HD 4850 crossfire

[angel581234]

So i just got 2 hd 4850's 512 megabytes for 58 dollars and i want to know if i can use them with my setup i tried extreme power calculator and i just use 392 watts but want to be sure first.
Planing to buy a intel motherboard thats supports crossfire and an intel i3 2100 or 2500 still dont know.
So i got a corsair 500cx that i just bought a couple months ago for my 4870 (worked great) and i want to know if i can run that crossfire setup on that power supply. Not planing to overclock anything so thats not a problem.btw i got a 5400 rpm 160gb drive(only to run games,programs,etc)dvd burner and 4 gb of gskill ddr3
they are 2 of 2 gb and thats it so guys can i run it?

 

[refillable]

I think you will be fine, since you don't overclock anything.

 

[angel581234]

also could you guys recommend me a motherboard?
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=93474&CatId=6978
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=165292&CatId=6978
Are those ok? Like i said im not planing to overclock anything

 

[refillable]

You go with the MSI, because it has x8/x8 to be better with your crossfire setup. The gigabyte has 16x/4x, which you will probably find performance decrease.

Still you will be fine I think, 4850 and sandy bridges isn't that power hungry like GTX xxx or BullDozerrr...

 

[Red Team FTW]

I ran Crossfire HD 4890 in 2009 with a far more power hungry Phenom II x4 940 all at stock clocks just fine on a Tom's Hardware approved Enermax 500watt PSU. You will be fine.

 

[angel581234]

Thx guys for the answers really appreciate.

 

[angel581234]

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