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Re: Will this Rosewill LIGHTNING-1000 PSU be enough for 4x 5850??
by
mountainjam
on 10/07/2011, 19:35:55 UTC
4x Sapphire Radeon HD 5850 XTREME http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004W75ATI
Rosewill BLACKHAWK Gaming ATX Mid Tower http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817182239
MSI 890FXA-GD70 Motherboard
AMD Sempron 140
A 500 GB 7200RPM Seagate 2.5" sata drive previously used in my laptop before it got an SSD

You should be fine as long as the '1000W' rating is accurate.

I'm using the same board and CPU as you with OC'ed Sapphire 5830's (998/300) with 8GB flash drives on a Corsair 950W going on 2 months now.  Not a single issue.  2.5" 7200 RPM HDD's power consumption is negligible.  And you're using 4x5850's and 5850's have lower TDP's than 5830's... My rig setup is 620W-640W at the outlet from a Kill-A-Watt.  You might barely break 600W with yours.

Cheers,
Kermee



Thanks, that was a very helpful reply Smiley