Question Will My PC Work With a Vega 56 GPU?

[Super18488999]

I currently have a pc with:
APU: Ryzen 5 3400g
RAM: 2x8GB 2666mhz
MB: Gigabyte GA-A320M-H (Rev 2, I think)
PSU: Cooler Master MWE 500 230V
Case: CiT Seven MATX
I'd just like to double check I could be able to use this GPU if I buy one second hand.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Hi and welcome.

Borderline it should fit that case from what I can find it will manage up to a 339mm card length. Power wise it might work, but it also might not last long.

CPU is not using much more than 100W and then it really depends on the exact model of Vega 56 you are talking about. The AMD reference card only pulls around 250 W, but some of the overclocked cards from AIBs (Powercolor etc) can go some way north of 300W in very demanding games which would make me nervous with that PSU.

Although it says its a 500W model it only goes up to 456W on 12V, which is what the CPU and graphics card are using. If you hit a game that maxes both CPU and GPU you could be bouncing off that maximum capacity. You could see shutdowns, if youre lucky and it doesnt pop and take something else in the system with it instead.

Also take into account the PSU only has a 3 year warranty which I assume it passed, and it wasnt the best quality to begin with.

TLDR I advise against it. Something like a GTX 1080 would be safer, but like I say the PSU is old and is advisable to replace asap.

 

[Super18488999]

Hi and welcome.

Borderline it should fit that case from what I can find it will manage up to a 339mm card length. Power wise it might work, but it also might not last long.

CPU is not using much more than 100W and then it really depends on the exact model of Vega 56 you are talking about. The AMD reference card only pulls around 250 W, but some of the overclocked cards from AIBs (Powercolor etc) can go some way north of 300W in very demanding games which would make me nervous with that PSU.

Although it says its a 500W model it only goes up to 456W on 12V, which is what the CPU and graphics card are using. If you hit a game that maxes both CPU and GPU you could be bouncing off that maximum capacity. You could see shutdowns, if youre lucky and it doesnt pop and take something else in the system with it instead.

Also take into account the PSU only has a 3 year warranty which I assume it passed, and it wasnt the best quality to begin with.

TLDR I advise against it. Something like a GTX 1080 would be safer, but like I say the PSU is old and is advisable to replace asap.

Thanks a lot for the in depth reply, I'll definitely do a lot more thinking now. Have a good day 🙂

 

[COLGeek]

The Vega 56 is very picky in terms of power. It also runs hot.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Specs

AMD Vega 10, 1471 MHz, 3584 Cores, 224 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 8192 MB HBM2, 800 MHz, 2048 bit

www.techpowerup.com

I would recommend, if you use this GPU, that you consider a high quality 650W or better PSU.

 

[Super18488999]

The Vega 56 is very picky in terms of power. It also runs hot.

AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 Specs

AMD Vega 10, 1471 MHz, 3584 Cores, 224 TMUs, 64 ROPs, 8192 MB HBM2, 800 MHz, 2048 bit

www.techpowerup.com

I would recommend, if you use this GPU, that you consider a high quality 650W or better PSU.

Alright thanks, I'll keep it in mind