Ok, first lets get this out of the way… DON’T TRY THIS AT HOME!!!
I was doing some research to find a power supply to pair with my two HD4870s, (one HIS 512, one Asus dk 1gig) and also to run custom a custom water cooling kit am planning to throw together. Was eyeing the Corsair HX850w and a few PSUs from PC Power and Cooling. In my search I coincidentally discovered two things about my current unit:
1. The corsair vx550w is actually a 650w in a 550 clothing.
2. A German review site was actually able to pull in excess of 800w from said PSU.
So I grabbed my trusty fire extinguisher and molex to 6pin pcie adapters dropped in my HIS card and let it rip. Here is the result….
Didn't have the the balls to max the clocks on the second card