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    [SOLVED] Should I reuse my old power supply?

    Hey guys, I'm broke and so is my computer. I need to build a new one and want to cut corners to get the best hardware I can on my limited budget. Should I reuse my 7-year-old Antec Gold 750W Power Supply? I am guessing my build would maximum be 500W. As far as I can tell, the power supply has...
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    [SOLVED] Can I use 2 different power supply in 1 PC?

    So hey Guys, I want to use 2 power supply. 1 is a 320 watts and the other is a 550 watts. The reason I want to use 2 power supply is because im waiting for my 24 pin to 6 pin cable to be delivered which is for another week. Thanks in advance to whomever will answer
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    [SOLVED] Psu for my rig

    My rig is: CPU : Ryzen 7 2700x RAM : G.Skill Trident Z RGB 16GB 3200MHz (2x8GB) Mobo: MSI B450 Tomahawk GPU: Gigabyte RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC SSD: Samsung 970 Pro HDD : Seagate Barracuda 3.5" 2TB 7200rpm Cooler: Could be getting Kraken x62 Would a 650w PSU be enough? Im planning on getting an...
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    [SOLVED] How Dangerous are Super Cheap Power Supplies?

    I recently got a "Turbolink" ATX-XG500w power supply from a friend who was replacing it. From my research this thing is a sketchy piece of junk, but I was wondering just how dangerous these cheapo power supplies are. Would they potentially damage the system their in or catch on fire? I honestly...
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    Question Monitor sometimes shows "No Signal"

    Hi, In about the last month I have had some trouble with the connection between my BenQ GL2450 and my computer (see below for specs): Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0, Socket-AM3+ ATX, 970+SB950, DDR3, 2xG2-PCIe-x16, CFX, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, UEFI CPU: AMD FX-8350 Black Edition Socket-AM3+...
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    Question LED Power Supply Fails When Plugged In

    I bought a new Optonica LED driver to power a 5 meter long led strip. I put the 220v cables in and turned the screws tightly. When I plug it in, the power in my house goes off due to a possible short circuit. Image of the led driver here: https://ibb.co/jHSQ3ds Any I ideas of what could...
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    [SOLVED] How many watts do i need to run my radiators?

    Hey, So basically I have gone a little.. well very very far on not changing my loop. I have a custom "Open loop" design in my pc and I have not changed the coolant in well over 3 years. My first time owning a liquid cooled pc, and honestly it just slipped my mind. Long story short I'm...
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    [SOLVED] Should i save up little bit ?

    I found two good(i think) Power supplies from EVGA. i wanna know if i should save up 10bucks from modular to semimodular. heres the links 1#https://www.alza.sk/evga-650-gq-power-supply-d4201732.htm #2https://www.alza.sk/evga-supernova-550-g3-d4634725.htm if you wonder about pc specs: MOBO...
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    Question My pc monitor flickers then it shuts down and gives me a video scheduler internal error

    So I wanted to upgrade my dell optiplex 790. So I bought a gtx 750 ti and 8gb ram. All was good at first. Everything went well and worked well in general. But one day I suspended it and when I turned it on, it gave me the error (video scheduler internal error) so I reinstalled windows. And it...
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    Question Troubles with cpu and psu please help!

    I have been having troubles with my pc when i open games,(rocket league wich is not a very demanding game) my pc turn off bcs of the temperatures of the cpu then i fix that changing thermal paste, but then the problem is when im in the game the pc freezes and i have to turn it off manually so i...
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    Question What PSU Should I Get For My Build?

    Ryzen 5 1600 Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM NZXT - H500 ATX Mid Tower Case MSI - GeForce GTX 1660 Ti 6 GB VENTUS XS OC Crucial MX500
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    [SOLVED] Power supply fan stops working randomly.

    My power supply, the EVGA 850W BQ 80+ Bronze, worked great for a year until one day I turned my computer on and realized the power supply fan wasn't spinning. This was right after I dusted out my pc, so I was worried I accidentally broke my psu fan. After doing basically nothing, just flicking...
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    [SOLVED] 3.3 voltage fluctuation

    Since I built my new PC I've been having random hangs and crashes and I've been troubleshooting just about everything. While checking the psu voltages in my BIOS, I noticed that my 12v stays the same for minutes on end, the 5v stays the same, and the 3.3v goes from 3.312v to 3.328v every 15 to...
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    [SOLVED] Should i spent more money on this PSU?

    I found today two PSUs and im kinda don't know if i should spend more on EVGA or save up some money on Be quiet! Let me know which one and why. EVGA:https://www.alza.sk/evga-supernova-550-g3-d4634725.htm Be Quite:https://www.alza.sk/be-quiet-pure-power-11-500w-d5549567.htm Also i include the...
  15. Neth12

    Question Big Electric Shock from USB And audio out

    My pc has worked fine past few year's but since yesterday it gives lots of electrical shock...when i put my Arduino board or usb it shocks me and turn of breaker . And also audio out connected to subwoofer that wire also shocks me..Why..
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    Question How many watts do i need ?

    Hello, i need help with how many watts my psu should be. I would like a Corsair one so if someone can tell me the watts and the specific model i should buy. I’m confused on the models i don’t understand what the difference is. My specs: Cpu: i7-8700k Gpu: Asus strix 2080 Mobo: Asus z390...
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    Question Desktop Keeps Restarting Automatically Without Reasons

    My desktop has been restarting automatically without reasons. It keeps restarting infinitely until I manually shut it down or unplug the power. The scenario is very random, sometimes it works fine all day long or even longer until I manually shut it down. But sometimes the restart occurs while I...
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    Question 2x molex to 8pin RX 580

    Hi, i recently bought RX 580 MSI Armor, but it requires 8pin while my psu has 6pin only (1x).So my question is will 2x Molex to 8pin work till i buy PSU?.The thing is while testing the RX 580 on heaven benchmark, watts went to 120w max (Msi afterburner) so i thought this 8pin will be enough to...
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    Question Planning on getting a Gigabyte PSU. Thoughts?

    Budget PSU-s here are pretty scarce, nothing from EVGA to Corsair etc. (there are some but they are way over my money limit), the only ones that are around 50-60$ are LC power, cooler master, chieftec, ms stuff and others, that I know are pretty bad. But I just found a Gigabyte GP-PB500 for 50$...
  20. Duureejs

    Question PSU

    Hello,do you know if this is suitable for games? Bestec ATX-400W 24 Pin ATX Power Supply 400w or Modecom FEEL 3-350ATX PFC And who is better?
  21. CreepyNinja

    Question Sudden black screen for 2-5 seconds

    I recently bought a used Vega 64 from Gigabyte (silver edition) for 300 euros (it still has 20 months waranty, so i can ask for a new card), i went for it because you cant deny it, its a hell of a deal! Especially for me because i had a R9 390, so its a massive upgrade. The problem i am having...
  22. Jeff_120

    Question Redragon power supply?

    I am searching for a good psu of 600-650w having a futur rtx2080 in mind, unfortunately all psu sold in my country are not good (aerocool, entry level cougar and TT...). Today one of the shop sent me a photo of a Redragon PSU fully modular 80+ bronze. I searched on Google and couldn't find it...
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    Radeon 7750 and 350W PSU

    Hey guys, I need your help. After reading all threads about 7750 and 350W PSU in this forum. I still don't know if it will work in my pc. My old Geforce 7600GT died today and I want to replace it with something a bit better. (I can't buy new PSU). My PC: ASROCK P5B-DE motherboard Intel Core 2...