- Oct 2, 2013
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Hello everyone, This is Kind of an Urgent Issue!
I had a noise issue in my PC which I thought was no big dead since it was just a rickety fan but I had no cooling issues, but after replacing almost everything in my PC and checking the rest I have finally found the issue to actually NOT be a fan, but some sort of internal component in my Corsair TX650 PSU, which has been happening for a long time actually.
Naturally, I was kind of worried about my power supply making a very suspicious noise, and I removed it right away. I threw in an old Corsair HX 520W unit that I had from a relative, and that noise went away as well as some other general noises that were with that power supply. Overall, it works much better, and I will be using it until Corsair sends me a new TX650.
However, I do have some concerns about the wattage of the unit. I was told that it is a very good power supply, however that doesn't change the fact that it is only 520 watts. My system is listed in the description of my profile, which includes an overclocked (4.4 GHz) FX-6350, an overclocked 3-fan GTX 770, 2 case fans, one Cooler Master Blademaster 120 fan on my Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus, as well as one WD Blue 1TB drive, one optical drive, and 2x4 GB of G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1600 RAM. PCPartPicker says that this config at full load will not draw more than 464 watts, yet NVIDIA recommends power supplies no less than 600W to run a rig with a 770 in it. I am typing this on said computer now with no issues so far, but I have done nothing but load up this browser page and monitor the clocks and voltages of my PC. I would like to use this as a gaming PC, since I have a few hours off tomorrow, but I do not want to risk overdrawing power.
TL;DR: Do you guys think that a Corsair HX520 520W unit will be enough to power my system, at least temporarily? And if so, what tasks am I safe to do? If not, can I at least use it to do very simple tasks like browse the web and such? Thanks!
I had a noise issue in my PC which I thought was no big dead since it was just a rickety fan but I had no cooling issues, but after replacing almost everything in my PC and checking the rest I have finally found the issue to actually NOT be a fan, but some sort of internal component in my Corsair TX650 PSU, which has been happening for a long time actually.
Naturally, I was kind of worried about my power supply making a very suspicious noise, and I removed it right away. I threw in an old Corsair HX 520W unit that I had from a relative, and that noise went away as well as some other general noises that were with that power supply. Overall, it works much better, and I will be using it until Corsair sends me a new TX650.
However, I do have some concerns about the wattage of the unit. I was told that it is a very good power supply, however that doesn't change the fact that it is only 520 watts. My system is listed in the description of my profile, which includes an overclocked (4.4 GHz) FX-6350, an overclocked 3-fan GTX 770, 2 case fans, one Cooler Master Blademaster 120 fan on my Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus, as well as one WD Blue 1TB drive, one optical drive, and 2x4 GB of G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1600 RAM. PCPartPicker says that this config at full load will not draw more than 464 watts, yet NVIDIA recommends power supplies no less than 600W to run a rig with a 770 in it. I am typing this on said computer now with no issues so far, but I have done nothing but load up this browser page and monitor the clocks and voltages of my PC. I would like to use this as a gaming PC, since I have a few hours off tomorrow, but I do not want to risk overdrawing power.
TL;DR: Do you guys think that a Corsair HX520 520W unit will be enough to power my system, at least temporarily? And if so, what tasks am I safe to do? If not, can I at least use it to do very simple tasks like browse the web and such? Thanks!
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