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If PSU breaks other components in danger?

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it depends on how your PSU breaks, theres a few things that can happen:

 

- it just cuts out, and dies "peacefully"

- it starts producing smoke while still providing clean power (i have two PSUs that died this way)

- it dies with a power surge into the rest of your system (RIP components)

- it completely shorts out and puts 110/230V on your components (you will have noticed this if it happens)

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Quick question, if my PSU just breaks just while playing GTA V could that have broken my other components?

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it depends on how your PSU breaks, theres a few things that can happen:

 

- it just cuts out, and dies "peacefully"

- it starts producing smoke while still providing clean power (i have two PSUs that died this way)

- it dies with a power surge into the rest of your system (RIP components)

- it completely shorts out and puts 110/230V on your components (you will have noticed this if it happens)

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it depends on how your PSU breaks, theres a few things that can happen:

 

- it just cuts out, and dies "peacefully"

- it starts producing smoke while still providing clean power (i have two PSUs that died this way)

- it dies with a power surge into the rest of your system (RIP components)

- it completely shorts out and puts 110/230V on your components (you will have noticed this if it happens)

peacefully

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Quick question, if my PSU just breaks just while playing GTA V could that have broken my other components?

I don't think so , only way to damage components is creating short cuts or current/voltage spikes out of the PSU and thats not the usual way a psu breaks

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I don't think so , only way to damage components is creating short cuts or current/voltage spikes out of the PSU and thats not the usual way a psu breaks

ok thank you, good  thing to know

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