Not enough power for 4850 HELP!!

[yasmas3]

Hi!

i just bought an "ADVANCE PC POWER SUPPLY ATX-5000 - 480W" i havnt open yet becouse i dont know if it vill run the sapphire HD 4850

the power supply is a cheap made bad quality power supply which costed $20 so its a pretty cheap one i heard that u need a 650w+ power supply if its one of those cheap bad quality should i go get my money back and buy a new one which is better or is this *noob* power supply good enough?


PLEASE REPLY PLEASE !!!!! ;(

my system is :

Advance PC kabinet 8808GM GAMMA

SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGY Radeon HD 4850 - Dual Slot - 512 Mb GDDR3

GIGABYTE GA-MA790X-DS4 - Socket AM2+ - Chipset AMD 790X + SB600 - ATX

Corsair PC hukommelse DHX XMS2 Twin2X Matched 2x1024 Mo DDR2 SDRAM CL5 PC2-6400

AMD Athlon 64 X2 7750 - 2.7 GHz, Cache L3 2 MB Socket AM2+ (Black Edition)

Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 - 250 GB - 7200 RPM - 16 MB - SATA-300

Burner ?? who cares

 

[meodowla]

I think you should go for something better..

 

[chookman]

Depending on its ratings it will more than likely power your rig... but why not buy a decent PSU to start with... you dont go and buy $1000 worth of computer and power it with a $20 psu.

IMO go back get your money back and buy something better Corsair, Seasonic, Antec, PCP&C

 

[kingkongva]

i also have a problem with my pc, computer randomly crash when you wake up the computer from sleep mode. i could hear the noise from the his radeon hd 4850 start up and second later, blue screen. doesnt happen all the time. i am not sure if it is a power supply or a bad graphic card
my current set up
intel q9300 oc to 3.2 ghz
ocz 500 watts power supply
8gb ram
his hd radeon 4850
vista 64 bit
i ran prime 95
mem test , furmark etc.. all passed
here is the spec on ocz power supply
http://www.ocztechnology.com/drivers/500wchart.JPG

http://www.ocztechnology.com/products/power_management/ocz_500w_stealthxstream_power_supply

 

[JohnnyLucky]

One 4850 video card uses 110 watts and 10 amps at full load.

The Advance 480 is rated at 20 amps. It is a low quality psu of questionable value.

As chookman already mentioned you would be better off with a high quality power supply such as Corsair, PC Power & Cooling, or Seasonic. They are all high quality psu's that are very stable and reliable.

 

[Lozza81]

Never skimp money on your PSU. It is one the most important components to always spend as much money on as you can!

I would also add Enermax PSU's to JohnnuLucky's list as they too a very high quality.

 

[Ozzy55]

I'll second that. I've made a lot of mistakes over the years, but the biggest one was trying to save money by putting in a cheap power supply. It fried almost everything of value in my computer. Some savings, right?