Corsair 400cx + 4870, can i get away with it?

[luciferleigh]

yeah, basically wanna ask if it will work, or if im stuck with upping the psu to the 450 corsair

ga g31 es2l
4 gigs ddr2 800 (2 sticks)
antec 300
e5200
caviar blue 320
ide dvd+rw
corsair 400cx

debating if id have to stick with a 4770/4850 or if i can get away with a 4870/gtx 260 with that psu

*consider a slight oc on the cpu, 3ghz with the stock cooler, and probably 3.3/3.6 when i get a freezer 7

if anyone got this to work gimme a rundown of your rig/settings, would really appreciate it

thanks

 

[theAnimal]

Neither the CX400 nor the VX450 have the required PCIe connectors, but either one is powerful enough for that system.

 

[Onus]

With an OC to 3.4GHz, 10% capacitor aging, the PSU calculator at http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine shows 330W.

 

[luciferleigh]

Neither the CX400 nor the VX450 have the required PCIe connectors, but either one is powerful enough for that system.

yeah, but the 4870 im looking at comes with a molex to pcie adapter, that should work, right?

With an OC to 3.4GHz, 10% capacitor aging, the PSU calculator at http://www.extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine shows 330W.

yeah, was using the same thing to test it out, and at 100% cpu and 100% system load @15% capacitor aging i was getting <380 watts even with the vcore at 1.25

anyway, thanks, was just making sure i didnt make anything pop 😀

 

[jsc]

The 4870 needs two PCI-e plugs. My XFX came with 2 adapters. Another brand might not.