Do i need a PSU upgrade for radeon hd 7950?

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#1 sedhic23
Member since 2011 • 126 Posts

i have a intel i5 2500k 4.5ghz

sapphire radeon hd 7770 vapor X

8 gbs of ram

western digital cavier black 500gb hard drive

i have this PSUhttp://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207013&Tpk=xfx%20core%20550

should i upgrade my PSU first then get the radeon hd 7950?

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#2 MonsieurX
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Will be fine.
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#3 krisroe_213
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550w - 650w is more than enough for single GPU builds. You only need more power (650w and up) when you're using 2 or more GPUs

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#4 blaznwiipspman1
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enjoy, the 7950 is a beast of a graphics card.

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#5 LordEC911
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550w - 650w is more than enough for single GPU builds. You only need more power (650w and up) when you're using 2 or more GPUs

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Quality 500-650w units can power most dual card setups.

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#6 Toxic-Seahorse
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You'll be fine. I've got my 7950 running on a 500w Corsair PSU.