Help for my son with new PSU for hungry GPU.

[g8ina]

My son is fitting a new GPU to his PC for gaming pruposes. He currently has a 500 watt psu.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz Quad-Core. Mobo says HT3.0 AM3. SSD, no HDD, 8gb RAM

Planning to fit an AMD RX550. The blurb says it takes 400 watts, so would he need a 650, 750, 850 watt ???

Ta.

[CAT-THE-FIFTH]

A decent 400W would be more than enough!! Even a 300W PSU probably. I ran a Ryzen 5 2600 and a GTX1080 fine off a 450W PSU for years.

[Spreadie]

My son is fitting a new GPU to his PC for gaming pruposes. He currently has a 500 watt psu.

AMD Phenom II X4 955 3.2GHz Quad-Core. Mobo says HT3.0 AM3. SSD, no HDD, 8gb RAM

Planning to fit an AMD RX550. The blurb says it takes 400 watts, so would he need a 650, 750, 850 watt ???

Ta.

Blurb would likely mean 400W PSU recommended as a minimum - no way will a RX550 consume that much power.

[Scryder]

Think @Spreadie is correct.

According to the internet, board rating is 50W and torture testing only goes up to 47W: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews...b,5034-10.html

[asendedtrunks]

The 500W he has will be more than enough power for that build, do you happen to know the model of the PSU; a decent brand that can hold stable voltage on all rails is important too.

[g8ina]

Thanks chaps Much appreciated