how good is my psu?

[Jabber929]

I got a free computer a bit ago and it has a i7-3770 and going to have a GTX 1060 6gb mini and was wondering if my psu was good for it. It is a 600w psu but it is a Ultra ULT-LS600. Any help is appreciated. 

[Slayer3032]

The Ultra PSU that I had back on a LGA775 or AM2+ board burnt up and let out a decent sized cloud of smoke, I had to rip the cord out of the wall before it properly caught on fire. Luckily the rest of the build was fine and it didn't even turn off until I yanked the cord. Ultra has always sold junk though and it's likely 10+ years old now on what was one of the lower end psus they would have offered.

 

I personally wouldn't use it for anything more than benchtesting some 12v electronics, fans, ect. That's a pretty good computer for free, I wouldn't risk it over $40-50 for a decent psu or even the $20-30 you could pick up a decent used psu for.

[Spotty]

i7 3770 + GTX 1060 6GB is a great computer to get for free.

I would suggest replacing the power supply and buying a 250GB+ SSD for the operating system (if it doesn't already have an SSD).

[Jabber929]

Well thank you Slayer3202 and spotty! I did end up getting the gtx 1060 and in the process of getting a better psu and ssd, but running into problems with the mobo in that it wont post at all with the graphics card installed, as in it wont even post on the mobo video outputs with changing some settings in the bios. Trying to update the bios, but it's a turd since intel took off all of their bios updates for their desktop mobo since they have been out of service since 2016.