Will this PSU kill my GPU

[JackPendragon]

So I'm gonna buy a new GPU for christmas (Here in the Canary Islands we have christmas on the morning of the 6th of January) and I want to know if a L-Link 500w PSU will Zap my beloved GPU

[Matt_98]

Just now, JackPendragon said:

So I'm gonna buy a new GPU for christmas (Here in the Canary Islands we have christmas on the morning of the 6th of January) and I want to know if a L-Link 500w PSU will Zap my beloved GPU

 

probably

[pwn_intended]

Does the PSU have PCIe power cables? doesn't look like it....

What GPU are you thinking of getting?

If you're dropping a lot of money on your GPU, I would recommend getting a new PSU for anything above a 1060.

[MrMcMuffinJr]

just buy a cheaply made molex to pci adapter. your card will last for centuries.

[iRileyx]

2 minutes ago, MrMcMuffinJr said:

just buy a cheaply made molex to pci adapter. your card will last for centuries.

Don't do that ^

[Andrew Sh]

I would personally avoid buying some cheap unknown PSUs. You can get some really reliable PSUs for like $10-15 extra.

Despite what people say, even the CX corsair series are perfectly fine and I know 2 people who have been using them for a long time.

[Sauron]

Not necessarily but it's possible. I'd change it, decent psus can be had for fairly cheap nowadays

[iRileyx]

1 minute ago, Andrew Sh said:

I would personally avoid buying some cheap unknown PSUs. You can get some really reliable PSUs for like $10-15 extra.

Despite what people say, even the CX corsair series are perfectly fine and I know 2 people who have been using them for a long time.

CXm are good psu's, lots of people recommend them.

CX's are tier 4 though, which i'd trust personally but as there's only 7 tiers (8 if you include the chinese crap ones that aren't even ranked in a tier) most people avoid them as its only halfway on the list. 

[Zodiark1593]

Russian Roulette, PC edition. 

 

Most likely you will be fine, and the PSU will simply commit seppuku if it goes over it's limit. Sometimes however, they may kill other things. A decent PSU should at least sacrifice itself to save other components. 

[Divide_By_0]

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So I'm gonna buy a new GPU for christmas (Here in the Canary Islands we have christmas on the morning of the 6th of January) and I want to know if a L-Link 500w PSU will Zap my beloved GPU

 

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LISTEN. LISTEN CLOSE OP. REALLY CLOSE

Buying this powersupply is a literal god damn death wish for all your components. DO NOT BUY. Go for a reputable company and pay the extra 20$ to protect your hardware and go with a Corsair or something... So what I'm saying is get Corsair... Trust me, this powersupply is mostly 5V rail and will easily underpower if not kill your PC.



~I forgot to source this



Source: I have seen this PSU Before, it killed a Mobo, a gpu and a cpu all in one felt swoop.. 

Edited January 5, 2017 by Divide_By_0

[masterkickass7]

If you care about this pc proably yes if it's a second system sure I run a $15 psu in my 2nd system 

[Divide_By_0]

1 minute ago, masterkickass7 said:

If you care about this pc proably yes if it's a second system sure I run a $15 psu in my 2nd system 

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"Second system" Dude, stop, literally go buy a new PSU for it, they aren't that expensive, the worst thing you can do to a computer is put a shit PSU in it, because shit PSUs don't care what you think. Shit PSUs will put your motherboards 12V rail directly onto the 220/110V mains.

 

 

Moral of the story

 

DONT FUCK WITH SHIT PSUS

 

[Divide_By_0]

Power Supplies are one of the few parts of your computer that really do have potential to go Nuclear and start fire, unlike CPU/GPU/Motherboard which only deal with lower voltages 12V and below, which usually melts and puts itself out in the metal case, where in the giant brick of the PSU, eh... 

[masterkickass7]

12 minutes ago, Divide_By_0 said:

"Second system" Dude, stop, literally go buy a new PSU for it, they aren't that expensive, the worst thing you can do to a computer is put a shit PSU in it, because shit PSUs don't care what you think. Shit PSUs will put your motherboards 12V rail directly onto the 220/110V mains.

 

 

Moral of the story

 

DONT FUCK WITH SHIT PSUS

 

Don't give a shit it's less than $100 

[MrMcMuffinJr]

1 hour ago, RKRiley said:

Don't do that ^

I was being sarcastic

[JackPendragon]

Fuck this shit, I'm drunk.I bought a DVI to VGA adaptor. So let's hope it works! BTW, Hope it comes with a IDE/Sata to 6+2 Molex, if no...I'm fucked.Cause my GPU will come with an PCI-E and a power needed