Over Supply?

[Siliconlad]

Hi,

 

I was just wondering if when choosing the right power supply for your new PC build, whether it was possible to oversupply your rig with a power supply that provided more power than you needed? For example if you wanted to future proof your power supply so that if you added more graphics cards or RAM you wouldn't have to upgrade your power supply also? 

 

Thanks! 

[Guest]

Depends on what you plan to use and if you would add more gpu. Most people just replace gpu not add them for XF/SLI so they use almost same amount of power and perform better

[ARikozuM]

Your PSU will only provide the wattage that is required by the motherboard. Unless you're getting a crappy Corsair [insert brand] PSU.

[Guest]

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

Your PSU will only provide the wattage that is required by the motherboard. Unless you're getting a crappy Corsair [insert brand] PSU.

Logisys

[ARikozuM]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Logisys

Don't talk about Deepcool like that.

[Guest]

Putting a 1500 watt PSU in your computer, while your computer would only use 200 watts @ full load, you will be fine. It just draws the 200 watts. However, power efficiency will be bad. Your electric bill would be higher then when you would get a 300 watt PSU, which has it's peak efficiency around them 200 watts.

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Logisys

Logisys makes the Note 7's of the PSU world.

 

4 minutes ago, Siliconlad said:

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If you get a good one then you don't need to overdo it.

 

The PSU tier list in my sig is a good place to find good PSUs.

TLDR: EVGA G2/GS/GQ, anything from Seasonic, or Corsair's RM/X AX/i HX/i or the new CX x50m PSUs (grey label)

[Guest]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

Logisys makes the Note 7's of the PSU world.

It wasn't just a PSU problem. Problem was alot bigger, that's why they recalled all Note 7's.

[MoonlightSylv]

1 minute ago, Dutch-stoner said:

It wasn't just a PSU problem. Problem was alot bigger, that's why they recalled all Note 7's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

 

Edit: I wasn't saying they made the Note 7's PSU, I was saying they make PSUs that explode like the Note 7.

Edited November 5, 2016 by ShadowTechXTS

[STRMfrmXMN]

3 minutes ago, Dutch-stoner said:

Putting a 1500 watt PSU in your computer, while your computer would only use 200 watts @ full load, you will be fine. It just draws the 200 watts. However, power efficiency will be bad. Your electric bill would be higher then when you would get a 300 watt PSU, which has it's peak efficiency around them 200 watts.

That's not true. Varies depending on the unit.

[Guest]

Just now, ShadowTechXTS said:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

Base your jokes on true facts please.

[MoonlightSylv]

Just now, Dutch-stoner said:

Base your jokes on true facts please.

Read the edit.

[alexhelvetica]

23 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Don't talk about Deepcool like that.

Deepcool sells some nice PSUs, I don't know their complete line, but the DQ-ST is quite good.

[WEEEEEE]

4 hours ago, ARikozuM said:

Your PSU will only provide the wattage that is required by the motherboard. Unless you're getting a crappy Corsair [insert brand] PSU.

Actually a motherboard (or any other electronic component for that matter) will never draw more power than it needs, regardless of the quality of the PSU, unless the PSU decides for whatever reason that it wants to provide voltage (which will really only happen with no-name brands).