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6870 for £99 any good with my system?

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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
 
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! :-D
 
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 :P 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.
 
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