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550w power supply to a 500w ??

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October 7, 2014 5:31:12 PM

I have a custom built gaming computer with a 550w power supply and it`s busted, can I switch it with a 500w that I have laying around???

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October 7, 2014 5:41:37 PM

it would highly depend on the total system draw in the computer and the quality of the intended PSU. but if you have a single video card 500 watts in most cases is more than enough.
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October 7, 2014 5:53:57 PM

provided that what you have is not some cheap generic one
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October 8, 2014 9:37:53 AM

The PSU i`m going to use is a powerlink LPK2-30 500w and yeah it`s only a single video card.
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October 8, 2014 12:34:41 PM

Glock_ said:
The PSU i`m going to use is a powerlink LPK2-30 500w and yeah it`s only a single video card.

it will work although it is a low quality PSU id just use it until you can afford something of high quality. I would also check if your video card uses pci-e power as you would need a splitter 2 molex to pci-e if that power supply does not have one.
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