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I need to know if my psu will work fine with rx 560

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Like the others said, a RX 560 consumes under 100 watts.

x3440 and motherboard and ram will be less than 100 watts on average.

 

That psu says it has 3 12v rails, each with 18-19A (~ 220w) and normally you don't add them up together, an honest psu would have around 45A in total on those 3 rails, or around 550w .... but I strongly suspect the psu is lying about its capabilities and it can probably do around 350-400w in total on 12v.

 

With the new video card, you probably won't go over 200-250w so everything should be fine.... but you should seriously consider replacing the psu with one from a brand that doesn't have fake labels or lie on labels.

Hey guys, so i have a question currently in my pc I have a 600w Cheap chinese powersupply which i bought for 35 $ on ali express in winter (at the time i didn't know much about psu) and now im stuck with it .. recently I found a good deal on a rx560 I was thinking that if I buy it and put it in my system will the psu be fine or pop or something and take my system down with it (keep in mind that I can't really spend more money on psu they're quite expensive in my country and im a senior highschool student). I've watched a video on a tech youtuber explaining how to spot a bad psu according to what he said I personally think it would probably work fine but I wanted to know what you guys think since you all are Experienced so kindly tell me if i can get that rx 560 or not? .. https://youtu.be/SX0LjqdGvxs

The video link 

My current specs are

Xeon x3440 

4gb ddr3 1333 ram

Hd 5450 512mb (planning on getting rx 560)

Wd 300GB hdd 7200rpm

 

Thanks in adv :)

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An RX 560 consumes so little power that I doubt your PSU will struggle to keep up with it, even if it's a cheap offbrand one.

 

What's more concerning to me is that, considering how tight of a budget your PC looks like it's on if your PSU did have a problem and break other components you'd have a difficult time buying replacement parts.

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Like the others said, a RX 560 consumes under 100 watts.

x3440 and motherboard and ram will be less than 100 watts on average.

 

That psu says it has 3 12v rails, each with 18-19A (~ 220w) and normally you don't add them up together, an honest psu would have around 45A in total on those 3 rails, or around 550w .... but I strongly suspect the psu is lying about its capabilities and it can probably do around 350-400w in total on 12v.

 

With the new video card, you probably won't go over 200-250w so everything should be fine.... but you should seriously consider replacing the psu with one from a brand that doesn't have fake labels or lie on labels.

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Ok thanks guys for the advice.. ill buy the rx560 for now and the next thing ill do in a couple months maybe is buy a branded and reliable powersupply.. 

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2 hours ago, Bites za dust said:

Ok thanks guys for the advice.. ill buy the rx560 for now and the next thing ill do in a couple months maybe is buy a branded and reliable powersupply.. 

No.  Buy the new PSU.  

 

Hard to believe that fire hazard even works still, never mind burnt your house down.

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