is my PSU enough

[az09]

Hi,
i just have short and quick question. I have corsair 750 watt PSU and i just bought Phentom x6 1100t. Im planning on getting Asus radeon R9 270 OC just a single unit ( just doing a tiny upgrade so i can play strategy games on reasonable settings).

My concern is would my psu be able to take the load.? Im really tight on budget and dont want to go out of my way to buy new psu too now since im only doing this upgrade so i can play strategy games such as Rome total war 2 etc.

 

[DenyGFX]

Hi,
i just have short and quick question. I have corsair 750 watt PSU and i just bought Phentom x6 1100t. Im planning on getting Asus radeon R9 270 OC just a single unit ( just doing a tiny upgrade so i can play strategy games on reasonable settings).

My concern is would my psu be able to take the load.? Im really tight on budget and dont want to go out of my way to buy new psu too now since im only doing this upgrade so i can play strategy games such as Rome total war 2 etc.

Yes it will.

 

[lehtv]

You could run two R9 270's on a 750W unit, assuming it is not terribly bad quality

 

[az09]

ok good. Its almost a brand new psu. Also what do you guys think of my system. How well can it hold latest strategy games such as Rome total war 2, Attilla etc.

Amd phenom x6 1100T
6 GB ddr2 800
Asus radeon R9 270 OC 2g (planning to get).

Can i play games on decent settings?

 

[lehtv]

What resolution is your monitor?

It should play Rome 2 and Attila okay on low/medium settings on 1920x1080. Many other games will be easier to run though.

Also, where are you buying from? I'm wondering if there's anything better you could get than an R9 270.

 

[Smoblikat]

Get a used HD7970, thats what I just did and the performance is fantastic. It maxes every single game I play at 1080P. It replaced my old quadfire setup of 6970's

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I feel voluble today, so I'll say this even if it was posted in pieces here and there recently.

Without buying a KillaWatt to measure your power draw at the wall, you can use the software that communicates with a UPS device for the particular computer of interest. That still doesn't give you the actual output or demand on your PSU, though. Even so, if the PSU is rated at 90% efficiency (the rating should be in the specs), you could apply that factor to the total reported by the PSU software.

On the other end, HWMonitor may report your CPU's part of the idle and load PSU output. By process of addition and subtraction, you should be able to determine the wattage draw difference between your computer at idle and under graphics load conditions.

But it's fairly simple if you simply find the gfx card spec for its peak wattage draw -- probably reported even in reseller specs. If you overclock the gfx, you can probably extrapolate. At that point, you would likely know whether your PSU will handle one or more cards.

Also, accessing the Outervision calculator online is free. With enough numbers, you should be able to avoid over-investing in PSU wattage, and conversely assure yourself that the mean or even instantaneous power draw of your system won't exceed the spec or overwhelm the PSU.

 

[TemjinGold]

Hi,
i just have short and quick question. I have corsair 750 watt PSU and i just bought Phentom x6 1100t. Im planning on getting Asus radeon R9 270 OC just a single unit ( just doing a tiny upgrade so i can play strategy games on reasonable settings).

My concern is would my psu be able to take the load.? Im really tight on budget and dont want to go out of my way to buy new psu too now since im only doing this upgrade so i can play strategy games such as Rome total war 2 etc.

Your PSU is massive overkill.

 

[az09]

Your PSU is massive overkill.

Lol good to kno. I thought so too, reason why i wanted to confirm because newegg had this calculator and it showed that recommended PS watt is 950 for me =\ im like waat

 

[az09]

What resolution is your monitor?

It should play Rome 2 and Attila okay on low/medium settings on 1920x1080. Many other games will be easier to run though.

Also, where are you buying from? I'm wondering if there's anything better you could get than an R9 270.

my monitor is 1680x1050 ( altho im not too picky about running games on that resolution, i culd lower it down abit)

 

[lehtv]

It's not a very good idea to run lower than native resolution on an LCD; unless you run it 1:1 with black bars. Otherwise you get a blurred image that's just horrible to look at.

