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If it's a decent power supply - you could squeak by - but you're gonna have to use your own judgement on it being that it's a no-name.
I checked Corsair Power Supply Calculator - and they recommend as low as 400 W for Phenom II with 4850 - if you're not overclocking anything. But their PSU's are an efficient good quality PSU.
Corsair PSU Calculator
Newegg lists 450W as a minimum Power Supply for 4850 under System Requirements
Not sure what you mean there - But you'll need a PCIe Power source - OR - you can use 2 molex cables and an adaptor to power the card. It'll fit in a pciex16 slot.
Pic of PCIe Molex adaptor
The wire on the far right of picture.
I checked Corsair Power Supply Calculator - and they recommend as low as 400 W for Phenom II with 4850 - if you're not overclocking anything. But their PSU's are an efficient good quality PSU.
Corsair PSU Calculator
Newegg lists 450W as a minimum Power Supply for 4850 under System Requirements
Not sure what you mean there - But you'll need a PCIe Power source - OR - you can use 2 molex cables and an adaptor to power the card. It'll fit in a pciex16 slot.
Pic of PCIe Molex adaptor
The wire on the far right of picture.
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Fatback
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My 400w corsair powers my whole rig with out any problem. I don't know about a no name 450w though. Seems a little iffy to me how many amps does it have on the rails? My corsair has 30amps on 1 12v rail which is plenty to power the rig in my sig. I would probably go for it it should get by just barely. Although if it's going to be a gaming machine I would get a new PSU as soon as possible.
Also to answer you're question it use 1 6pin PCIe connector to power.
Also to answer you're question it use 1 6pin PCIe connector to power.