Burnt My Graphics Card To Death?

[taz488]

Yeah i wasn't taking any risks, new card hasn't been put in yet, do you think i need a PSU upgrade then? or can i get a converter for another power cable?

I have 4 hard drives, one dvd drive, sound card and a couple of fans.

Again many thanks for the help!

 

[Purgatory]

which model corsair PSU do you have there ?

is it this one


http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS&tool=5

 

[taz488]

corsair builder series

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-059-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

 

[Purgatory]

you need a 500watt min power supply for that HD 6850

http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...6850/pages/amd-radeon-hd-6850-overview.aspx#3


You are going to have to check for a new PSU mate with atleast 2 x 6pin PCI-E power cables , they can be 2 x 8 pin cables too because normally they come apart to make them 6 pin or 8 pin.


Stick your Corsair 430 watt supply on the Members Market here mate when you get a new one, that way you get some of your money back on that PSU. I'm sure someone will like that PSU for a small system they have running or HTPC.

 

[kevbiss1]

i briefly had a 6850,sure it only had one 6 pin connector

 

[taz488]

The XFX one on This Week Only has 2!

And they are at the side, not sure why its got two, but i thought it was going to have one

Anyway thanks Purgatory, will give a new PSU a go and sell on MM if i get this damn thing to work :S

 

[j.col]

Purgatory has a point but...

the recommended psu is 500w, but does that mean any 500w?
As surely a Corsair CX 430w qill be better than some cheapo 500w Chinese rip off?
A HD 6850 draws 229w at full consumption, so its upto you.
In an ideal world, you should get a better psu. but imo (probably shot down over this) its worth a try.
I used to run a HD 4770 on a generic 230w psu and i had no problems.
But as i said, its upto you

also you can get molex to 6 pin pci-e power cables

and try this psu calculator http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/

 

[Mana]

heh glad you had a happy ending mate

 

[taz488]

heh glad you had a happy ending mate

Ha not quite yet, its not working!

So i used that calculator and it says 357W so 430 seems reasonable? Especially if its a good PSU.

Does a card like this need 2 PCI-E 6 pin power cables to be plugged in? What happens if I plug one 6 pin in? Will it DIE?

My PSU has 28A on the 12 V rail if that makes any difference...

 

[j.col]

If it has 2 connections, then i would plug 2 in.
you can get those molex to 6 pin pci-e connectors for a couple of pounds,
i have even got them with a new graphics card before.

 

[flinco]

That psu should be fine. Now you just need to find an adapter to connect the other power connector.

 

[abarth_1200]

I ran a GTX260 and an overclocked C2D at 3,5Ghz with 3 hard drives and 6 fans on an Enermax 425Watt with 19 or so amps on the 12v rail, it was fine!

 

[Marine-RX179]

With only a Athlon X2 5000+, the 6850 will get seriously bottlenecked.

Just spend something like £25~£40 and get a 2nd hand 8800GT/9800GT~5770 1GB.

 

[J.D]

With only a Athlon X2 5000+, the 6850 will get seriously bottlenecked.

Just spend something like £25~£40 and get a 2nd hand 8800GT/9800GT~5770 1GB.

Or, if you are thinking of upgrading your CPU or system in the forseeable future then it may be good to get the 6850. Otherwise, I agree with Marine.

@ Marine, what if you overclocked the snot out of the dual AMD CPU?. Do you think that would help?. My dual core E2xxx something @ 3.2Ghz was ok for quite a lot of games. Mind you this was only powering a HD4870 .

 

[taz488]

Already bought the 6850 abarth, and finally got im back in business using a power adapter, all seems running well ive tried only DiRT3 and bioshock 2 all run sweet on max, will test on something bit more intensive soon.

Will most likely upgrade mobo/cpu/ram at some point soon anyway.

But thanks for all the help!