- Aug 3, 2014
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Hello, Tom's Hardware comunity!
My PSU recently broke and I found a new one online, but I need confirmation that it will work with my PC without breaking. My specs are the following:
- Inter Core I5 4690 CPU
- Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Motherboard
- 8 GB RAM Kingston DDR3
- Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 2GB GDDR5 Video Card
- Two fans from the case (Aerocool XPredator x1 Black Edition)
- 1TB HDD Western Digital Blue
- Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD Writer
- Chieftec APS-650CB 650W PSU
I used a program from Asus's website that told me this setup used roughly 500W of power, and my PSU delivers 650. What I didn't take into account was that around 80% of that was used for the PSU itself, leaving me with 520W for the rest of the system.
I have two questions: Firstly, if a components (let's say the Video Card or CPU) is used beyond normal, will it draw more power from the PSU? Because I believe that was the problem.
Secondly, I'm looking to buy a new PSU and I was thinking about a Chieftec GPM 750C, as it delivers 750W and it has 90% efficiency compared to the old one, which had only about 80% or so.
Thank you for your time!
My PSU recently broke and I found a new one online, but I need confirmation that it will work with my PC without breaking. My specs are the following:
- Inter Core I5 4690 CPU
- Gigabyte Z87-HD3 Motherboard
- 8 GB RAM Kingston DDR3
- Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GTX650 2GB GDDR5 Video Card
- Two fans from the case (Aerocool XPredator x1 Black Edition)
- 1TB HDD Western Digital Blue
- Samsung SH-224DB/RSBS DVD Writer
- Chieftec APS-650CB 650W PSU
I used a program from Asus's website that told me this setup used roughly 500W of power, and my PSU delivers 650. What I didn't take into account was that around 80% of that was used for the PSU itself, leaving me with 520W for the rest of the system.
I have two questions: Firstly, if a components (let's say the Video Card or CPU) is used beyond normal, will it draw more power from the PSU? Because I believe that was the problem.
Secondly, I'm looking to buy a new PSU and I was thinking about a Chieftec GPM 750C, as it delivers 750W and it has 90% efficiency compared to the old one, which had only about 80% or so.
Thank you for your time!
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