimum PS requirement is 750W. XFX actually recommends their 850W PSU. Even though it's ambiguous as to what kind of PSU they're referring to, you're hard pressed these days to find anything less than 80%+ effecient. Nominal consumption for this card is between 150-200W, even at 100% efficiency, that's not much left for your cpu and other components, depending on what you have.
2080240
Yes, 500 watts should be more than enough. Make sure that you use a decent brand name PSU.As mentioned below, if you are running a massive overclock on the CPU or try to overclock the GPU then you might run into some issues. On stock clocks and with a normal build you should be absolutely fine.