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Enough Psu For Radeon ATI HD 3870 X2

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Hey everyone, i want to put a Radeon ATI HD 3870 X2 into my gaming pc, but im not totally sure if my psu can handle its power load. I have the Corsair Builder Series 500w. My full system specs are below, and thanks for your help

System specs-
-Zalman Z11 Plus Case
-BioStar TZ77A motherboard
-i5 3570k 3.8ghz
-8gb vengance ram
-Corsair Builder Series 500w psu
-750gb hardrive
-Window 7 Ultimate 64-bit

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Graphics card Expert

The AMD website says that you should have at least a 550w power supply. That being said sometimes the rest of the components in a system can negate the need for so much power. However, you are running a quad-core intel chip overclocked, 8gb of ram, and a mechanical hard drive so you'd probably need something more.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-rad...

In any event why not get a directx11 chip like the 7770 which is more powerful and uses way less power?
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-car...
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Graphics card Master

You should be able to run it on that power supply. Its a good power supply. The 3870 X2 does not use more than 162W on full load. That's less than my friend, who runs a 6870 on a CX500, with alot of lights and alot of fans in his NZXT Phantom 410.

You should be fine.

kevin83 said:
The AMD website says that you should have at least a 550w power supply. That being said sometimes the rest of the components in a system can negate the need for so much power. However, you are running a quad-core intel chip overclocked, 8gb of ram, and a mechanical hard drive so you'd probably need something more.

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/graphics/ati-rad...

In any event why not get a directx11 chip like the 7770 which is more powerful and uses way less power?
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-graphics-car...

There is no overclock on the cpu
Graphics card Master

Are you getting this 3870x2 for cheap? Sometimes its not worth it for a used card like that. It might not fit in your case depending on what one it is.

What is the card in question?

Deemo13 said:
Are you getting this 3870x2 for cheap? Sometimes its not worth it for a used card like that. It might not fit in your case depending on what one it is.

What is the card in question?

The card is new, and for 70 bucks. I'm nervous it wont fit in my case the zalman z11 plus. But for the money the card has pretty good performance

SLShermon said:
The card is new, and for 70 bucks. I'm nervous it wont fit in my case the zalman z11 plus. But for the money the card has pretty good performance


70 is too much the card is worth 35 at best
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