r9 290x will it be useable with 600w psu?

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Looking to buy a r9 290x but only have a 600w psu. Uprgrading my pus is not really an otpion. So can I buy this card and run it in my system, which is i5-4690k, 16gb, msi guard-pro (friendly to overclocking) and a full size atx case?
 
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The Corsair "CX" is made with some inferior Samxon capacitors that cannot take heat. The short answer is therefor "Yes, but it won't last." If it is a bottom-mounted PSU getting its own air, and not muffled into a carpet, it should stay cooler. If it is top mounted, or doesn't get good airflow, it will probably give out in 6 months to a year.
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The Corsair "CX" is made with some inferior Samxon capacitors that cannot take heat. The short answer is therefor "Yes, but it won't last." If it is a bottom-mounted PSU getting its own air, and not muffled into a carpet, it should stay cooler. If it is top mounted, or doesn't get good airflow, it will probably give out in 6 months to a year.
 
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The single vs. multiple +12V rail is meaningless. Long ago before PSU manufacturers figured out how to do OCP properly, it is possible that power might be "trapped" on an underutilized rail; this was a Corsair marketing point.
Modern PSUs don't have this issue. In fact, a single-rail PSU can experience a near-short that would shut down a multi-rail PSU, but instead will smoke wires in the single-rail unit.
 
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