Corsair 430w

[wizkid]

Hi,

Please can you advise if the below PSU will be able to run this card XFX 5770 850M 1GB DDR5

Corsair 430W CX

Thanks

[Brewster0101]

Depends on the rest of your system, but a 430W CX would run a 5770 GPU in a standard set up with not too much trouble.

Just saw the date of this post..... oops

[LaxBlade]

I would sugest for future-proofing upgrading your Power supply 1st.... Then you will NOT have to MAX out your power supply and run the risk of overload. (Which has happened to many of us, back in the day).

I suggest a Corsair CX-600 PSU @ £52-£54 on Amazon.co.uk (Excellent Value for money from the system builders series)

Woops! Ive just Looked at the date of your post too.. so, I hope you have made that upgrade by this stage, 1 year on. Cheers! Lax....

[watercooled]

I suspect the OP will have bought something by now, but for future reference, or to reassure the OP, 430w is more than enough for a 5770. Corsair PSUs are properly made so you can pull full power from them without any trouble, but a 5770 build won't get close to 400w even fully loaded. These aren't the £15 for 700w paperweights which can only supply like a tenth of that before nuking your PC.

[andy572]

Original thread date aside, it's sad that 'bigger is best' prevails.

Surely there's a useful opportunity for companies like Corsair to note or highlight how good their PSUs are?

It won't affect those who want the higher-end kit but just might attract others who though not having 'high-end' money, might want the reassurance of a known brand or will have an ability to take in the differences between a unit that costs pennies and the still reasonably priced but safer options that can be found.

[Bonebreaker777]

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/artic...ly-Review/1284

Read this review. I think it should answer a lot of your questions.

Google any of the PSU calculators and you will see the estimated PSU power required for your needs. I did find them myself very useful.

[watercooled]

Just bear in mind those calculators, especially the manufacturer supported ones, tend to over-spec by a fair bit though.

[Bonebreaker777]

If those calculators take into account the max power consumption for each element and if the calculator at the end shows +10% over the calculated value, I would say it is a safe and right thing to do.
If he would have posted his configuration, we could have checked it ...

[technodean]

LOL, I love how people are still contributing to this thread when the original question was asked almost 2 years ago and he has more than likely to have bought one by now.

[Bonebreaker777]

LOL, I love how people are still contributing to this thread when the original question was asked almost 2 years ago and he has more than likely to have bought one by now.

Aw, I noticed that only after you pointed it out.

[watercooled]

It still potentially helps people out if they stumble upon the thread via a search engine or something.

[Huzi7868]

i read this post two years ago
Still, maybe it'l help someone else