Power Supply Damage Concern

apcs13

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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 am still very concerned about the rest of my PC. Do you think it is possible that this issue in my power supply's innards could have harmed any or all of the other parts in my PC??

Thanks for any and all help!
 

apcs13

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Thanks for the reply, I have another question for you if you can answer it: do you think my HX 520 will be able to power my PC? I know NVIDIA recommends at least 600W for a 770-based system, but I know that they tend to go a little high and PCPartPicker says I will only use 464W at load... do you think the HX520 is okay for short term use?

Also if yes, could I do gaming with it and still be okay? If no, can I at least use it for basic low intensity stuff like web browsing, where my parts are not at full power consumption?
 

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