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R9 290 - Do I need a new PSU?

fatmcgav

fatmcgav

fatmcgav

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Morning all

I've recently purchased a pre-owned R9 290 for a reasonable price, which I'm looking to install in my current rig. Specs in sig...

However I discovered last night that my current PSU - a 6+ year old Antec NeoPower 550 - doesn't have any 8-pin PCI-e connectors. It does however have 2 6-pin connectors that are both currently connected to a Nvidia GTX260.

I'd prefer not to change the PSU if I didn't have to, as it's served me well for thus far.
Can I use a 6-Pin to 8-Pin PCI-e adapter? Or are they a bad idea?

If it makes a diff, I'm planning on hooking it up to a new 27" 1440p monitor and my existing 22", and am planning on gaming - BF4 mainly - on the 27".

Comments welcome.

Cheers
Gavin
 
Well it depends on the rest of you're system really , do you plan to overclock ?

You might find that with the age of the psu its going to be a little streched, all you can do is get the adapters and see how it goes and do some heavy gaming to test for stability.
 
Not planning on overclocking...
Rest of system consists of LGA1156 i5 750, Asus P7P55D, Samsung 830 120Gb SSD, 1Tb SATA HDD, 2x IDE DVD-RW drives, Asus Xonar D2X sound card...

I'm not guna run the risk of burning anything out by using an adapter?

Cheers for response.

Gav
 
fatmcgav said:
Under £80 ideally...



Nice suggestion. Could do with it being modular though...

Cheers
Gav
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I have the same GPU and the suggested 650w SF Gold, and all seems to be dandy thus far. I would love it to be modular though - there are an awful lot of cables that are lying unused and in a messy bundle! But that of course might change with your use.

With hindsight, I'd go modular, even with the price increase.

Edit: That Evga would have been ideal...
 
As you have had your current psu for 6 years, IMO go for the evga 750w supernova this gets you the 10yr warranty for an extra tenner, for someone such as yourself it would be well worth the extra outlay.

That's like £2 a year for the extra 5 years with an extra 100w thrown into the mix, bargain!!
 
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