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i have a cooler master 550W extreme Edition and it has 1 PCI-x 6 pin and m usinf another with 4 to 6pin...is it good for my XFX 4870 1GB card..is it good for my card....16Amp on per +12Volts

my machine Configuration is...
intel Dp35dpm
C2D e8400 3.0Ghz
2GB corsair 800Mhz Ram
1 80Gb WD
1 250Gb Wd
1 500Gb Seagate
and 1 DVDrom

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Graphics card Master

That 550w is probably just fine for a single 4870. You aren't OCing your CPU, and if you stay away from that with your video I would feel comfortable with it. Once you start to overclock things it starts to draw more power, and while you meet the recommended requrements for a 4870, that is based on stock specs. Dual 16A rails should be fine.

A corsair 750 is complete overkill. You would need it if you were going to run dual 4870's though.
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Um. Not really sure I would want to run a 4870 on a 400W PSU. Will it work? Maybe, would I feel comfortable? No.

I think you PSU is just fine, just don't go crazy on the OC's.
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shubham1401 said:
You can OC but don't OC heavily....

Hence the "don't go crazy on the OC" part. Moderate OCing doesn't usually draw a ton more power. Once you start manually increasing the voltages, it really starts to show.
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if you have a 4870 1gb you must tells us the ram of your computer the core and the other parts of your computer to tell you if your 550w is enough

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if you have a 4870 1gb you must tells us the ram of your computer the core and the other parts of your computer to tell you if your 550w is enough



my machine Configuration is...
intel Dp35dpm
C2D e8400 3.0Ghz
2GB corsair 800Mhz Ram
1 80Gb WD
1 250Gb Wd
1 500Gb Seagate
and 1 DVDrom

Cooler master 550w with 16 Amp 12volts Rails..
thx for the reply..
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