Could a corsair 450w run a 4870?

[KraZZy KiiD]

Lets say i had enough for a video card and i didnt wanan buy another psu then wait like 6 months to have enough money for a new video card so yea...

 

[FlorinR]

System Requirements

–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/certifiedPSUfor a list of Certified products

I guess not...

 

[chookman]

It will run it... dispite what DAMMIT say.

HD4870 requires 130w at PEAK load
http://archive.atomicmpc.com.au/forums.asp?s=2&c=7&t=9354

As long as you arent running 10 hard drives 62 fans 12 ODD's and an LED light it will be fine. Corsair are solid great quality PSU;s with plenty of 12v rail for everyone.

 

[Shadow703793]

^+1. The DAMIT ratings are for cr@ppy PSUs with out much +12v amps. The Corsair 450VX can easily handle 500W. Corsair and PC Power & Cooling are the best (price vs performance PSUs)!

 

[Zecow]

It can.. but you won't have enough headroom though. Check this out for reference - note that the power draw you see is system load.

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUzMSw5LCxoZW50aHVzaWFzdA==

 

[4745454b]

As long as the Corsair unit has the two plugs, you should be fine. I was trying to decide between the Corsair 450, and the Antec Earthwatts 500W. They both have 34A on the 12v rails, but the earthwatts was on sale. ($49) As ZeCow point out, it will work, but you won't have a lot of power left over. That might not be a problem, though your efficiency might be low because your PSU is working at 90% of its rated power.

 

[megamanx00]

You should be fine with that PSU as long as you're not using 6 HDs and overclocking the heck out of your System.

 

[chookman]

The 450VX only has 1xPCI-e
the 450HX listed on corsairs site strangely says PCI-E 6+2 pin x 6... huh ???

In anycase you can still use a molex adapter if so desired.

 

[cjl]

It'll be fine, so long as the system isn't loaded down with other things drawing a lot of power (HDD's, highly overclocked quad core CPU, etc).

 

[Shadow703793]

Woaaahhhh... Corsair has a 450HX? A moduler? Or are you talkin about 520HX?

 

[chookman]

http://www.corsair.com/products/hx450/default.aspx

Modular BABY... I still cant get an answer on how man PCI-e connectors it has though.

 

[XMSYellowbeard]

Here is the connector specification page: http://www.corsairmemory.com/products/hx450/default.aspx

 

[chookman]

^it still says 6 PCI-e connectors.