Cheap PSU can power things?

[Devlafford]

I'm thinking of selling my friend my A10-7850K and motherboard cheap, and giving him an old 300 watt PSU for a starter gaming PC

If the TDP of the CPU is 95W, and the only other things in the computer are a couple fans and RAM, would that 300W PSU be okay? I'm trying to keep his costs down and not give him junk or destroy the components

[dragoon20005]

I'm thinking of selling my friend my A10-7850K and motherboard cheap, and giving him an old 300 watt PSU for a starter gaming PC

If the TDP of the CPU is 95W, and the only other things in the computer are a couple fans and RAM, would that 300W PSU be okay? I'm trying to keep his costs down and not give him junk or destroy the components

it will be wiser to junk that PSU

 

cheapening on the PSU will kill the mobo and APU

[EarthboundHero]

It'll run, but I would still get a better PSU.

[TheKDub]

Never cheap out on a PSU, a shitty psu could easily destroy pretty much anything connected to it in the event of a power surge or if it just fucks itself over.

[DigitalHermit]

Junk the 300W PSU and get an 80Plus certified 450W or greater PSU...

 

A 600W Gutless Wonder almost killed my A8-5600k system...

[Dabasepc]

I'd buy this.

 

EVGA 500 B 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified 500W Active PFC ATX12V v2.31/EPS 12V

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438012&cm_re=psu-_-17-438-012-_-Product

[Clyne]

Never cheap out on a PSU, a shitty psu could easily destroy pretty much anything connected to it in the event of a power surge or if it just fucks itself over.

>done torture on my 3600+ with a shitty PSU

>using it for 7 years

>still works great

>no surges 

>not even 80+

>some random PSU brand

[KayTees]

I'm thinking of selling my friend my A10-7850K and motherboard cheap, and giving him an old 300 watt PSU for a starter gaming PC

If the TDP of the CPU is 95W, and the only other things in the computer are a couple fans and RAM, would that 300W PSU be okay? I'm trying to keep his costs down and not give him junk or destroy the components

Do so if you want to blow his house up.

[WoodenMarker]

It depends on the psu. If it isn't absolute crap, it should be fine.

[Devlafford]

That PSU used to power a Core 2 Duo and a slightly overclocked GT 530

Sure it won't be okay if left at stock speeds?

[quan289]

If I were to say that your "300w" is a Seasonic SS-300ET (which can be gotten for cheap - seen it for $25 USD a few times), most people will probably no longer flipped out about it being a "junk PSU". As far as I can tell, there isn't any information provided that we can depend whether it is "junk" or not.

 

Anyways, if that PSU is had been powering a C2D processor with a dedicated GPU (albeit entry level), it would probably be fine with a setup with just a A10-7850k.