4x5870 1200 watt not enough???

[ptshamrock]

hey guys i am building a few systems right now..and have pretty much everything ready !

last poblem is: i just killed a 5870 as i had 4 of them runnign on one psu !

but i have seen others here on the forum doing the same without any problems?


MSI 890FXA-GD70     
AMD Sempron 145 2.8GHz Box
KINGSTON KVR1333D3N9/2G  2048MB DDR3
CORSAIR CMPSU-1200AXEU 1200W


a few XFX ,Sapphirre , Powercolor 5870 ! 


any suggestions?


i am finihing the systems now with 3 cards each ..but i quite don`t get why this doesn`t work out

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[fabianhjr]

I would suggest you read https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Mining_rig

[OCNewB]

Pretty sure it wasn't your PSU as i ran 1 5970 and 2x 5870 together on the OCZ ZX1000 which is a 1000W. The AX1200 is even better and rock solid so i think it was something else that killed your 5870, or it probably went bad on itself.