My current PC is kinda old and i am looking at slowly updating parts of the next few months.
Current Specs:
i5-2500 Sandy Bridge 3.3k
Radeon 6870HD 1GB 256-bit
8GB RAM
650W Power supply
Im looking at upping the graphics card to a R9 290 4GB 512-bit but i am worried about my systems power consumption. The next item in line will be CPU and power supply since it will most likely be necessary by then, and then maybe bumping up to 16GB RAM. I know a 650W power supply is on the low end and looking at benchmarks i see the R9 290 under load consumes 400-420W of power. Will my current system be able to handle the update to the R9 290 without a power supply upgrade? I dont have a meter to check my power consumption but it seems my processor under load consumes 100-110 and the card consumes 400-420. I wouldn't think the rest of my system would consume 100+W but i thought i would check here first! Thanks! (BTW im new to the PC forums here so be nice )