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Will a Corsair CX430 be able to power a 290X

flame696

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Im looking to test out my 290x in my htpc to see if its worth spending money on a GPU for gaming but as its a htpc am only running a corssir cx430 PSU and was wondering if it will be able to handle thd 290x for testing
 
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That is the issue as it will be risky. What will happen if it cant power it? Will i ruin my card?
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It will turn off your PC randomly if the PSU doesn't blow up and take other parts with it. (seldom the second)

You would need to run something like a benchmark, game or GPU intensive program to be sure.

Personally I wouldn't risk it on the CX430. On other better quality PSUs I would, as they have safety measures for things like this.

Just found this on OCUK - 600W or greater PSU required for the MSI R9-290X
 
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Yeh im thinking of not risking the card as it will be an expensive mistake.

Will try and get hold of a budget gpu and see what i can do
 
If all your doing is putting it in your htpc semi-temporary i would say it would be fine, to trial and see if you like gaming on your htpc, and would advise the opposite not to run any stress utilities or benchmarks. Just a couple of older less intensive games to get the feeling if its worth spending the money on it
 
Gtx 970 would be great but way over budget im looking at no more then £100 new or about £80 second hand

Im too scared too try the 290x in the htpc now i dont wsnt to ruin it
 
Not a chance. I would even think twice about a 970 even though they are extremely power efficient. The CX series are budget psu's with cheap internals and are best avoided in my opinion. They cannot deliver the 430w on the 12v rail where it's needed. Depending on which version you have it can only deliver 336w or 384w on the 12v rail. The rest is made up on the minor rails. Any decent modern psu should be able to deliver all or near enough all of it's power on the 12v rail. When buying a psu ignore the total stated wattage and look up what the unit can actually deliver on the 12v rail. This is a excellent source of information and links to reviews.
 
I understand that the psu is a budget psu but i was only running a basic amd based fm2 rig. I really dont want to upgrade the psu as i wanted to only spend a minimal amount to be able to have a pc that ean some games
 
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I understand that the psu is a budget psu but i was only running a basic amd based fm2 rig. I really dont want to upgrade the psu as i wanted to only spend a minimal amount to be able to have a pc that ean some games
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The mere fact it doesn't have the PCIE connectors should tell you the story tbh dude. They only come with what? one six pin connector?
 
Yeh just the one six pin connector. This is working out a bit of a nightmare and looking to be expensive. Ive been offered a 4gb 650 which only requires 1x 6 pin
 
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