Can a Video Card Be Damaged by Weak PSU?

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Dark Cupcake
Probably because that psu is a piece of crap (if thats the TT 430watts that i'm thinking of).
Here is a review of it.

According to that review, the PSU is made by HEC. I never knew that.

Interestingly, you can get the TT 430W for around $25 AR, and you can get an HEC "585W" Orion, with a 6-pin PCI-E power connector, for around $25-30. I wonder which one is better?

Edit: Is this a typo in their review? "All the tests described below were taken with a room temperature between 46º C and 48º C."

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: Rhoxed
i had a ThermalTake 430W that ran a phenom quad 4GB ram and 2 4850's no problem... PSU should be fine for 1 4870

I call shens. The linked review of the TR-430W shows that it only supplied 350W max. If a 4850 takes ~150W ea, and you have two of them, then that's 300W, leaving on 50W for the phenom quad core and 4GB of RAM. No way. At least under load, it might power-up the system in idle mode.

 

[bobross419]

Well... I went and grabbed the OCCT PSU test - http://forums.anandtech.com/me...id=28&threadid=2272466

I don't see what information you guys are asking for

 

[brandonwh64]

it can be a low Wattage but it need to put out alot of AMPs like im running:
Asus M3A78-CM mATX AM2/AM2+/AM3 Motherboard
AMD Phenom II X4 940 Black Edition overclocked to 4Ghz
4gb OCZ SLI RAM PC6400 800Mhz
BFG GTX 285 OC+ 1GB
Western Digital Raptor 74GB 10,000 RPM - MAIN DRIVE
2x 250GB Maxtor 7,200 RPM HDs
400GB Seagate 7,200 RPM HD

on a 500W enermax liberty that puts out 44AMPs and it runs smooth and fine with no crashes