Is a 550w power supply fine for a rx vega 56?

[MEzZ]

There's a pretty good deal for an rx vega 56 in my country right now and i'm thinkin of changing my gtx 1060 to it, the thing is tho, i have a 550w psu and the seller says that the minimal requirement is a 650w psu. But at the same time, i've searched online that some people said that a 550w psu is fine and should work for a vega 56, so which is it???

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Depends...
What psu model do you have.
Some are good, some are junk.

As for GPU I would look at Vega64 or 5700 XT instead. Or just get a used 1080 Ti

As Vega56 is only going to step you up to 1070 performance, so not worth getting.

[Komrade]

Should be enough, but what specific model?

[MEzZ]

Originally posted by notkennyS:

Should be enough, but what specific model?

How do i find out what model my power supply is? (Sorry, i'm not that good with techical pc stuff)

[r.linder]

Vega 56 uses 280W on average while gaming, so has to be at least a decent quality unit... otherwise the PSU may just shut off when the GPU reaches that threshold.

I wouldn't use less than a 650W for the Vega 56 or 64. They're power hungry cards, though the rest of GCN was as well. That's just preference though, 550W might work just fine if the unit is quality.

[Komrade]

Originally posted by MEzZ:

Originally posted by notkennyS:

Should be enough, but what specific model?

How do i find out what model my power supply is? (Sorry, i'm not that good with techical pc stuff)

Should be physically on the PSU on a sticker.

[MEzZ]

Originally posted by notkennyS:

Originally posted by MEzZ:

How do i find out what model my power supply is? (Sorry, i'm not that good with techical pc stuff)

Should be physically on the PSU on a sticker.

I think its the corsair vs550

[r.linder]

Originally posted by MEzZ:

Originally posted by notkennyS:

Should be physically on the PSU on a sticker.

I think its the corsair vs550

Yeah, bad quality unit and more likely to blow up. You'll want to replace the PSU no matter what hardware you're using for gaming, because those units are notorious for blowing up and killing hardware.

[Komrade]

Originally posted by Escorve:

Originally posted by MEzZ:

I think its the corsair vs550

Yeah, bad quality unit and more likely to blow up. You'll want to replace the PSU no matter what hardware you're using for gaming, because those units are notorious for blowing up and killing hardware.

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