Power Supplies

Hello! One day, I was using my pc like normal and then it just suddenly shut down. Only the motherboard's RGB lighting was on. I unplugged the PC and then replugged it and tried to boot it but only the CPU fan spun for a second and then stopped. The motherboard's RGB light was on though. I...

Hello, I'm building my own pc for the first time and I'm not sure if the power supply that I've selected is good enough for it. Here is the build: Mobo: Gigabyte Z390 AORUS PRO ATX LGA1151 Motherboard Video card: Zotac GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB GAMING AMP Video Card Processor: Intel Core...

i will be using for online freelance. i want you to find a good ups at $80 or above..

Hi! I wanna start this off by saying that I've had this system for a number of years now, it's fairly old so I've been expecting something to give sooner or later. Now, as for the problem, my computer is failing to boot, no post screen or code, just fan-spin and LEDs. I was wondering if anyone...

Asking for a friend. Because except for these 3 points here: cable modularity, max operating temp, and good warranty, they're not sure what to look for and what info makes a true difference. They read some articles on PSUs but those might as well be in chinese...

Hi. i have cooler master elite v3 power 350w making very loud noise can i just remove the fan and let it fanless. i live in cold place and my computer case is open with a weak cpu and gpu. is it ok ?

Changed my old power supply to a new EVGA Supernova G3 650W and whenever I turn it on from shut down or sleep i heard a single click or a sound like some electricity pop. I have ECO mode on so I dont think its the fan being turned on and I have SSD's so it cant be a hard drive. I opened up my...

I've got a modular Raidmax RX-850AE, and I need to find a couple replacement cables. I've read that power supply cables aren't necessarily compatible across brands, and I have no wish to replace my graphics card or hard drives. Can anyone help me find a pci-e cable and a SATA/peripheral cable...

Hello! My current computer is a pretty old one and i've looked at buying a new pc, im wondering if these specs really fit together. CPU Intel i5-9400F RAM DDR4 2x8 GB 2666 MHz GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB GDDR6 Memory 512 GB SSD PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe Case Lenovo Legion T530 Tower PSU 350 W Can...

Hello, I'm wondering if it is possible to connect a temperature sensor to molex or 12, 5 PINs ? It has a Line and Neutral lines out, also it has to be powered by 4-24 V DC In that case, can I plug them directly into molex or sata or even Motherboard pins? Is it save for my PS/MB? Thanks in advance.

My power supply is a Cooler Master Elite Power 400w (rs-400-psar-i3).I know that this psu is not a good one but i don't really want to change my psu at this time.And I also have an SSD in my system.

Hello all! I usually search around here and find solutions to my own problems. This time I have a problem I cannot figure out. My personal custom PC I built had a hiccup today. I went to turn it on just like any other day and when I pressed the case power switch all of the lights lit up as...

Need advice on a compatible PSU to pair with a MSI MPG X570 Gaming Plus and a GTX 1660 Ventus XS 6G OC. PC Part Picker states the MSI Gaming Plus needs an additional 4-pin ATX power connector. I also want to make sure the PSU can also power the 1660. The estimated wattage of my build on PC Part...

So I've bought most of my parts for really good prices, i only need to buy my mobo and PSU. I've had quite a hard time deciding on what power supply I want (efficiency ratings) and whether gold efficiency is worth paying the extra $20 - $30 dollars and if it will benefit me down the road. Right...

Pc keeps crashing whenever i play games. Could be csgo could be insurgency. Temperature seems stable on speccy. Tried memtest and removing ram 1 at a time but problem still presist. Any idea whats causing it? Thanks Intel i5 4460 Palit gtx 970 Gigabyte h97 motherboard 8gb ddr3 gskill Cooler...

My computer recently stopped booting - when I turn it on the CPU fan starts and the lights flash, but nothing happens. After 1 minute (almost exactly, every time), it shuts off. So far I've tried another RAM stick (no luck) and picked up a PSU tester (this one...

Hey! I am planning to upgrade i5-9400f GTX 1060 6gb to a i7-8700k RTX 2070 and was wondering if 400w would be enough. I currently use 400w for the i5-9400f GTX 1060 6gb. The wattage calculator said that I'd need 484 but I have seen similar posts saying that it massively overestimates. Help would...

Hey! So I have been adding up parts for my shopping cart and I'd like to know what kind of a power supply I would need in terms of watts. Specs: RAM: G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 Mhz 16 GB GPU: RTX 2070 SUPER CPU: Intel Core i5-9400F Storage: 2x SSD's (1 x 500GB Samsung, 1 x 1TB Samsung) CPU...

I have a oem pc and a 180 watts power supply and I want to upgrade my graphics card (gt 730) to a rx 560. What should I do?

Hi, I have and old laptop which is Dell precision m6600, having a gpu Quadro 3000m. My power cable (250v) is not working and then I saw an old (125v) power cable, plug it in and it seems fine but I notice it's not generating enough power because it's charging my laptop very slow. Does this...

