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GTX470/GTX480 on 520w HX Corsair PSU?

maybe, since the recommended is 550w, but it depends on what you run, if you use furmark then it might crash

probably not unless you run Furmark

Yes, although it's probably not a good idea to put a reference 480 in antec 300 with the side on
 
The Corsair Hx520 is a pretty quality unit, made my Seasonic. It will take a GTX480, but it will most likely be running at capacity, and running a PSU at capacity constantly will reduce it's lifespan by quite a margin. Would suggest either A) Better PSU, or B) ATI card, runs cooler and uses less power, solving your PSU and Case problem
 
You might get away with a 470 but I wouldn't recommend trying a 480 on it. As soon as you load the gpu and cpu it might not go bang but it will be beyond comfortable limits I would say, like mojo said.

And yeah the 470/480 will fit in a 300 fine.
 
I reckon you'd be alright on a GTX480, maybe thats optimistic, best way to be:D

The corsair (Seasonic) PSU's are still happy bunnies 10% or so past their quoted wattage, so really you've got like an HX560W,
doesn't a 480 draw 250W?
Probs the rest of your overclocked system is 200W+_ 10%
 
My HX520 runs 2x GTX 260s heavily overclocked with a AMD dualie fine, make of that what you will :)
 
It really depends on the rest of your system. If you have a nice frugal i3 then it'll run either. If you have a power hungry overclocked i7 980X, with voltage through the ceiling then probably not...
 
I played Arma II on my 5850 and the graphics and FPS seemed fine. Didn't play it for too long though as it was just too clunky (control wise) for my liking.

Essentially you have the same set-up as me, and I reckon the max power draw is around 450W (considering I have watercooling too, plus an SSD), so you'd be fine with a 5870. Or a 5850.
 
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