Is this PSU enough for a Radeon HD 5850?

I have a PowerCooler 500 real watts PSU. It’s an Argentine brand, but I assure you, it is the best available Argentine PSU brand and these facts are not fictional, but rather trustworthy.

http://www.powercooler.com.ar/productos/fuente_ps_500ss.html

(scroll down to see specs – in english)

I’m thinking of export a Sapphire Radeon HD 5850, but when I try to find online the real power necessary I get mixed result. Some people say it’s more than enough, some people say the card requires 40A or above to function properly.

I have no conundrum in export a new PSU, the only thing is I have money to buy only one thing at a time. I can buy the PSU in 2 weeks or so, when I get paid, but in anticipation of then I can’t afford both, and I found a dealer with an awesome price for the card, really don’t want to miss the opportunity to buy it while it’s in stock.

My system is a Q6600 with 5Gb (1x2Gb, 3x1Gb), a Samsung SATA 7200rpm 320 Gb HD, 4x80mm fans, 1x120mm fan, and an IDE DVDR/CDR combo.

1- Should I be fine with my PSU and not buy a new one?
2- If I need to buy a new one (for assurance) could I technically run my system without any danger of damaging any components (obviously if I need a new PSU, in anticipation of I buy it I’ll restrict my making a bet habit)?
Thanks for responses in enhancement!
Trust me the PSU is a excellent brand, Corsairs and the like here in Argentina are extremely expensive, just consider this “being” a Corsair, because I know for a fact that they are as reliable as Corsair’s, it’s just it’s produced in Argentina, so most people will never have heard of them

Answer by Jared
It is a bit weak. I have the same card in my system, and run a 1100Watt PSU , but that is in anticipation of adding a second in the future.

It would doubtless power up, but I wouldn’t trust the stability of the rails. I would have to recommend obtaining a substantially more powerful CPU by a reputable brand, Corsair, Antec, etc.

A common system load with the 5850 is 500-600watts, (at full load).. so you can see everywhere it might be taxed under heavy application.

2 — I can’t guarantee no hurt,.. because I have hurt a Gfx card due to a weak CPU, but it was an incredibly weak generic HP PSU. If you obtained another PSU in a relatively quick quantity of time I don’t reckon you would have any problems.

Excellent luck,

Answer by Platinum D
500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express power connectors recommended (600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode)

Answer by Nick
It’s hard to say, because I don’t know how efficient of a PSU that is. If I were you, I would get a Corsair 650W or 750W (there’s only like a $ 10 difference between the two).

On ATI’s website, they say, “500 Watt or greater power supply with two 75W 6-pin PCI Express® power connectors recommended.

I don’t know if you can buy a Corsair everywhere you live though.

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Because the phone I have, Samsung Glyde, from Verizon, is broken.

-Touch screen goes crazy
-Screen is half attached
-Freezes and turns off by itself, at random.

I’m going in to get it flat on monday, and I just looked on the website for phones, and the Gylde isn’t on it, so does that mean they took it off stock? If they did, doesn’t that mean I can get a whole new phone?

Because my friend had the explorer and it broke and they took it off stock so she got the EnV3 produce the explorer got taken off stock.

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you can get a new one and they no longer sell the glyde so you will either get a MOTORIVAL or a env touch or env3

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I have the Explorer.. It at random freezes and shuts off too. I deal with it though produce I cant get a new phone till my contract is up. Lol.

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