Casual Gaming PC (Question about PSU)

dsr07mm · Jul 11, 2016

Intel i5 4460
MSI H81M-P33
1x8GB HyperX 1600Mhz
1TB WD10EZEX
256GB SSD Samsung EVO850
AMD R9 380 Sapphire Nitro

So this would be setup for my wife, for games like mobas, H1Z1 and couple more games like Evolve etc on medium/high settings in 1440x900/1080p depending on how intensive games they are.

Now my question is can this PC run on 600W, LC Power LC600H-12 ? I know it's weak, I have EVGA850W for myself, she had 750W same G2 EVGA but I needed to sell that PC so I'm looking for this particular one. Nothing overclocked, stock, nothing else literally.

In theory despite being weak PSU can this work ?

P.S I know it's not based on experience, more like pure luck but I had my i7 4770k + gtx970 MSI with high OC going on some LC-650W PSU despite rumours that it's really bad. So in theory can this work ?

Thanks.

IDProG · Jul 11, 2016

bignastyid · Jul 11, 2016

PSUs like that are like a time bomb with a random number generator instead of a timer. It may blow the instant it gets power or it may last awhile.

geofelt · Jul 11, 2016

It will work, but Not best.

1. Why build with old tech.
A I3-6100 will be cheaper and game better.
Any lga1151 motherboard will do.

2. Always buy ram in pairs to get dual channel operation. 2 x 4gb should be fine. Speed is unimportant.

3. Love the Samsung evo. On a budget, I might defer on the hard drive until you actually need more space.

4. DO NOT buy a cheap psu.
A cheap PSU will be made of substandard components. It will not have safety and overload protections.
If it fails under load, it can destroy anything it is connected to.
It will deliver advertised power only at room temperatures, not at higher temperatures found when installed in a case.
The wattage will be delivered on the 3 and 5v rails, not on the 12v rails where modern parts
like the CPU and Graphics cards need it. What power is delivered may fluctuate and cause instability
issues that are hard to diagnose.
The fan will need to spin up higher to cool it, making it noisy.
A cheap PSU can become very expensive. Do not buy one.
Look to xfx or Seasonic.

5. A R9-380 needs about 550w.
That particular unit has some 30% negative(0 and 1 egg) newegg reviews.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202166

I think for casual gaming, I would look at GTX950/960
I would look at a more modern RX-480 or the new GTX1060.

dsr07mm · Jul 11, 2016

I know what is ideal. She had i5 6600k/gtx960 g1/2x8gb ddr4/z170-A Asus. But budget situation wasn't the best so we needed money. Now I was looking to get this combo and this I found from local dealer (checked), everything for about 400$ with warranty on 1 year / 10 months in store which is in my city (also checked and huge name in my country where I have experience). So getting something else from cpu/gpu/mobo/ram wasn't an option unfortunately.

I was thinking to run this on this PSU for 2-3 weeks at most and then get something with atleast silver rating.

I had http://www.lc-power.com/index.php?id=197&L=1 for i7 4770k @ 4.2GHz and GTX970 @ 1500/8000. You would say DON'T put that in case right ? But unfortunately when there is no choice agrh. I know it's time bomb most likely, I had to deal with 2 different PC's during last 5 days and really old PSU's so I get that. I just need something to push this till I get my payment somewhere in first half of August while I get this in 2 days already and PSU was part of all hardware under same pricetag.

dsr07mm · Jul 11, 2016

Edit: I ordered Coolermaster G650M for 80$, it's on discount with only 3 years warranty though but it's okay, by then PC will be outdated most likely anyways so I will find cheaper if this one die after 3 years.

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