Powercolour 4870 1gb psu help

[kopite]

Hi guys,

I`ve ordered one of the powercolor cards and was just wondering if my PSU is going to have enough juice.

My PSU is an ocz powerstream 520W. Is this gonna give enough juice?

[ackrite26]

Hi guys,

I`ve ordered one of the powercolor cards and was just wondering if my PSU is going to have enough juice.

My PSU is an ocz powerstream 520W. Is this gonna give enough juice?

What other components ya running?

From the ATi site

ATI Radeon HD 4870 System Requirements
PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard
500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)
Certified power supplies are recommended. Refer to http://ati.amd.com/certifiedPSU for a list of Certified products
Minimum 1GB of system memory
Installation software requires CD-ROM drive
DVD playback requires DVD drive
Blu-ray™ playback requires Blu-ray drive
For a complete ATI CrossFireX™ system, a second ATI Radeon™ HD 4870 graphics card, an ATI CrossFireX Ready motherboard and one ATI CrossFireX Bridge Interconnect cable per graphics card (included) are required

[sleepyhead]

A quick google throws up...

"500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)"



Probably dependent on how much electricity all your other pc bits draw too.

Edit: Beaten because I was trying to be clever with my reply

[ackrite26]

A quick google throws up...

"500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode)"



Probably dependent on how much electricity all your other pc bits draw too.

Edit: Beaten because I was trying to be clever with my reply

Too much of a 'sleepyhead' lol

[The Asgard]

Sould be fine mate.

On my Quad @ 3ghz with a 4870 it was only drawing about 300 watts underload at the socket which includes PSU losses.

[kopite]

Im using an x48 mobo and a q660 chip. have about 4 hard drives in there but will be taking some of them out.

My psu only has the one 6 pin adapter though. can I use one of wire adapters that turn a molex into the 6 pin?

[The Asgard]

Im using an x48 mobo and a q660 chip. have about 4 hard drives in there but will be taking some of them out.

My psu only has the one 6 pin adapter though. can I use one of wire adapters that turn a molex into the 6 pin?

Yes you can. Pick a lead with the least gear hanging off it.

[kopite]

Well my PSU comes with a couple of Cables for hard drives that are single molex connectors so I`ll use one of them