Can my PSU take my GPU?

[Rafael Mestdag]

It's an old 160W GTX 460, my PSU is a generic 500W one called Hoopster. About a week ago after using this board for less than a month, an identical PSU burned out and died during a demanding game. There were no apparent symptoms, all temps seemed normal, this card can take up to 104Cº, the card temp at the time was about 75Cº, but my worry is the PSU not being able to handle this card.
Can I simply underclock the GTX 460 and keep it, or should I simply take it out of my pc and go back to using the onboard graphics card?

 

[dangus]

my best advice is to take that PSU out of your computer and perhaps even shoot it with a shotgun for fun. i say this because if nothing else, its a total fire hazard and is most likely completely unsafe to use. it says its 500watts but i'd bet money it can barely push 300. get rid of it and buy yourself something safe.

 

[ARICH5]

HOOPSTER!!!!!!lol

psu's are cheap now, get a 80+ evga for 40$

 

[Rafael Mestdag]

my best advice is to take that PSU out of your computer and perhaps even shoot it with a shotgun for fun. i say this because if nothing else, its a total fire hazard and is most likely completely unsafe to use. it says its 500watts but i'd bet money it can barely push 300. get rid of it and buy yourself something safe.

Lol, when I said 'burned out' I didn't mean it actually caught fire, lol. What actually happened was that the pc turned off completely without warning, taking with it my line filter and my stabilizer. I know now it wasn't necessarily the PSU's fault alone, it was most likely my Watt hungry graphics card combined with my weak PSU. By the way, at that time when the pSU died, the graphics card was running at it's rated clocks and voltage, which is too much for this PSU.

I've just downclocked my graphics card and reduced the details of the games and at least now, if anything, the PSU
isn't heating up anymore.

 

[dangus]

no when i say its a fire hazard, i mean its a cheapo PSU and it is a fire hazard. im not concerned with what it did/does...what im trying to get across is that it is a risk using a PSU of a brand you can't even find info about ANYWHERE. no one in their right mind on this forum will suggest you use that thing a minute longer. i can't stress this enough that cheap PSUs can be very dangerous not just to your components but to your actual body/loved ones

PS - if that thing was heating up at all, remove it at once or at least leave it completely unplugged when the computer is not in use if you insist on keeping it and not replacing it.