Seasonic S12 650W enough for 4870x2?

[Zinthar]

My current rig consists of:
Q6600 @ 3.6 Ghz (1.41v vcore)
DFI LT P35 Motherboard
4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 @ 1000Mhz
8800GT
3 SATA 7200rpm HDD's
IDE DVDRW Drive

All powered by a Seasonic S12 650w PSU.

I'm strongly considering upgrading to a 4870x2, would my 1.5 yr old S12 be able to handle it without dying quickly?

Alternatively, I could just upgrade to a strong single GPU like the GTX 280 or 285 and would certainly net some power savings and perhaps a few ATI-driver induced headaches. I game at 1680x1050, so the 4870x2 is slight overkill, but I figured that the extra shader power would come in handy even at that resolution the next time a major GPU-intensive game comes along. Thoughts?



Kicking over to PSUs

- AmberClad (Video Mod)

 

[Arcanedeath]

You should have no trouble. The S12 650 has plenty of power on the 12V rails to run the system you have w/out issues. You should be able to run a 4870X2 or GTX 295 w/out issue.

 

[yh125d]

You could easily run the 4870x2 and more