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nothing will happen

 

you are still drawing 500 watts from the 1000 watts your PSU can supply

 

No, it will just waste money on your power bill.

he wont be wasting money on power bills

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Let's say I only need a 500w PSU. But I but i get a 1000w one anyway. Will anything bad happen? 

No, it will just waste money on your power bill. But if the psu is poorly built then it might fail and might take your components with it. I suggest getting a good brand like Corsair, EVGA, and Seasonic.

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No, it will just waste money on your power bill.

No it won't... 

 

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Nope, nothing bad will happen. 

 

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nothing will happen

 

you are still drawing 500 watts from the 1000 watts your PSU can supply

 

No, it will just waste money on your power bill.

he wont be wasting money on power bills

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No, it will just waste money on your power bill.

 

You won't, If you're PC uses 400W, it will use 400W, regardless if you have a 500W PSU or a 1000W PSU (Not calculating in efficiency ratings).

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No, it will just waste money on your power bill. But if the psu is poorly built then it might fail and might take your components with it. I suggest getting a good brand like Corsair, EVGA, and Seasonic.

What are you talking about?

 

500w or 1000w won't make a difference if it's a shitty PSU

 

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You'll have spent more on the power supply than you needed to, emptying your pockets unnecessarily. If you are only using say less than 20% of what the 1000W power supply can deliver, the efficiency curve may decrease quite a lot. What that means is if you are idling or watching movies or YouTube videos a lot, you won't be using much power, and the 1000W PSU may be less efficient than you expect. Ultimately, it doesn't mean much. You'll lose probably a couple dollars in wasted electricity. The real cost is the up front cost of the power supply.

sml_gallery_52341_1555_25613.pngBelow 20% load, efficiency often drops more than you might expect.

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IDK MUCH ABOUT PSU

 

Then don't post ignorant comments.

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IDK MUCH ABOUT PSU

Why are you commenting about it then... 

 

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Let's say I only need a 500w PSU. But I but i get a 1000w one anyway. Will anything bad happen? 

 

No, electricity does not work that way

 

If the computer only needs 500 watts, only 500 watts will be drawn from the power supply! if it only needs 50 only 50 will be drawn (well there will be some loss due to inefficiency which is typically 80%)

 

Running a high watt PSU at low wattage is less efficient though

 

 

Sometimes this can be good, because some PSUs have a silent mode when under low load. But it is a waste of money

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IDK MUCH ABOUT PSU

Then why are you giving advice. You know you have real responsibility, right? You're advice impacts their purchases and other decisions, and could waste their money, time or damage their components even.

 

You won't, If you're PC uses 400W, it will use 400W, regardless if you have a 500W PSU or a 1000W PSU (Not calculating in efficiency ratings).

Hopefully you realise a 500W unit that is 80% efficient at 100% load pulls 600W from the wall, delivers 500W, and loses 100W as heat. A 500W unit can (or should) be able to deliver the full 500W. Efficiency doesn't take away from that.

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Then why are you giving advice. You know you have real responsibility, right? You're advice impacts their purchases and other decisions, and could waste their money, time or damage their components even.

 

Hopefully you realise a 500W unit that is 80% efficient at 100% load pulls 600W from the wall, delivers 500W, and loses 100W as heat. A 500W unit can (or should) be able to deliver the full 500W. Efficiency doesn't take away from that.

I know that.

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Hopefully you realise a 500W unit that is 80% efficient at 100% load pulls 600W from the wall, delivers 500W, and loses 100W as heat. A 500W unit can (or should) be able to deliver the full 500W. Efficiency doesn't take away from that.

 

That is why I wrote "(Not calculating in efficiency ratings)".

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