The AMD Radeon RX 480 has massive power problems

The AMD Radeon RX 480 has massive power problems

The RX 480 draws a high amount of power through the PCIe slot on the motherboard, which could lead to system instability and damage.

Yay, just as i bought this on launchday.

Hopefully a firmware update can ease things a bit?

Eish, glad i stuck with my 1 x 1080 indeed

People will still buy the RX480 despite the issues.

GTX970 had a problem and yet it was still quite a popular card, still is nowadays :)

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Originally Posted by blaaislaai

Yay, just as i bought this on launchday.

Hopefully a firmware update can ease things a bit?

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Just hope it doesn't fry your mobo

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Originally Posted by PsychoFish

Just hope it doesn't fry your mobo

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I need a new one anyway lol.. currently have a mini-itx system and feel the need to go the ATX route again

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Originally Posted by PsychoFish

Just hope it doesn't fry your mobo

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I doubt it will, I'm sure most motherboards will be able to handle the extra voltage and, if anything, the PC will probably just shut down :)

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Originally Posted by Jamie McKane

I doubt it will, I'm sure most motherboards will be able to handle the extra voltage and, if anything, the PC will probably just shut down :)

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Yeah, that's my thoughts too for most motherboards. I'm more concerned about the "budget" motherboard manufacturers that might have cut a corner somewhere and could potentially be vulnerable to damage on a voltage surge.

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Originally Posted by blaaislaai

I need a new one anyway lol.. currently have a mini-itx system and feel the need to go the ATX route again

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If you do look to get a new mobo let me know. Got my haswell CPU, mobo and Ram up for sale atm :)

I read somewhere (and now I can't find the link) that the latest drivers have already lowered the idle power usage to ~10w. Hopefully the PCIe power usage can also be sorted through the drivers.

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Originally Posted by Flex

If you do look to get a new mobo let me know. Got my haswell CPU, mobo and Ram up for sale atm :)

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Sweet, i saw :)

I would only need a new mobo, as I want to keep my CPU and RAM

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Originally Posted by blaaislaai

Sweet, i saw :)

I would only need a new mobo, as I want to keep my CPU and RAM

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That is actually perfect. have buyers for the RAM and CPU and not the Mobo :)

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Originally Posted by Flex

That is actually perfect. have buyers for the RAM and CPU and not the Mobo :)

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Only saw this now after I sent you a PM, ignore my PM as it's basically invalid then. I will let you know within the next week then! thanks

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Originally Posted by blaaislaai

Only saw this now after I sent you a PM, ignore my PM as it's basically invalid then. I will let you know within the next week then! thanks

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Np man, responded accordingly :)