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Power requirements of an AMD quad core and Radeon 5670 1 GB GPU.

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Hi everybody,

I have a desktop pc, comprising of a 2 athlon quad core 630, each processor running at 2.6 ghz per processor, N68C-S motherboard, 2 GB of Kingston ram, 250 GB hard drive, 1 DVD drive and a 450 watt power supply.

I wish to upgrade my graphics card to a Radeon 5670 1 GB, i choose this card, because from what i have seen, it does not require a huge amount of power.

I was just wondering if this card will be fine with my PSU? If not what card would you all recommend?

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Graphics card Master

23Amps is enough. Well, even though that PSU probably can only sustain less than that, it still should be enough for that system. The Radeon 5670 is pretty frugal as far as power.

I also have a 5 year old gaming PC that the OS went tits up on with a Antec 480 w 30 amp PSU, i suppose i could transfer that if need be.

From what i have researched the quad core uses around 170 w and the card about the same, but i see the point that rolli59 made about the PSU reliability.
Graphics card Master

Yeah, I got that. Older Silverstones can be junk. The newer lines are much better. This is similar to Antec, ThermalTake. Time will tell how well Silverstones hold up.
Graphics card Master

No, you missed it. I said all three companies (Antec, SilverStone, ThermalTake) used to make less then good PSUs. All are making better PSUs now. How long they continue to make nothing but good PSUs remains to be seen.
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jonnyguru currently has a Silverstone and ThermalTake unit up for review on their site right now. The Silverstone is the Strider + 750W, while the TT is the Toughpower XT 775. Both were rated 9, so I'd argue neither tops the other. At least for some of their lines. Nvidia still makes good products, they are just pricey. You seem to be someone who just wants to argue. I never said they make "great PSUs", you said that. I've said good, I've said better, didn't say great.

4745454b said:
jonnyguru currently has a Silverstone and ThermalTake unit up for review on their site right now. The Silverstone is the Strider + 750W, while the TT is the Toughpower XT 775. Both were rated 9, so I'd argue neither tops the other. At least for some of their lines. Nvidia still makes good products, they are just pricey. You seem to be someone who just wants to argue. I never said they make "great PSUs", you said that. I've said good, I've said better, didn't say great.


Dude, the Nvidia product's right now are an Epic fail, with the exception the GTS 250.
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builderbobftw said:
Dude, the Nvidia product's right now are an Epic fail, with the exception the GTS 250.

Thank God we got you on the forum now, every other thread you enlighten long time forum members and show them the error of their ways.
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Doesn't mean they make bad products. The GTX series isn't horrible if you want to do GPGPU work. CS4 runs CUDA, which makes filters run a lot faster. This means if you do a lot of CS4 work the GTX260 or 275/80 might be good. Just because they don't make the best price/performance gaming cards doesn't mean they only make junk.
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