Corsair VS650W - How screwed am I?

[roxria]

Hello!

I have this build:

An i7 4th gen cpu, GTX 970 with 8 GB of RAM;

I am, however, stuck with Corsair VS650W - am I screwed? I jut found out how bad/cheap they are and how they are NOT for high end gaming.

I cannot buy another/exchange it (reasons not important) so? should I be worried about this? will something bad happen to rig? will the PC's performance suck when gaming?

 

[Robert Cook]

well, as a gtx 970 only needs 550 watts at the most your power supply will not be anywhere near full load. the gaming performance would only drop in the event there is not enough power which is unlikely. while a cheapo power supply, it will not explode, and as it is not being pushed, it should last until you can get a new one ( easy six months or so.) just try not to OC much if at all

 

[roxria]

well, as a gtx 970 only needs 550 watts at the most your power supply will not be anywhere near full load. the gaming performance would only drop in the event there is not enough power which is unlikely. while a cheapo power supply, it will not explode, and as it is not being pushed, it should last until you can get a new one ( easy six months or so.) just try not to OC much if at all

Thank you Robert

I do not like to Overclock my parts so that is not going to happen.

What do you mean being pushed? won't me gaming on high settings on new games push the PSU?

 

[Robert Cook]

when I say pushed I mean used near full load, as 550 is the absolute worst case scenario for that build, you will not get anywhere near the 600 watt redzone on that power supply.

 

[Sakkura]

The GTX 970 uses well under 200W, the Core i7 is under 100W, and the rest of the system less than 50W. So peak combined power draw is barely over 300W. That's no problem at all on a Corsair VS650.

 

[roxria]

when I say pushed I mean used near full load, as 550 is the absolute worst case scenario for that build, you will not get anywhere near the 600 watt redzone on that power supply.

Now the psu is not gold certified - so even with it's lack of efficiency, it will NOT be pushed?

 

[roxria]

The GTX 970 uses well under 200W, the Core i7 is under 100W, and the rest of the system less than 50W. So peak combined power draw is barely over 300W. That's no problem at all on a Corsair VS650.

Yea the power should be fine it is the fact that it is a cheap one - I am afraid of it ruining the rest of my PC lol or even affectingperformance for some reason

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Although the quality isn't the greatest and it's not Haswell compatible , it can power those specs , if your PSU has trouble with the sleep states , most don't , you can disable them in the BIOS.

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2013/may/haswell-compatibility-with-corsair-power-supplies
Haswell compatibility with Corsair power supplies

 

[roxria]

Although the quality isn't the greatest and it's not Haswell compatible , it can power those specs , if your PSU has trouble with the sleep states , most don't , you can disable them in the BIOS.

http://www.corsair.com/en-us/blog/2013/may/haswell-compatibility-with-corsair-power-supplies
Haswell compatibility with Corsair power supplies

I just hope it doesn't ruin my computer then.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It won't ruin your setup.

 

[roxria]

It won't ruin your setup.

Thank you.