PSU for RX 470 or 480

[ConsoleLover]

So I'm still not decided if I'm going to go with rx 470 or 480, it will depend on pricing, but even most 470 use 8 pin connectors, so its obviously going to if needed use more power.

Unfortunately I don't have many options for PSU's in my country and I'm limited in terms of money, so my question is if the Cooler Master B500 Rev.2 is good enough to power an RX 480 or 470 without any issues.

Otherwise my system doesn't use much watts, according to some psu calculators with an RX 470 its using only 260W total. This new revision supposedly uses one +12V rail with max of 38A.

Another option for me is Antec's VP-PC 500W series, which is the weaker of the VP-P series, but its significantly cheaper and the only one available, but it only has 6pin connector for the gpu. Would a 6pin to 8pin cable do the trick here or would there be an issue?

 

[lehtv]

@ConsoleLover Which country is that? Can you link to shops that you buy components from in your country?

What CPU do you have?

B500 v.2 is technically enough for RX 480, but it's not a particularly high quality unit. Same goes for the Antec.

 

[snarfbot]

EVGA PSUs are on sale on Amazon, if u are gonna buy a new one you might as well get a good one.

 

[ConsoleLover]

EVGA PSUs are on sale on Amazon, if u are gonna buy a new one you might as well get a good one.

Amazon doesn't ship to here unfortunately, otherwise it would have been a great option. Right now my options are bad semi cheap PSU's and the two I wrote are it.

So in terms of those which is better and will they be able to handle an rx470 or 480?

 

[lehtv]

@ConsoleLover I believe I already replied to your question - both can technically handle RX 480, and both are somewhat mediocre quality. If forced to choose between them, I'd take the Cooler Master and avoid using the 6-pin->8-pin adapter.

But I'd still like to know which part of the world you're in. Maybe you haven't considered all the options? And I'd still like to know what CPU you have.

 

[ConsoleLover]

@ConsoleLover I believe I already replied to your question - both can technically handle RX 480, and both are somewhat mediocre quality. If forced to choose between them, I'd take the Cooler Master and avoid using the 6-pin->8-pin adapter.

But I'd still like to know which part of the world you're in. Maybe you haven't considered all the options? And I'd still like to know what CPU you have.

Thanks. I have better options, but they are just too expensive, in fact around 100 euros and that is just too expensive for me.

 

[lehtv]

It seems you don't really want my help. Well, buy whatever you like. I'm sure the Cooler Master will be fine (until it's not).

 

[daxzy]

+12V @ 38A is technically more than enough (although you should list your system specs). I would avoid using 6pin -> 8pin adapter. 6pin is rated at 75W and 8pin is rated at 150W. Why anyone would want to make an adapter where the receiving end may pull far more power than the transmit end is beyond me.

I have a Silverstone ST45SF-G 450W (+12V @ 37A), and it powers an MSI Gaming X RX 480 and 6700K CPU system.

 

[William Gaatjes]

I recently bought a Seasonic S12II-520 520 Watt. I paid 62,90 euro for it. I do not know if that helps.

Here is the review :
http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php?name=NDReviews&op=Story&reid=185

Everything around 500W will be okay.
Seasonic seems to be a good brand.



This site might help you a bit. It is a website about power supplies and testing.
I found it very useful.
http://www.jonnyguru.com/index.php

 

[Ancalagon44]

I am currently running a 480 4GB off of a 450W Corsair VX powersupply. But, I plan to upgrade to a SuperFlower Leadex Silver 550W in March (waiting for vendor to have stock).

Notably, the VX power supply that I use only has one 6 pin PCI connector. My card has an 8 pin connector. The card came with an adapter that takes 2 x 6 pin connectors and has an 8 pin connector on the end. I plugged my PSU's single 6 pin connector into one end of the adapter, and plugged the other end into my card. Works fine.

As for PSU recommendations, can you give us a website that ships to your area, so that we can help? Also, I recommend SuperFlower PSUs. Apparently EVGA PSUs are really SuperFlower PSU, and SuperFlower makes high quality modular PSUs.

 

[Psychomanteum]

EVGA also has very poor models made by HEC and FSP , their quality units are made by Seasonic and Super Flower.

 

[StrangerGuy]

Meh, I will happily run a 7700K and a RX470 on a Seasonic G360 even with a 6 to 8 pin PCIE adapter. It's one thing to get the bang for buck for quality watts/$, and another thing when most people vastly overestimate the power draw of PC components for some bizarre reason.

 

[lehtv]

EVGA also has very poor models made by HEC and FSP , their quality units are made by Seasonic and Super Flower.

I'm pretty sure the HEC and FSP built ones are actually pretty well regarded in their own price brackets, calling them "very poor" is definitely inaccurate. More like "decent enough".

 

[Psychomanteum]

https://www.google.com/search?q=why+not+to+buy+evga+500&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8