psu help

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    Question XFX PRO850W PSU (P1-850S-NLB9) - Usable in 2024 and with upgrades?

    Hi Folks, I am looking to refresh my PC and had a question regarding the old PSU that I have in my tower currently: XFX PRO850W (P1-850S-NLB9). With the Black Friday deals around, I purchased the following upgrades for my PC from Newegg: XFX SPEEDSTER QICK319 RADEON RX 6750 XT CORE Gaming...
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    Question Psu making a sound like a soft r2d2

    I have a cooler master mwe230v 650 watt psu, i changed my ram speed because it was really low, like 2000mhz for 4200mhz ram, and i when i tried to turn it back on, blank screen, fans to 100 percent. I tested the ram, they were fine, but when i was sitting at my desk thinking,i hesrd the faintest...
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    [SOLVED] Can I use a 10 year old IEC C13 power cable for my new PSU

    Found an old dusty IEC C13 power cable when cleaning my house today and it happens I need one to power my new PSU (the plug that came with it has a different socket type). Is it safe to use in my PSU? The cable was left in small warm dusty inclosed room for around 10 years. Would the wiring or...
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    Question no 4pin cable to connect to motherboard.

    Hi I recently built my first gaming pc and I I see that my motherboard has the 8 pin CPU slot and the 4 pin cable slot (asus rog strix z490-E) But my power supply only has the basic 8-pin cable to connect to it. (Corsair CX750M) when I flip the power supply on only the motherboard lights turn...
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    [SOLVED] Can my PSU support the RX 6900 or RX 6800? New to PC gaming and building.

    Hi, I'm fairly new to PC building and upgrading. I'm looking to nap the RX 6900, or RX 6800 in the future. I read the minimum wat for the RX 6900 is 850 W, and the minimum for the RX 6800 is 750 W, at lest according to the website.This is my PC.Now, I realise I have a 750 W PSU, but I've read...
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    [SOLVED] SeaSonic 550 Wattage Good For This Build?

    Hello, I’m building my first pc and I’m wondering if a SeaSonic Focus GX-550 is enough for this build ? here are the parts: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) ATX AM4 Motherboard G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory Western...
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    Question burning smell coming from pc

    Every thing was working normal, playing games etc, when my PC just shut off. It turned into sleep mode. I than proceeded to turn it back on but it didn't work. I than unplugged the PSU cord and plugged it back in. When I turned my PC on the first thing I noticed was that a burning smell came...
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    Question Will my PSU's Watt be enough?

    My planned system is : CPU: Ryzen 5 1600 Motherboard: Asrock B450M Pro-4 GPU: RTX 2060 RAM: G.Skill Aegis 16GB DDR4-3000MHz (2x8) Storage: 1TB HDD & 120GB And I plan to get Corsair CX 450
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    Question Choosing a PSU for my current Setup (Ryzen 2200G + GeForce 1060 6GB OC)

    Hello, This is my first post so i would like to apologize in advance if I am missing or lacking any crucial or necessary information that would help resolve my problem. I've been looking up some answers myself online but couldn't come with a solution as I am not that familiar with computer...
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    [SOLVED] What exactly is bad about EVGA white psus?

    I know the EVGA white PSUs are really bad by today's standards but I'm just asking what exactly is bad? what protection features is it missing to make it not a good option?
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    Will my current setup handle this baby?

    Intel Core i5 6600K (3.5GHz) Socket 1151 Asus Z170 PRO GAMING G.Skill Kit 16GB DDR4 2600MHz Ripjaws V Red (2 x 8GB) SSD Crucial MX200 250GB SATA III Seagate 1TB SATA III 64MB ATX Cooler Master K-280 with two 120mm vents Cooler CPU Cryorig H7 Drive Combo Asus BC-12D2HT recorder DVD/Leitor Blu-Ray...
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    Dell Latitude E6420: Keyboard periodically losing power requiring re

    I have a Dell Latitude E6420. For about three years I had no problems with the keyboard. Recently however, the keyboard occasionally stops working. This usually happens after I undock it from the PR03X docking station. To fix it. I power off the computer, remove the battery, hold the power...
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    Suddenly no sound output from my receiver (Yamaha RX-V671)

    Hello. I have a Yamaha RX-V671 receiver that just stopped putting out sound completely. This happens on all inputs, including HDMI, Sonos connected via optical audio input, and even the tuner. Video from HDMI inputs works just fine. It has been working just fine for a few years, and the only...
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    How much power does my system need?

    I'm going to build my first PC next summer and everything's going fine except I don't know how much power my system is going to need. So after watching some videos, looking for PSU calculators and tearing my hair off, I've decided to ask help from you guys. This is my build: Motherboard: Asus...
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    How much fps?

    How much fps should I get for this build: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WPwCt6 How fps in minecraft and bf4 with settings all the way up
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    Is my CPU behaving abnormally?

    Hello again, in the process of monitoring my hardware troubleshooting what I suspect to be a GPU issue, I noticed on my gigabyte hardware monitor that my cpu is running at less than 1 volt at idle, going as low as .78V. Granted this is at a very low speed ~900Mhz, but I was under the impression...