yoshuakaleb

actually what will happen if I run an intense application or game and the power supply is slightly below the requirements? have you tried once? does it crash or something?

is there any noticeable effect when playing intense game if I used this psu and then suddenly it might crash something like that? do you have a configuration which has less power supply than required before?

actually i have already put some consideration in this. since z97 wont do any better due to this news. http://www.techpowerup.com/202196/asus-enables-overclocking-on-h97-h87-b85-and-h81-series-motherboards.html

I have this Silverstone SST-ST50F-ES it has 500W PEAK but 408W continuous. http://www.silverstonetek.com/product.php?pid=248&area= After I do some research, I found out that MSI R9 280X 3G has 370W under load wattage http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/10/28/msi_r9_280x_gaming_video_card_review/10#.U6_rNvmSwo0 So, I do some basic math if I use 4690K and 280X and 50 W for MOBO, SSD, RAM, and FAN, then full wattage would be 102 W + 370 W + 50 W = 512 W These are my configuration. http://pcpartpicker.com/user/yoshuakaleb/saved/2NJtt6 This is my first time building my own rig. I'm not planning to do overclock soon but maybe in the future. My questions are 1. Is this build going to work? 2. Are there any noticeable effect during normal usage or playing intense game? 3. Will it harm my other components for prolonged usage? 4. Should I buy 600 W power supply or more? 5. What is the cause of smoking power supply? Sorry for my bad english. Thanks.