Hey, a big follower of your website, I go through your reviews. I am upgrading to the MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning with a Cooler Master Silent Pro 850W PSU. Will it run ok on this?
Hey there Rahul,
So sum it up easily: yes, your 850W PSU will be fine. Firstly, it's a Cooler Master unit so you know it's a good quality PSU. Second, 850W is more than enough for a single card.
We recently did some testing on the SAPPHIRE Radeon R9 290X 8GB Tri-X card, that would have similar power consumption to the MSI card you are upgrading to, and it didn't consume anywhere near 850W even when under full 100% load, and overclocked.
As you can see from the above shot from our article, you'd be looking at around 450-600W or so under full load. Your 850W will be just fine and I'm sure you're going to more than enjoy that kick-ass MSI Radeon R9 290X Lightning video card!
Last updated: Nov 3, 2020 at 08:10 pm CST