6870 for £99 any good with my system?

[SuperSaiyan4]

I just got a call from my local computer store and they are able to get Gigabyte ATi HD 6870 1gb for £99!! Now obviously that price is awesome but am wondering if I will be ok using it with the following spec:

My main concern is the power supply I am using a Hiper 600W (could be 625watt although kinda hard to see) is that ok?

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 Pro
Ram: Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8gb

 

[James J]

Completely fine

 

[Jordan97]

Since you are using a Hiper PSU, I will introduce you to the Hiper-Explosive Club:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17694588

They've got quite a poor reputation, and so I would look into getting something like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-042-BQ&tool=5

 

[SuperSaiyan4]

Well I am using the 600watt version its black with black mesh on the cables never had any problems with it.

Also just checked the official website for gigabyte and minimum power supply is 500w so am guessing should be ok

But damn £99 for this card seems crazy cheap! After looking around it seems to sell for around £140! I was originally going to get a 5770 then saw **** offering the 6770 for £76 and as I was about to order it I get a call for the 6870! Happy days!

 

[luckyguy20]

I just got a call from my local computer store and they are able to get Gigabyte ATi HD 6870 1gb for £99!! Now obviously that price is awesome but am wondering if I will be ok using it with the following spec:

My main concern is the power supply I am using a Hiper 600W (could be 625watt although kinda hard to see) is that ok?

CPU: AMD Phenom II X2 555
Motherboard: Asus M5A97 Pro
Ram: Kingston HyperX Genesis Grey 8gb

that is well cheap! usually sells for £140 and £120 second hand. good brand as well. you should be fine, i used this card with a 550w CM psu before and it was fine. not sure about the PSU brand your using though.

 

[SuperSaiyan4]

Well I have had no issues with the power supply as of yet and paid good money for it but I guess time will tell. But I will have enough money at the end of this month for a bit better power supply but when the time comes ill ask on here to see which one is worth getting within my budget may look at a 700w power supply.

Am just waiting on the guy to e-mail me the specs on that card I am hoping its the super overclocked version haha but I know there are 3 versions the standard, overclocked and super overclocked. Also seems to be AMD branded rather than the older ATi brand name.

 

[ray168]

wow very good price for that card...

 

[bhavv]

'Paid good money' and 'Hiper PSU' do not compute.

They shouldnt be expensive, and yes far too many of them explode, occasionally killing other PC components too.

There are lots of better alternatives, BeQuiet as someone posted above, or an OCZ which are very good and reliable for the price.

£99 for a 6870 is great though.

 

[SuperSaiyan4]

Far too many explode? Well if that was the case there would be a recall and a huge announcement as that is highly dangerous!

 

[TheRealDeal]

Had my hiper type-r for 4 years and it never let me down. I got a new corsair psu to put my mind at rest though as all of the story's regarding the hiper blowing up were playing on my mind.

The 6870 is a great card for that price. I paid £200 back in december which i dont regret as its a great little performer.

 

[iostream]

I had a Hiper Type-R for about 3 months a year or so back. It had pretty bad capacitor squeal after a couple months of use so I ended up getting rid of it. Was unaware of the "exploding" issue, perhaps a good thing it started squealing instead