I am looking for a new PSU, because last PSU (Seasonic S12II) recently died on me, but my budget is 80$. My PC specs are: GPU: Sapphire Pulse RX 580 4gb CPU: Ryzen 3 2200g MOBO: MSI B450M Mortar SDD: Kingston A400 240GB HDD: WD Blue 1TB 7200mhz

Hi everybody. I am deciding between these two PSU's. Probably would pair this with the 2060/2070 or Navi RX 5700 and Ryzen 7 3700x. -Is the TX650M better than the Vengeance 750M? Any major differences? Both cost the same in my location. -Which one would be a better PSU? Since the TX650M is...

Will a cx450 (the better white label ones) be enough for my system after I add a Amd Rx570 4/8gb or a Gtx 1060 6gb? Also I hope there wont be any bottlenecks. Specs: AMD Ryzen 2400G Gigabyte AX370-Gaming 1.x 2x 8gb Crucial DDR4 2400Mhz 1x WD Blue 1tb 1x Samsung 860 Evo 250Gb Deepcool Gammaxx...

I have 1Tb Segate barracuda 3.5 HDD it keeps restarting when read/write start on it i am using dual boot like ubantu and windows when my machine show me boot menu for OS selection then HDD won't restart but once i am select on of OS for starting computer, my HDD start restarting. Once it...

Im mostly asking for the use case of DX12

Ok so let me start by saying i was going to buy a GQ 650 watt Power suppy from EVGA, however for 5 more dollars i can buy a 750w which i Dont know if its worth paying for it My build currently has a Ryzen 2600x Hyperx 212 LED (i'm going to see how temps do if they too hot ill buy a noctua one...

10 year old PSU died; it has a peculiar plug design. Ultraproducts appears gone. PSU has unusual 5 plug output. Anyone have insight or suggestions. I am NOT a hardware guy! Ultraproducts 600 Watt ATX Power Supply; Part #: ULT33136; UPC #: 022769331362 There is a spec sheet...

I want to upgrade my power supply and my vga to the new one. My Specification : Intel core i5 2400 GTX 960 4GB Ram V-Gen Samsung 1x8Gb Motherboard bulldozer h61b-lz Power suply Coller Master MWE 450watt So is my PSU can handle that?

The SF750 is the strongest SFX power supply that money can buy today, however it is among the most expensive as well. So is it worth spending so much to get it? Read more here. ARIS MPITZIOPOULOS @Aris_Mp Aris Mpitziopoulos is a Contributing Editor at Tom's Hardware US, covering PSUs.

The ROG Thor 1200W is Asus' new top PSU, made in collaboration with Seasonic. It features high performance and silent operation. Read more here. ARIS MPITZIOPOULOS @Aris_Mp Aris Mpitziopoulos is a Contributing Editor at Tom's Hardware US, covering PSUs.

https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/15984832 Please explain to me what is going on. Is my motherboard killing the performance or something? It there a setting I should be aware about?

Hey all. I'm going to change my pc case to the BitFenix Nova TG. The fans included are 3 pin. But my motherboard, H110M-E has 4 pin headers. Will I need to change the included fans? I'm new to all this, so I'm not sure if I need to buy new fans or buy cables?

So I know that an M.2 Solid State Drive is roughly 1500read + 1000write & is a lot faster than a normal SSD 500read + 500write & I know that Samsung [Evo 850] has a newer 860 out ..but on Ebay there's an M2 Evo850 [250GB] in an enclosure with a USB3 connector ..So0o0 will an M.2SSD thru...

What psu do you suggests me? https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/6HqvJ8 Thank you

I have a non-k 3770. I won't be overclocking it. But I'll overclock the gpu. And have 2x8gb 1600mhz DDR3 ram. My monitor is 1080p 60hz. I'll use it solely for gaming and won't upgrade in at least 5 years. This include mostly AAA games. So should investing a little more on the ti-version will...

I bought this gaming laptop 1 month ago and for the duration I noticed random freezes only in games where it ran perfectly fine nothing wrong whatsoever then an abrupt freeze for ~5-10 seconds then it resumes as though nothing happened. I updated drivers for everything from my BIOS to my GPU...

My gpu core clock MHz keeps dropping while I'm gaming from 1150 MHz to 135MHz. I have the MSI afterburner display overlay in the top left so i can see the temps and MHz while gaming. my temps ranges from 65 to 75 Celsius so it's probably not that. It's really frustrating because i get around...

Okay, so I recently purchased a 580 8gb graphics card. I also bought an 850w power supply and also have a 550w lying around. While trying to swap power supplies I notice a cable on my old 320w that isn't on the 850w. It was labeled p2 pwrcmd. I have a hp prebuild office computer (or it started...

Hey, I'm looking for some advice. So I'm building a new pc, it's gonna be itx, have a ryzen (probably some 6 core variant) etc etc. But I have really been torn on what gpu to get. I could go balls to the wall and get a vega 64 for only 260€ but my friend suggest that I don't need something like...

Looks like it is related to HAL.dll and kernel. Nothing specific. Please help.