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Does running a power supply at 80 to 90 of it.s watts limit when gaming

yory22
By yory22
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Can damage your psu and you pc ? I mean if you have a quality seasonic 650 watt and your system needs 600 watt or little more during gaming can that be bad

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as long as you have a quality power supply you can draw as close to 100% as you want.

 

that said, if you're building new, you should foresee some headroom.

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Can damage your psu and you pc ? I mean if you have a quality seasonic 650 watt and your system needs 600 watt or little more during gaming can that be bad

No, it should not damage the PSU, especially if you have the aforementioned Seasonic. If you have a cheap one that can't pump out enough amperage or loses oomph when it's hot then perhaps but with a good PSU, no.

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My PSU can draw 800W fine for extended periods of time - SeaSonic won't fail because you are using them as intended :D

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It's fine but the psu won't be running at it's optimal efficiency under that kind of load and temps might be a little higher too.

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Not having enough power can definitely bottleneck your performance, if that's what you're asking.

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