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Hi, Umm my sister bought me a Gtx 1060 3GB as a surprise present for my Birthday but she didn't know I was using a generic power supply 600W. I know that it isn't recommended but I am still saving money for a better branded PSU.

So my question is.

How long can my Generic 600W PSU survive using a GTX 1060 3GB?

PS: Yes I promise I will buy a better branded PSU but I need to save money for it first.
 
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No need for paranoia.
But that's the thing with generic PSUs - no way to tell what'll happen.
But when I was 10 years old and my dad bought a prebuild it had a generic PSUs and I've never had any problems with it.
If you got home insurance this is mostly covered as well.
But it's impossible to know just how good the quality and the condition of your PSU is and I'd replace it immediately for that reason but rather sooner thn later.

Generally I wouldn't stress the PSU and avoid high loads on GPU and CPU
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Hi, Umm I can save money for a new branded PSU in 1 month is that good enough? It won't blow up?

 
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Hi, Umm I will be shopping from this place. And I think my Budget will be 50$ it is P. 2,500 (Php) for our country.

https://pcx.com.ph/product-category/components/power-supply
 
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"a generic PSU often has less power efficiency. a good PSU has a efficiency of 80%. so if your PSU was a good quality one it would give atleast 480W of output. since its not, the output will be lower. the current PSU may run it but it wont be able to hold on long enough. try to change your PSU within two months if you can."
That is NOT how efficiency works. These are two completely different things. One is the rating if the 12V rail and the real output, the other one is efficiency. A 800W PSU with 80% efficiency will effectively draw 1000W from the grid to output 800W. This is efficiency.

You can have a bronze rated unit like the Seasonic S12II that can only output 480W in crossloads or a non-rated unit that can output full 520W in a crossload scenario (while drawing more power from the grid)

Also there's no way to tell if a generic non-branded PSU will blow up or not from the information provided.



There's unfortunately not one PSU on the age you provided that would be worth spending money on.
 
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I'm so paranoid right now... Always checking my PC. How about if when I am not gaming? or like just play dota 2 or LoL?
 
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No need for paranoia.
But that's the thing with generic PSUs - no way to tell what'll happen.
But when I was 10 years old and my dad bought a prebuild it had a generic PSUs and I've never had any problems with it.
If you got home insurance this is mostly covered as well.
But it's impossible to know just how good the quality and the condition of your PSU is and I'd replace it immediately for that reason but rather sooner thn later.

Generally I wouldn't stress the PSU and avoid high loads on GPU and CPU
 
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Fu***k that.. I'm putting this back on the box until I get a better PSU. The paranoia is killing me. I guess my beloved 550 Ti of 5 years will still be with me for a little while longer. Haha
 
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Thank you so much for the comfort. I will keep that in mind but.. most thing that scares me is when I boot it up from now on it won't like explode or anything?
 
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Believe me. From this day on that PSU upgrade will be my top most priority.

Thanks!~
 
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