Can a power supply to much for your system fry it?

[Dogeisilluminati]

I've heard power supplies are dominant for frying your parts; how is this possible and how can this happen? Would a power supply that holds 750 watts and your pc only comsumes about 500-550watts would it damage your pc due to the extra 200watts?

 

[Alectfenrir]

No absolutely not. The extra watts just leaves some extra room for you just incase you want to upgrade your components that will consume extra power.

I have a 750W PSU and my system only consumes 490-500 watts. No problem there 😛

 

[Mr5oh]

Not true at all. The PSU will only output what the computer draws.

Also just as an FYI 500-550 watt draw would be a very serious computer with multiple GPUs. Most gaming machines wouldn't even draw this under load.

 

[turkey3_scratch]

No, you can have a 100,000 watt PSU and it will not fry it. The power supply only draws in the amount of power it needs. Too much power will not hurt anything, it just won't all be used. Cheap power supplies can fry components, it just happens sometimes when they break. Check reviews for a good quality power supply before buying. Too little power is bad, but too much will never damage anything.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

You can have a 1600 T2 running in a system that only pull 450w and everything will be fine , the system will only pull what it needs to run.