Corsair HX620W and Dual Powercolor 4870's

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:27 pm

If I'm reading this correctly the HX620W will not support two 4870's as each 4870 needs two 12V rails and the HX620W only has two. Is that correct?

Gomeler · Post by **Gomeler** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:36 pm

The HX620w has enough power to run two HD 4870s however I believe it only has 2 PCIe power connectors. So, you could use a molex -> PCIe adapter to run the two HD 4870s. The number of rails in a powersupply doesn't matter so long as you don't dump your entire load on a single rail of a multi-rail powersupply.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 2:48 pm

I re-read Nates follow up of this PSU and he mentioned the same thing. I guess I'll just have to find a set of those.

Gomeler · Post by **Gomeler** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:16 pm

A lot of video cards currently come with them. Just checked and my GTX 260s, GTX285s, and HD4870x2 all came with one.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 4:22 pm

So what's it gonna take to get you to mail those to me?

Seriously though, can I run both Molex to PCIE adapters off one cable or do I need a seperate cable for each adapter? Meaning if the cable has two molex plugs can I just use that cable and two molex to PCIE adapters to power the one card?

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:57 pm

You can run them both off the one cable as long as that one rail has the amps, which it should. ........;)

I also have a bunch of those adapters around the house.

XstollieX · Post by **XstollieX** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 6:09 am

Skippman,
You set me up with hl2 and hl2e1 so if you need the adapters I'll send them to ya. Ill grab two and bring them to work today just pm me with your info.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 7:42 am

This is why I love this site! Thank's Bio and Stollie. Stollie I PM'd you my info.

I also e-mailed Corsair to see if the ever made the dual PCIE cables that Brian talks about in his follow up review.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 7:30 am

I've searched and searched and cannot find if the Powercolor uses the ATI refrence board layout. I'm probably going to have to water cool these bad boys and am wondering if the Koolance card cooler would work.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Sat Feb 21, 2009 9:10 am

Answered my own question. Here's the response from Koolance for those who are interested.

Koolance wrote: This sounds like the most common conflict between the HD 4870 when it does not work with our VID-487 water block. The original reference layout works fine, but as cards get older, companies often begin using alternate versions of the board. In this case, later 4870 cards have a taller row of caps between the GPU and outside VReg heat sink. Currently, that appears to include cards by Sapphire (100259-1GL in particular, but possibly others), PowerColor, Palit, and now Diamond. We have added these to our product wizard.

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:14 am

EK makes a 4870 block where you can remove thw V-reg section, you might want to take a look at those, but I'm not sure if the mounting holes would line-up or not.

http://www.sidewindercomputers.com/ekwaekcfac.html

Bio-Hazard · Post by **Bio-Hazard** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:20 am

Skippman wrote:I've searched and searched and cannot find if the Powercolor uses the ATI refrence board layout. I'm probably going to have to water cool these bad boys and am wondering if the Koolance card cooler would work.

If you're brave, pull your heat sink off and take a look at the position of the components, if they look like the included pic, its a reff card (doesn't matter about the color).

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Sun Feb 22, 2009 10:59 am

I've actually e-mailed a few companies this weekend about this very issue. I e-mailed Aqua Computer, EK, and of course Gabe @ Swiftech asking who makes solutions for my card. My card appears to look like this without the cooler:

Fortunatly both my cards are identical as Powercolor apparently released two diffrent PBC's for my card. So if I can find a cooler that will work it'll work for both cards. The Koolance might work but it looks like that one Pot is in the way and there might be clearance issues with the copper reinforcing bracket they use.

I'm really hoping that Swiftech cooler works for it as it will clear the bracket, is small, from Swiftech, and is reasonably priced. I don't really want to OC the card, just keep it cool and quiet. That and now I have the water cooling bug.

martini161 · Post by **martini161** » Mon Feb 23, 2009 8:52 pm

what pot?

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Tue Feb 24, 2009 7:20 am

martini161 wrote:what pot?

Correction, cap. At least I think its a cap. There two of them side by side to the upper right of the memory modules.

Post by **Apoptosis** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 7:54 am

Skippman wrote:So what's it gonna take to get you to mail those to me?

Seriously though, can I run both Molex to PCIE adapters off one cable or do I need a seperate cable for each adapter? Meaning if the cable has two molex plugs can I just use that cable and two molex to PCIE adapters to power the one card?

Call corsair and they will mail you the cables you need for their PSU free of charge last I knew.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Wed Feb 25, 2009 9:56 am

Apoptosis wrote:
Skippman wrote:So what's it gonna take to get you to mail those to me?

Seriously though, can I run both Molex to PCIE adapters off one cable or do I need a seperate cable for each adapter? Meaning if the cable has two molex plugs can I just use that cable and two molex to PCIE adapters to power the one card?
Call corsair and they will mail you the cables you need for their PSU free of charge last I knew.

I did after Stolle mailed them to me. The guy I dealt with was fantastic. Said he mailed out the cables on Monday so maybe I'll have them sometime this week. If it wasn't for Brians review of the PSU I wouldn't have even known that was an option. So thanks Legit for helping me out.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 2:29 pm

Well Stollie's cables finally came. The fan on the card spins up but that's about it. Examing his cables one of them is damaged on the connector. So I can only assume it's the cables fault. I'm using my new card right now as my main card. Swapped it with my older 4870 to make sure the card was good. Guess I'll have to wait for the new cables from Corsair.

XstollieX · Post by **XstollieX** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 6:41 pm

I swear it was in good shape when I sent it. Post or send me an image to see whats wrong with it.

Skippman · Post by **Skippman** » Thu Feb 26, 2009 9:35 pm

I'm not mad bro. It's not like I traded the games for the cables and i'm expecting some cables any day from Corsair.

Here's the picture. I can only assume it's not making proper contact with the power connecter on the card.

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