Corsair 620W HX can power xfire 2x5850 & i7 4GHz?

[michaelmk86]

Hi

I want to upgrade to 2x 5850 and I am not sure if my Corsair 620W HX(2 years old) can power xfire 2x5850(probably I will OC them).

My system is:

i7 920 4.0GHz
ASUS P6T
OCZ DDR3-1600 6GB
ASUS GTX 295 OC(10%)
Corsair 620W HX
Thermaltake Spedo Advance

As you can see the Corsair 620W is capable of handling a GTX 295 OC(10%) and i7 920 4.0GHz(I have this system for more than a year and it is absolutely fine with this PSU but I don’t know how much power 2x5850 OC will need)

 

[JohnnyLucky]

The answer to your question is yes!

Here are the official power requirements for the new ATI Radeon HD 5850 and HD 5870 video cards.


ATI Radeon™ HD5850 System Requirements:

PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard

500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75 watt, 6-pin, PCI Express® power connectors.

600 Watt or greater power supply with four 75 watt, 6-pin, PCI Express® power connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode.


ATI Radeon™ HD5870 System Requirements:

PCI Express® based PC is required with one X16 lane graphics slot available on the motherboard.

500 Watt or greater power supply with two, 75 watt, 6-pin, PCI Express® power connectors.

600 Watt or greater power supply with four, 75 watt, 6-pin, PCI Express® connectors for ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual mode.

The power supply recommendations are for an entire pc system.

 

[blackhawk1928]

Whats the voltage of your CPU right now?..

 

[michaelmk86]

Whats the voltage of your CPU right now?..

V1.28

 

[ubernoobie]

Yea, It will power it fine, 1.28volts is pretty good for 4ghz

 

[senormoll]

The 5000 series cards are actually more power efficient than the 4000s from what I've read, so you should be fine...plus the fact that you invested in a good quality PSU to begin with. I personally don't like taxing my PSU that heavily though as it is more stable the lighter the load on it is and I like to leave a little headroom for more fans, drives, whatever. If I were running your system I'd probably sell the 650 and save a little up for the corsair 750w. That's just me though.

 

[blackhawk1928]

^I'd have to agree but his 620 should do the job, he'll upgrade it if he needs to.

 

[Zagrow]

Hi

I want to upgrade to 2x 5850 and I am not sure if my Corsair 620W HX(2 years old) can power xfire 2x5850(probably I will OC them).

My system is:

i7 920 4.0GHz
ASUS P6T
OCZ DDR3-1600 6GB
ASUS GTX 295 OC(10%)
Corsair 620W HX
Thermaltake Spedo Advance

As you can see the Corsair 620W is capable of handling a GTX 295 OC(10%) and i7 920 4.0GHz(I have this system for more than a year and it is absolutely fine with this PSU but I don’t know how much power 2x5850 OC will need)

I am using same PSU for crossfire 5870's overclocked and a 860 @ 4,01 ghz and it performs perfectly fine at all the tests ive been torturing it with. Its more than enough