I am looking to buy a GPU for my friends pc that is made store bought. He took his computer apart and told me that his psu is 200 W. I want to give him a GTX 1050 for his birthday. The 1050 can run at a minimum of 75 W but it says 300 W is recommended. I am wondering he plugs in the GPU, will the psu max out because of the 300 W recommendation or does it depend on the games that he will play. He will probably play Minecraft, CSGO, Rainbow Six, Battlefield. I really appreciate the help.
What happens if I max out psu?
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RylieDetchon
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Even though the 1050 takes 75W, it still requires a lot of head room to run. 300W is the bare minimum, and I wouldn't risk trying to run it with a 200W PSU. This can result in frequent black screens/BSOD, shutting down, restarts, and damaging to either the GPU or PSU.
captaincharisma
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if your friend's computer has a good quality PSU then all it will do is just turn off. if its a cheapo PSU he has it will pop and may catch on fire
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There are to many factors with a unknown power supply.
1. Quality
2. Age.. All supplies are subject to "Rot" Where as the max output goes down with age.
3. Correct Amps across the 12V rails... If you don't supply the right amount you can burn the GPU as well as the PSU.
300 W is recommended from Nvidia but tested results list a 320W.
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm
Running a 200W unit of unknown quality is a huge risk that is not worth taking, I would advise replacing the supply. If this was a 250W OEM supplied by a decent company I would say go with it but a 200W.... No.
1. Quality
2. Age.. All supplies are subject to "Rot" Where as the max output goes down with age.
3. Correct Amps across the 12V rails... If you don't supply the right amount you can burn the GPU as well as the PSU.
300 W is recommended from Nvidia but tested results list a 320W.
http://www.realhardtechx.com/index_archivos/Page362.htm
Running a 200W unit of unknown quality is a huge risk that is not worth taking, I would advise replacing the supply. If this was a 250W OEM supplied by a decent company I would say go with it but a 200W.... No.
- Jun 19, 2011
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Best case PSU shuts down when overloaded, worst case it pops and fries the whole system, highly unlikely but possible absolute worst case is it catches fire and burns his house down.
If you want a better risk assessment we need more info like full system specs including the make and model of the current PSU.
If you want a better risk assessment we need more info like full system specs including the make and model of the current PSU.
Rocky Bennett
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Worse case scenario is that the power supply pops and catches the PC on fire which in turn catches the house on fire which in turn shoots sparks to the neighbors and burns the entire neighborhood down./
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