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430watt power supply running a msi hd4850

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I just recently purchased a 430watt power supply and i was wondering if it would be enough to run my 4850 properly with the rest of my system.

My system specs are
AMD X2 5200+ Oc'ed to 3.0 GHZ
Sata 3.5gb 250GB HD
Sony DVD-RW/ CD-RW burner
3gigs of pc6400 ram (kingston)
2x 120mm Case fans

this is a link to the psu i obtained http:
//www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182159

it has 4 12v rails at 20amps. and an 80+ plus efficiency rating.

thanks for any replies

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Rosewill isn't that great of a brand, stick with something like Corsair PCPower & Cooling, FSP, SeaSonic, stuff like that. Well on the AMD page it says it needs a 450W PSU, I know thats probably more than needed, but its with a quality PSU. Rosewill isn't a quality PSU.


Message edited by AKM880 on 05-08-2009 at 04:19:29 AM
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It may say that it has 4 rails of 20 Amps each, but the label even says that it has only 31 Amps across those 4 rails. The PSU is the foundation of any system. The rest of the system will only be as good as its foundation. This is not the place to skimp.

Reply to rts_fan

It's kind of hit and miss with Rosewill power supplies. A lot depends on which manufacturer made a particular model for Rosewill. JonnyGuru.com did technical reviews of three Rosewill models that actually turned out to be adequate. Unfortunately none of the reviews were for the model you purchased.

A single 4850 video card uses about 110 watts and 9 amps at full load so you should be okay.

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thanks for the info guys. the one i bought was used for 2 months, i bought it off a friend who had been powering a similar setup, but he was using a 9600gt instead. im sure that this will be fine, i was just trying to get some insight as to how much harm it could be doing if any.

Reply to mRots
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Id be voting NO on this one.
Sure it can run everything, but a psu can also take everything down if it dies.

I replaced my 750w unit for a better quality 850w. Even though 750w was much more than i needed i found the new PSU handled voltage drops under load much better and i could actually lower the cpu voltage. The psu also runs cooler and quieter.

I needed a new psu for another system anyway, so i just took the opportunity to upgrade my own.

------------------------------ Q6600 B3 3.0Ghz @ 1.125v
4850
P5B-D
8Gb 800mhz
Reply to mrmez
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I have a system with E6300 (OC 2.333 Ghz), Hdd 80 Gb, 2x1 Gb DDR2 800, DVD-rw, 2 x Antec 80mm fan and Sapphire ATI 4850. THe power supply is a Thermaltake 420 W and system works fine. So in theory this should work fine but I am not sure about Rosewill power supply.

Reply to hefox

mrmez - Any psu, even a very high quality psu, can go bad and fry the rest of the components. Three years ago I experienced the blue ray of death when I plugged in and turned on a high quality psu. It wasn't very bright in the room so I had a good look when the blue rays shot out from the psu. Scared the living daylights out of me. At my age it's a wonder I didn't have a heart attack.

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JohnnyLucky wrote :

mrmez - Any psu, even a very high quality psu, can go bad and fry the rest of the components. Three years ago I experienced the blue ray of death when I plugged in and turned on a high quality psu. It wasn't very bright in the room so I had a good look when the blue rays shot out from the psu. Scared the living daylights out of me. At my age it's a wonder I didn't have a heart attack.



+1, I agree any PSU can go out.

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update, running solid so far, stress tested it over night and the rails stayed solid. tested with an mm and the voltages are EXTREMELY stable and im only pulling about 296 watts at full load.

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