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Is this PSU that bad, will it hurt my PC? - THUNDER 600W

kris_r8
By kris_r8
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So I am putting a system together for some games and work. And I have a PSU(THUNDER 600W-Link) that I have for a few years, but haven't used it much. On the forums I read its a "Do Not Buy" PSU.

The parts I will be using are: R5 3600 + GTX 1070 8G(with Asus Prime X470-PRO).

I am not planning on putting more GPUs or more consumption than normal. Do you think it may cause me some big problems in the future, and if it did will it damage the other components?

At the moment I dont't have the budget to get a new PSU, but If it endangers the other parts I am not risking it and will buy something reliable.

Thank you :)

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yep, its totally a group reg.... so i think i know why people dont reccomend it

 

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You'll be putting your hardware at a great risk of failure and premature death if you insist on this power supply.

Personal Desktop":

CPU: Intel Core i7 10700K @5ghz |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock Pro 4 |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Z490UD ATX|~| RAM: 16gb DDR4 3333mhzCL16 G.Skill Trident Z |~| GPU: RX 6900XT Sapphire Nitro+ |~| PSU: Corsair TX650M 80Plus Gold |~| Boot:  SSD WD Green M.2 2280 240GB |~| Storage: 1x3TB HDD 7200rpm Seagate Barracuda + SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB |~| Case: Fractal Design Meshify C Mini |~| Display: Toshiba UL7A 4K/60hz |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro.

Luna, the temporary Desktop:

CPU: AMD R9 7950XT  |~| Cooling: bq! Dark Rock 4 Pro |~| MOBO: Gigabyte Aorus Master |~| RAM: 32G Kingston HyperX |~| GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX (Reference) |~| PSU: Corsair HX1000 80+ Platinum |~| Windows Boot Drive: 2x 512GB (1TB total) Plextor SATA SSD (RAID0 volume) |~| Linux Boot Drive: 500GB Kingston A2000 |~| Storage: 4TB WD Black HDD |~| Case: Cooler Master Silencio S600 |~| Display 1 (leftmost): Eizo (unknown model) 1920x1080 IPS @ 60Hz|~| Display 2 (center): BenQ ZOWIE XL2540 1920x1080 TN @ 240Hz |~| Display 3 (rightmost): Wacom Cintiq Pro 24 3840x2160 IPS @ 60Hz 10-bit |~| OS: Windows 10 Pro (games / art) + Linux (distro: NixOS; programming and daily driver)
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I know a PSU isn't exactly "fun" to buy but its job is to supply your system with clean and reliable power. If you value your components at all DO NOT cheap out on your PSU. Use the PSU list on the forum and buy accordingly. 

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