GTX560 or 6870HD

Okay, seeing as I don't want to start a thread just for this, I decided to post here. According to online sources, the HD 6870 requires a 500 watt PSU. I'm currently pushing a 600 watt generic cheapskate China PSU. Would it be safe running the card on this? I bought the PSU with GTS 250 7 months ago, and it hasn't given me problems so far, but I don't want to take any chances. I'm going to buy a proper brand of PSU sometime, but jut want to know if it'll be okay for now.

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Originally Posted by Graal

Okay, seeing as I don't want to start a thread just for this, I decided to post here. According to online sources, the HD 6870 requires a 500 watt PSU. I'm currently pushing a 600 watt generic cheapskate China PSU. Would it be safe running the card on this? I bought the PSU with GTS 250 7 months ago, and it hasn't given me problems so far, but I don't want to take any chances. I'm going to buy a proper brand of PSU sometime, but jut want to know if it'll be okay for now.

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I own a superchannel 550 Wat, no problems at all Graal, i too own a HD 6870...

so there wont be any issues, hec my PSU only has one 6 pin pcie connector, had to use 2 separate molex adapters for another 6pin pcie

Running for well over 2 months, no issues.....

It is important to check the 12v rating on your psu and also the stability of power provision.