Will this PSU do?

Spirit Crusher · 28 Feb 2009 at 23:50

Will this cheap PSU power an ATI Radeon 4670 Ok? Recommended is 400 or greater, Am I taking a risk with a 425 watt?http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-HP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=

jak731 · 28 Feb 2009 at 23:57

depends on the rest of the system.

icey_haj · 1 Mar 2009 at 00:12

Much rather go for this than the Hiper, and 400W should be ok for an normal system.

Paul2506 · 1 Mar 2009 at 10:39

jak731 said:
depends on the rest of the system.

^^ Same!

But it also depends on what you decide to upgrade on in the future too

Ben M · 1 Mar 2009 at 10:41

will probably be fine provided that the rest of the system isn't some massive monster with a bazillion HDDs.

neon.uk · 1 Mar 2009 at 10:43

Yeah, that should be fine, unless the rest of your system is a power hungry beast. The 4670 has very low power consumption.

pastymuncher · 1 Mar 2009 at 14:34

It is highly unlikley that you will get near 400w. The rig in my siggy plus a pair of sata hdd's, sata dvdrw, 5x 120mm fans and a multifunction controller only pulls 274w at the wall while running Orthos and Fur stability test at the same time.

I certainly would'nt use a Hiper though. Buy cheap and you get cheap and nasty quality. Look to pay £35+ for a decent small psu. Depending on the rest of your spec you could probably get away with one of the excellent Enemax Pro82+ 385w psu's. I have one powering a ATI 3850 and a E5200 clocked at 3.6Ghz. It only cost me £35 too. Do not skimp on a psu. It is the single most important component in the pc. If you buy a cheap one and it fails then it is more likely to take out other components with it. Hiper's are very good at this!!