[Chilli]

I am soon going to get a Q9550 with an Asus P5Q-SE Motherboard.

My question is will a Corsair VX550W PSU be enough with a XFX HD4850? If not should I rather get a Cooler Master eXtreme Power RP-650-PCAR?

I've got a extremely tight budget and I do not wish to crossfire in the future (and I cant) but I do wish to overclock.

Thank you

 

[daffy.duck]

Yes the 550VX will more than handle that setup

 

[tiondus]

My HD4850 had run with an Antec 380W for 6 months, no issue, before I switched to the Corsair TX650.

 

[Anth0789]

Your Corsair 550W is just enough to handle the 4850.

 

[igob8a]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anth0789 Your Corsair 550W is just enough to handle the 4850.

I think you're way overestimating the power use. A corsair 550 can run 2 4850s easily.
A friend of mine has his 4870 on a 450W Dell psu and it works just fine

 

[darksideleader]

Quote:

Originally Posted by igob8a I think you're way overestimating the power use. A corsair 550 can run 2 4850s easily. A friend of mine has his 4870 on a 450W Dell psu and it works just fine

+1

I'm running a my 4850 with a 4 year old+ 450w PSU.

 

[I_dalder_I]

Yep more then enough power, really that corsair could do 2 4850's

enjoy your rig man sounds like a winner

fill in your system specs in the user control panel at the top. Helps people understand how to fix issues when you ask for help.

 

[kaivorth]

That 550w can run 2 of those 4850's, a quad, all OCed, and multiple hard drives. You picked a great PSU.
I'm willing to bet it's better than that Cooler Master 650w