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Title: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: sanchaz on June 05, 2011, 03:40:49 PM As the topic says what would be best to get?
My only concern about getting the 2 HD 5830 is power consumption. What would be best investing my money in? Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: nazgulnarsil on June 05, 2011, 03:53:46 PM 2 5830 if your PSU is at least 600w.
downclock the memory to lower power use. 2x5830 = 500-600 Mh 1x 5850 = 300-400 Mh I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200. Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: sanchaz on June 05, 2011, 04:01:34 PM 2 5830 if your PSU is at least 600w. downclock the memory to lower power use. 2x5830 = 500-600 Mh 1x 5850 = 300-400 Mh I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200. i got a 650Watt PSU I already got a 5850 in there. 5850 use about 250 if im not mistaken. How much power does a 5830 use? Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: 1bitc0inplz on June 05, 2011, 04:09:17 PM I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200. Where did you find a 5830 for so cheap? The best I've seen has been $109 USD. Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: airdata on June 05, 2011, 05:29:19 PM yeah : 109 was cheapest I've seen. I got 3 of them friday from newegg @109ea. Have seen them going for $120+ on ebay.
How much power savings are we talking about by downclocking memory to 300 ? Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: nazgulnarsil on June 06, 2011, 01:22:54 AM I dont know but I do know that the 5830 uses significantly more power than the 5850.
Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: um0rion on June 06, 2011, 01:26:16 AM As for power, I have 4x 5850s in a rig, and the total system power usage is under 650 watts. All 4 cards are slightly overclocked, getting 300 mhash/s, Im not pushing due to heat. Very low power card.
Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: nazgulnarsil on June 06, 2011, 01:43:50 AM 5850 is really great, too bad the cards under $150 are long gone.
Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: shakaru on June 06, 2011, 01:52:00 AM Not true. Im heading over to Newegg in the morning for willcall pickup on a A@#load of 5830's.
Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: bleedkira on June 06, 2011, 01:57:32 AM 5850 is really great, too bad the cards under $150 are long gone. If you're vigilant, you can sometimes find ones for under $150.Title: Re: 2 HD 5830 or 1 HD5850 Post by: Dayofswords on June 06, 2011, 02:15:14 AM I picked up my 5830's for $80 a pop. Look around, 5850's are over $200. Where did you find a 5830 for so cheap? The best I've seen has been $109 USD. here's it for ~103 after shipping |