Can a underpowered psu kill componets?

[Yanick de Wit]

Today I ordered a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 aorus master and it is scheduled for delivery tomorrow (10/11/2020)

All of my other components will be ordered/delivered later this month but I want to quickly test the card if it works.

I have a system with a 550watt corsair psu that I want to use to test the card. But I want to know if the psu can kill other hardware when the 3080 draws to much power from it.

I dont expect to play games with the 550watt psu but I just want to know if the card boots or not.

 

Thanks!

 

Yanick de Wit

[MarvintheParrot]

1 minute ago, Yanick de Wit said:

Today I ordered a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 aorus master and it is scheduled for delivery tomorrow (10/11/2020)

All of my other components will be ordered/delivered later this month but I want to quickly test the card if it works.

I have a system with a 550watt corsair psu that I want to use to test the card. But I want to know if the psu can kill other hardware when the 3080 draws to much power from it.

I dont expect to play games with the 550watt psu but I just want to know if the card boots or not.

 

Thanks!

 

Yanick de Wit

I believe so. if they don't they will either bottleneck it, making it not have full performance, or will damage it severely.

[Fasauceome]

an underpowered PSU can be damaged by a demanding system, and if a PSU dies, sometimes it takes something with it.

 

There is the other worry of out-of-spec voltages, but that's a long term issue more than anything.

 

A 550 watt PSU could technically hold over a 3080, but any reasonably powerful CPU and the accompanying system would definitely be putting the PSU at the redline, not recommended. The power spikes are quite brutal on the 30 series.

 

Also, what specific unit do you have? Even a high wattage, low end unit is a bad idea. A Corsair VS 650 for example is just no good for a high end graphics card, even with "technically" enough wattage.

[Mateyyy]

The PSU not being able to provide enough wattage won't damage your components. You'll just experience, most commonly, crashes or system shutdowns.

[Yanick de Wit]

2 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

an underpowered PSU can be damaged by a demanding system, and if a PSU dies, sometimes it takes something with it.

 

There is the other worry of out-of-spec voltages, but that's a long term issue more than anything.

 

A 550 watt PSU could technically hold over a 3080, but any reasonably powerful CPU and the accompanying system would definitely be putting the PSU at the redline, not recommended. The power spikes are quite brutal on the 30 series.

 

Also, what specific unit do you have? Even a high wattage, low end unit is a bad idea. A Corsair VS 650 for example is just no good for a high end graphics card, even with "technically" enough wattage.

I currently have a Ryzen 3 1200, RX 580 and a VS550. I want to quickly put the card in and see if it boots, if so I'll put it back in the box and wait until I order my new rig and a new psu (Be Quiet straight power 1000w) I dont plan to game on that VS550 but just to see if the card is not doa.

[Fasauceome]

5 minutes ago, Yanick de Wit said:

I currently have a Ryzen 3 1200, RX 580 and a VS550. I want to quickly put the card in and see if it boots, if so I'll put it back in the box and wait until I order my new rig and a new psu (Be Quiet straight power 1000w) I dont plan to game on that VS550 but just to see if the card is not doa.

you can see if it boots just to make sure it's functional but don't bother loading windows and trying a stress test. As soon as you see the screen turn on, might as well shut it off.

 

[akio123008]

6 minutes ago, Yanick de Wit said:

I currently have a Ryzen 3 1200, RX 580 and a VS550. I want to quickly put the card in and see if it boots, if so I'll put it back in the box and wait until I order my new rig and a new psu (Be Quiet straight power 1000w) I dont plan to game on that VS550 but just to see if the card is not doa.

Just boot the thing up it's fine.

[Yanick de Wit]

1 minute ago, Fasauceome said:

you can see if it boots just to make sure it's functional but don't bother loading windows and trying a stress test. As soon as you see the screen turn on, might as well shut it off.

 

 

1 minute ago, akio123008 said:

Just boot the thing up it's fine.

Thanks! Just what I wanted to know.

[Ankerson]

5 hours ago, Yanick de Wit said:

Today I ordered a Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 aorus master and it is scheduled for delivery tomorrow (10/11/2020)

All of my other components will be ordered/delivered later this month but I want to quickly test the card if it works.

I have a system with a 550watt corsair psu that I want to use to test the card. But I want to know if the psu can kill other hardware when the 3080 draws to much power from it.

I dont expect to play games with the 550watt psu but I just want to know if the card boots or not.

 

Thanks!

 

Yanick de Wit

 

 

Personally I wouldn't even bother pugging it in until you get the rest of your parts.

 

Or just get your new PSU 1st and then once that comes in test it, that would be the smart thing to do.

 

Right now anything that happens after you hit the power switch would be related to the PSU.

 

Might not even start at all, the card could trigger the OCP before it even boots at all.

 

The transient power spikes are no joke.

 

Your PSU is 200W under the min recommended PSU wattage for a 3080.

 

And you have a Corsair VS550?

 

There is no way I would even plug that card in and hit the power button if it was mine.

 

Could take out the whole system, yeah really.