Saphire 7850 minimum requirements

[Coolharmony2]

Hi,

On the Saphire Website, I see it that need minimum PSU 500w for the 7850 2 gb.

I Would like to have more information about of minimum 500w.

Because I have the PSU 650 CX V2.

The PSU 600 CX V2 has a power of 480w on the 12v / 40a

Thank-you !

 

[Durvelle27]

an HD 7850 could run on a good quality 450W so you would be fine especially with 650W. what are your other components ?

 

[Coolharmony2]

Sorry, i do a mistake it's a 600w cx v2.

Why Saphire want minimum 500w.

Motherboard Asus P8H77M-CSM
Processor Intel Core i5 3550
Memory Genesis 1600 8 GB
Video Card # 1 Saphire HD7850 2 GB
Hard Drive # 1 SSD M4 128 GB
Hard Drive # 2 Seagate 1 TB
Optical Drive # 1 LG DVD RW
Power Supply Corsair CX600W V2
Case Corsair Carbide 300R
Monitor Asus VS238h-p 23"
Operating System Windows 7 (64 bit)
Speakers : Logitech Z313.
Mouse B100 Logitech
Keyboard Generic

 

[Durvelle27]

yes you will be fine . and that put that for ppl who have crap psus lol but a good 450W would run this with no problem ? Nice Build though

 

[Coolharmony2]

Saphire wants minimum 500w because there are bad psu.

Is it this ?

What is a bad PSU ?

Could Corsair 600 CX V2 be a bad or good psu ?

 

[Durvelle27]

bad psu means made with poor quality components

Examples:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817159062

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817822008

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817101047

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817152019



examples of good quality brands: not in particular order

Corsair
Seasonic
Antec
XFX
some OCZ
Some Cooler Master's
PC Power and Cooling

so with that said your psu is perfect

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Ocz isn't good

 

[blastingcap]

OCZ sucks, avoid. No matter which brand you buy, google for reviews of it at jonnyguru, HardOCP, Anandtech, TechPowerUp, and a few others. The little review sites are sketchy as hell and they don't test things properly so ignore what they say... they are probably getting paid by PSU companies to write favorable reviews anyway.

 

[Coolharmony2]

Where can i find a good test for the Corsair 600 cx v2 ?

 

[Durvelle27]

why do you want a test

 

[Coolharmony2]

To see if i have bought a good psu in the entry level.

I know that it's not the best PSu.

But for 75 $.

 

[Durvelle27]

that's a great quality psu you Corsair makes amazing psu for great prices you shouldn't have any doubts

 

[Coolharmony2]

The PSU 600 CX V2 is very good with my HD 7850.

Thank-you !

 

[Peter Nixeus]

I'm running an AMD 7850 with a Corsair 430 watt PSU.... runs fine with a AMD Phenom II Quad core...