What are the risks of overclocking a video card with a Tier-3 PSU?

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I have Antec VP 650W PSU and planning to get a GTX 1070 which I think to overclock. Are there any risks involved since my PSU is a tier 3?

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i5 6500, 16 GB DDR4, 1 TB HDD
 
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wattage is ok as u r above the required...usually it is recommended to use atleast a tier 2 psu for better longevity but risks involved is purely based on luck...a lot of ppl do OC and work fine, while a lot other have experienced their pcbs fry out with bad quality psu...for eg, if a tier 1 psu has 5% chance of anomaly then a tier 3 can have somewhere around 20% to 25% chance of playing up...u can do the rest of the maths...
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wattage is ok as u r above the required...usually it is recommended to use atleast a tier 2 psu for better longevity but risks involved is purely based on luck...a lot of ppl do OC and work fine, while a lot other have experienced their pcbs fry out with bad quality psu...for eg, if a tier 1 psu has 5% chance of anomaly then a tier 3 can have somewhere around 20% to 25% chance of playing up...u can do the rest of the maths...
 
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