Hi guys, i have some questions on power supply.

My current spec:

I3-2100
Asrock h61 mobo
Kvr 4gb ram x2 = 8gb
Dvd drive
2x sata hdd 320gb each
Fsp hexa 500w
4fans running

What card is the max i can go for? Was searching for r9 280x used unit, but somehow i notice that r9 280x required pretty heavy power, can my fsp hexa 500w support it?

Which card should be the max (reasonably safe lah haha) that my psu can support? R9 280? How about nvidia card?

Edit: Did a quick search in this topic and i found out that fsp hexa 500w is not recommended to run r9 280x. Even if it runs it will stress the psu. So 280x is out now. What other choices do i have? Im seeking for used unit. So can be some mid high end cards. Using it for 1080p gaming.

P.s. no budget to change psu yet, so aiming cards that my psu can support.

This post has been edited by choonyink: Jun 19 2015, 01:58 AM

My original plan was swap out the i3 with an used i7 sandy bridge but too bad out of my budget. So now focus on GPU first.

Thanks for the suggestion. How about HD7950? My psu can power it?

I did some searching and found out sifu goldfries mentioned before he run a HD7950 with a 450w psu and total system consumption is around 300w (iinm). So I assume 500w also can. Back then when I build this rig no more budget to get high quality psu, so settled with this fsp hexa. So far no problem (touchwood) for the past 2-3 years of usage. Hope it can lasts another 2 to 3 years before I do a major upgrade.

Yeap GTX 960 is very power efficient. But new card cheapest is RM700 and there are very few used card available. Even have the seller also expecting quite high price. So try HD7950 first. Appreciate the suggestion.

Yea so far it works very fine. Stress test push to 100% usage all okay.

Yea so far it works very fine. Stress test push to 100% usage all okay.