Will This Bottleneck My System

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I have a system running on a Phenom II X4 965 BE proc with 4 gb ram, Radeon HD 6870 running on a 650 watt power supply. I'm thinking of buying a second one so I can run cross-fire but will I be bottle-necking my system by doing that or no? And should my power supply be good enough or would I need something stronger?

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you'd be cutting it fairly close with that power supply,

600 watt is the minimum recommended psu for cross-fire with the 6870 but that doesn't take into account for other things plugged in as well

so I'd recommend upgrading PSU then you'd be fine

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What is the model of PSU. 650w should be fine if it's a decent one. I'd consider getting a new mobo and an intel CPU if I was you. Your 6870 shouldn't be having trouble with much right now? Having said that two 6870's should chomp anything you throw at them for a year or two.

Do you have a SSD yet? Consider that also if you don't.

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The model of my PSU is here http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139005 In January of 2013 the computer will be 2 years old because thats when I built it. I didnt have the money back then for an intel build so thats why I went with an amd build. Also, no I don't have an SSD yet but have heard the increase in performance is so much better. Can you recommend a good one for cheap?

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