- Dec 14, 2007
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hi guys
well its been a busy month with a cpu upgrade... i was lucky enough to get a core i5 3330 for £41,yes just over forty quid,however that was after trading some games towards to cost ... and then i also purchased a sandisk readycache which has speeded up my rig slightly but not as significant as a ssd
however i was also given a radeon HD6790 which is faster than any other card i have ( and these include a GTX550ti and HD5770 ) ... and even though i have the required 500w psu ( ocz stealthstream ) i only have one of the two required 6pin pci-e connectors ...
i know i can use a molex (x2) to 6pin adapter however my question is :
1) if theres not enough power ( which in theory there should be ) what would happen ... would my system simply refuse to start ... or would it throttle the core/memory clocks to allow for the reduced power intake
ive allready tested the HD6790 on my spare pc which uses a inferior C.I.T 650w psu and i also used a molex to 6pin adapter and it worked fine ... i even ran some games ( bf3 and wolfenstein ) and they ran fine .... and lets not forget even though the C.I.T 650w psu sounds more powerful its not as reliable as a OCZ psu .....
finally ive had some guys stating i would be better off using the ASUS GTX550ti instead of the VTX3D HD6790 ... what do you guys think ?
many thanks lads !
well its been a busy month with a cpu upgrade... i was lucky enough to get a core i5 3330 for £41,yes just over forty quid,however that was after trading some games towards to cost ... and then i also purchased a sandisk readycache which has speeded up my rig slightly but not as significant as a ssd
however i was also given a radeon HD6790 which is faster than any other card i have ( and these include a GTX550ti and HD5770 ) ... and even though i have the required 500w psu ( ocz stealthstream ) i only have one of the two required 6pin pci-e connectors ...
i know i can use a molex (x2) to 6pin adapter however my question is :
1) if theres not enough power ( which in theory there should be ) what would happen ... would my system simply refuse to start ... or would it throttle the core/memory clocks to allow for the reduced power intake
ive allready tested the HD6790 on my spare pc which uses a inferior C.I.T 650w psu and i also used a molex to 6pin adapter and it worked fine ... i even ran some games ( bf3 and wolfenstein ) and they ran fine .... and lets not forget even though the C.I.T 650w psu sounds more powerful its not as reliable as a OCZ psu .....
finally ive had some guys stating i would be better off using the ASUS GTX550ti instead of the VTX3D HD6790 ... what do you guys think ?
many thanks lads !
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