R9 270 is fine for 1680x1050 but GTX960 and R9 280 would be better long term choices.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

It's not a very good idea to run lower than native resolution on an LCD; unless you run it 1:1 with black bars. Otherwise you get a blurred image that's just horrible to look at.

R9 270 is fine for 1680x1050 but GTX960 and R9 280 would be better long term choices.

I have a 4:3 LCD Viewsonic that tops out at 1680x1050. Those things even had DVI_D digital input, but they aren't HDCP compliant. He won't need that for games, but I never could see why it shouldn't be compliant even for the lower resolution.

HDCP. I suppose I'd be mildly for it if I made my money off entertainment. But I hate it.

 

[Valantar]

You have a 125W CPU and a ~150W GPU (at least according to this: http://www.techpowerup.com/gpudb/b2638/msi-r9-270-gaming-oc.html). Adding 100W for various components and multiplying by 1.5 (for PSU longevity and efficiency) gives 562.5W. In other words, your PSU is massive overkill by all measures. You'd be perfectly safe with a 550W PSU, or could safely and efficiently run a 300W GPU with yours.

 

[az09]

Thanks everyone. Well that is out of the way but i have one more question. Since im trying to find cheap ways to do upgrade i also thought 6 GB of RAM might not be enough. & brand new rams costing about 80$ ( just to increase from 6 to 8gb)

So i picked the choice again buying it from local classified but the ram im getting is different abit (in terms for frequency etc. but same brand)than what i have installed in my computer.

following ram is what i have installed

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145590

& following is what im getting from local classified

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820145215

following is the motherboard i have.

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product...82E16813131383
will i have success in running these new rams?

and my CPU is AMD phenom 2 x6 1100t

 

[lehtv]

So you already have 6GB of RAM? It doesn't make much sense to upgrade to more DDR2. I'm not even convinced you need more RAM, but if you did, it'd make sense to upgrade to a new motherboard with DDR3 support.

 

[az09]

So you already have 6GB of RAM? It doesn't make much sense to upgrade to more DDR2. I'm not even convinced you need more RAM, but if you did, it'd make sense to upgrade to a new motherboard with DDR3 support.

im looking to save money with whatever possible upgrades i can do within 50-100 buks. With upgrading motherboard im looking to spend alot of money (atleast 200+) and not really something for me as im only occasional pc gamer.

why i thought might need more ram is because of games like battlefield hardline, they require 8 gm recommended. I know people will laugh that the game will probably run on the lowest setting on my configuration but again as i said im trying to get as much juice out from my system with in limited budget range.

 

[lehtv]

Is it not possible to recover costs by selling existing hardware? Where are you located?

Though I think you'll do fine with 6GB, just make sure you're running as few unnecessary background processes as possible while gaming.

 

[az09]

In in toronto, and even if i get 200-300 for my system to build a new one i will still atleast need 500$ ontop to have reasonable computer. In canadian prices. way over my budget as occasional gamer

 

[az09]

but in terms of i being able to run those two different RAM's, would i be able to do that if i wanted to

 

[lehtv]

Yes, you should be able to use those, you'll just need to run the 2GB modules at 800Mhz @ 1.9V instead of 1066MHz @ 2.1V to match the specs of the existing modules.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

Yes, you should be able to use those, you'll just need to run the 2GB modules at 800Mhz @ 1.9V instead of 1066MHz @ 2.1V to match the specs of the existing modules.

Yeah. I've done that with G.SKILL 900's and 1000's. Use your CPU-Z or similar to see how the timings and voltages overlap. They're the same model only varying by rated speed. For that sort of situation, you only have to pick timings, speed and voltage that guarantees total stability for both memory kits.

It's even possible you could raise the speed of the 800's above spec, lower the speed of the 1000's below spec at the same speed but higher than 800. I've done that with the G.SKILLs also. Just make sure it passes stress tests, etc. and is rock stable.