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Am I hurting my PSU?

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Tullphan

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I've got a Corsair HX520. My rig consists of an EX58-UD4P w/i7 920 @ 3.8 GHz, 6GB ram, 3 x hdd's, 2 x DVD-R/W's, & a Radeon 4870.
The HX520 has 2 PCI-e connectors. It came with 2 PCI-e cables. I currently have a PCI-e cable with two power connectors for a card that requires such (like my 4870).
My question is, will it hurt the PSU to run a single PCI-e cable to my GPU on that single rail (18A) or should I use the two individual cables on the 2 separate rails?
 
A 4870 peaked out at 165w with furmark …see …
behardware You have 18 x 12v = 216w on that rail, and they are rated conservatively. You could probably pull a few amps more than 18 on that rail without problem -- so you'll be fine.
 
Irrelevant. HX520 is a single rail power supply advertised as a multi-rail PSU.

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2007/12/04/corsair_vx550w_vs_hx520w/5

* Neither the included documentation nor the box makes reference to what 12v rail feeds which connectors but that point is moot as the Corsair is a single 12v rail unit.
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Even if it wasn't, the different rails would only be achieved through OCP shunts and not by physically separate components, so it still wouldn't affect the PSU
 
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