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Help with buying HD5870 - PSU Good enough?
Will a corsair tx 650 be enough for a HD5870 video card?
Hi,
Im thinking of buying a HD5870 graphics card. I have a Phenom II x4 965 quad processor which im going to OC to 3.6/7. My systems specs (current) are as below:
PSU Corsair TX650w 52 amp on 12v rail
Phenom II X4 965
Mobo MSI C45 770
6gb of Kingston Hyperx ram DDR3 1333mhz O'clocked to 1600mhz with 1.8v
Soundblaster Audigy sound card
Artctic Freeze pro rev 2 cpu fan
2 regular 7200rpm Sata HDD
Pioneer DVDR/RW
about 5 case fans
my current GPU is a PNY GTS250 1gb
The other thing is will the HD5870 show a huge improvement in performance on my games (Crysis,BC2,Metro 2033) over the 250? If my psu is not powerful enough (Isuspect it is when i checked the corsair calculator) will I be better off with the HD5850 and again will it significantly improve over the GTS250?
Please help as I have the money available as a one off and really want to buy the right card?
Any help advice would be hugely appreciated.
Cheers