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500 Watt PSU good enough for 4870

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ebaugh said:
heres my setup

HP media center m8100n
amd athlon x2 2.8 ghz 5600+
3gb ram
500 gb hard drive
visiontek 4870 512mb
sound blaster audio x-fi sound card
and the antec 500 watt.



I have an Antec 500 watt psu and it works fine with my Visiontek 4870. I have had no trouble at all. See my specs below.
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stoner133 said:
Should be just fine, running two 4870s here and load shows as 545 watts during Crysis and 378 at idle.



stoner133,
What is the best way to tell how much power your rig is using? What do you use?

Thanks!

Should be enough. Might even be enough for a second 4870 but that might be pushing it. The good thing is, it has overvolt protection, so if it activates then the system will switch itself off and you'll know you need a beefier power supply.

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