Just looking for a small confirmation

RodG

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Hello
I am unsure if I should post this here or on the community forums, but it's a small question that I am positive the solution would be to get a better PSU, but I would like some confirmation first.
Recently I upgraded my PC and my old motherboard and GPU I installed them at work on an old empty PC case.
My old PC was a Intel Quad Core with a gigabyte motherboard ga-ep41t-ud3l and an nivdia GTX 650 Ti. and the old PC case has a generic 550W PSU, I guess that's low and I need to get one with higher W?
Pretty sure that's the case, when I tried booting it, it started a continuous beep and googling it I've read that it's a GPU issue and most likely there's not enough power reaching it.
 
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You don't need higher wattage just higher quality. A good 550w PSU will be more than enough for your specs. The problem with low quality and generic PSUs is they can't deliver anything close to the rated wattage where it counts. They usually have a small 12v rail that only accounts for ~half of the total wattage, while a higher quality unit will b able to deliver most of it rated wattage on the 12v rail. These generic/low end PSUs also have a tendency to damage other hardware l as they usually have very poor voltage regulation and the overvoltage protection is skimpy to no existent. And when they fail they can fry the whole system.

Math Geek

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550w is enough for those parts by far. the psu could be the issue but not because of watts. that system should run on 350 watts. do you have a psu tester to check it? i'd do some component testing first to avoid an unnecessary expense. for instance, plug in your new psu to these parts and see if they work. if so then you know it's the psu. if not then it's something else.

a new psu will be pretty cheap since you don't need a lot of watts but always nice to save money if you can spare the time.
 

bignastyid

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You don't need higher wattage just higher quality. A good 550w PSU will be more than enough for your specs. The problem with low quality and generic PSUs is they can't deliver anything close to the rated wattage where it counts. They usually have a small 12v rail that only accounts for ~half of the total wattage, while a higher quality unit will b able to deliver most of it rated wattage on the 12v rail. These generic/low end PSUs also have a tendency to damage other hardware l as they usually have very poor voltage regulation and the overvoltage protection is skimpy to no existent. And when they fail they can fry the whole system.
 
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