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TheCaptain53
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honestly, if the PSU doesnt smell like barbecue, you're fine.

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Having built my first computer back in February, I had budget in mind, and decided to cut some corners when it came to the components. I got a tower, PSU and optical drive from a friend for free whilst I bought everything else new. I ran this setup for a number of months until I got myself a Corsair Carbide Spec-01 and EVGA SuperNova 650W G1, which I built the other day. My setup was/is driving an FX-6300 and Zotac GTX 960, so not super hungry components.

I just took out the PSU from my old case and had the shock of discovering that I've been running my system on a 350W PSU. And I overclocked on this thing! Albeit not much, but I had done. 

Would there be any lasting effects of running a rather small PSU? Or would I have seen system crashing before any damage was sustained?

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Having built my first computer back in February, I had budget in mind, and decided to cut some corners when it came to the components. I got a tower, PSU and optical drive from a friend for free whilst I bought everything else new. I ran this setup for a number of months until I got myself a Corsair Carbide Spec-01 and EVGA SuperNova 650W G1, which I built the other day. My setup was/is driving an FX-6300 and Zotac GTX 960, so not super hungry components.

I just took out the PSU from my old case and had the shock of discovering that I've been running my system on a 350W PSU. And I overclocked on this thing! Albeit not much, but I had done. 

Would there be any lasting effects of running a rather small PSU? Or would I have seen system crashing before any damage was sustained?

Your system would crash or slow itself down before anything happens to your components. Also 350 watts are enough for such a system, even tho it's a bit close.

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honestly, if the PSU doesnt smell like barbecue, you're fine.

Excellent!

My 650W should keep me quite happy now for the foreseeable future. Thanks for the help, guys. :)

Incipere V5.0

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CPU | i7-4790k | GPU | Nvidia GTX Titan X | Motherboard | MSI Z97S SLI Krait Edition | Memory | 2x8GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 1866MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 G2 | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + Toshiba 3TB | Case | Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 5 | CPU Cooler | Noctua NH-D15

Parvulus V1.0

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CPU | i5-4690k | GPU | Zotac GTX 960 | Motherboard | ASRock Z97M-ITX/ac | Memory | 2x4GB G.Skill Ripjaws X DDR3 1600MHz | PSU | EVGA 650 GS | Storage | Crucial BX200 240GB + WD 1TB Blue 2.5" | Case | Silverstone Sugo SG13

If you want to join a group chat of like-minded techies, gaming, and all things dank, join our Discord group. Message me or get into contact with Galaxy. http://linustechtips.com/main/user/107351-gaiaxy/

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