Second hand PC - PSU & RAM advice

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I got a second hand PC yesterday for my partner to use for general browsing and bit of gaming. I just have a few questions regarding the PSU & RAM

1) Is the power supply any good? I understand a cheap power supply isn't recommended and dont want it going bang and blowing up half the components.

2) It came with 12GB RAM one is a 8GB Stick of Fury Gaming RAM the other is a standard green ram stick 4GB although its half the size (height wise) for some reason. Will they run ok together or should I just stick to the 8GB stick? They are both same style DDR3 and speed.

PC Specs
AMD FX 8320 3.5GHz (8 Core)
12GB RAM
AMD 7700 2GB
128GB SSD
Artic Blue + 850W PSU
Windows 10 Pro
NZXT 440 Case White

Incase interested got this for £180 ($250) excluding the SSD/GPU as already had them.
 

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ok thanksd haha, i thought it was after googling psu and seeing it so cheap for wattage. Do you recommend a Corsair CX500 500W can get one of those for £25 second hand
 

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Ah right, il have a look into those then. Also the memtest what should i be looking out for is it obvious if it does the stuttering you mentioned?
 

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ah ok il see how it goes, i stuck the second module of ram back in and booted pc up to download memtest and it froze whilst on chrome. I was on this afternoon installing bit and it never froze once without the other ram stick in so maybe they wont work. Il see how it does on memtest anyway
 

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