Opinions on a PSU/GPU upgrade.

[elison]

Just wanting some peoples opinions on this Video Card and Power Supply I want to upgrade to.

Vidya Card:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814102872

PSU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817139005


Is that PSU enough to handle Crossfired 5870s in the near future? Anyone with personal experience with the 5870 that can give me some insight?

Thanks in advance.

[Jojimbo]

A 650W is pushing it if you OC (if not unusable), at socks the rated wattage is 188W for each 5870 and ~140W or so for CPU (depends what you are using though). Personally I would go for an 850W PSU to be on the safe side.

EDIT:: Plus that 650W only has 2 PCI-E connectors, CF 5870 requires 4 so you would have to buy connector converters (most people don't recommend this). Corsair's TX850W has 4 though.

[elison]

Any opinion on that card? Was debating getting the XFX HD5870 2gb, but it's nearly $120.00 more. Suggestions?

[Olo401]

Agreed.. you're gonna need at least 800W to comfortably run dual 5870s. And I'd just get a 1GB model for now, unless you're planning to run multiple monitors in an Eyefinity setup.