Question Is it safe to use my XPG PSU ?

[George8829]

I bought an XPG Starker case with an XPG Probe 600w bronze psu 6 months ago. Is this power supply is good enough till I can replace it with a better unit?. So far it only shut once when my hand accidentally slammed keyboard and mouse's wires at the same time while using the usb ports in the back of my case.
My system specs are an i3 10105F, MSI Z490-A Pro, 2x16GB ddr4 3200mhz, 5xHDDS, an nvme m2 ssd 1tb, sound blaster z, 4x120mm argb fans ,and a rx 6600 non xt.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there.

Which exact XPG model is it. You can check the sticker on the side of the PSU to tell. You may have to take off a side panel to check.

 

[--SID--]

XPG Probe 600w bronze

It's a low quality, group regulated unit. Not a bomb but the voltage regulation is terrible like all group regulated PSUs. Not a unit I would recommend with recent hardware.

 

[DSzymborski]

Yup, absolute junk. XPG has some really good power supplies. This isn't one of them. This is the cheapest thing they could find to stuff in a case. Should never be used with a GPU that requires supplementary problem. This PSU isn't good enough to turn on with this GPU.

 

[George8829]

Hey there.

Which exact XPG model is it. You can check the sticker on the side of the PSU to tell. YOu may have to take off a side panel to check.

 

[George8829]

Yup, absolute junk. XPG has some really good power supplies. This isn't one of them. This is the cheapest thing they could find to stuff in a case. Should never be used with a GPU that requires supplementary problem. This PSU isn't good enough to turn on with this GPU.

I found one review for this power supply but it's in Russian. I translated it to English via firefox add-on but due to being totally inexperienced with power supplies, I didn't understand much of the information provided in the review. Here is the link
https://www.ixbt.com/supply/xpg-probe-600w-review.html
Translated version
https://www-ixbt-com.translate.goog...ew.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en

 

[George8829]

It's a low quality, group regulated unit. Not a bomb but the voltage regulation is terrible like all group regulated PSUs. Not a unit I would recommend with recent hardware.

I found this piece of information in a review for this power supply ,but I've no idea what it means for my every day usage. Here is a link to the review https://www.ixbt.com/supply/xpg-probe-600w-review.html

 

[DSzymborski]

As noted, it's junk. A group-regulated PSU has no business being in a modern gaming PC. This PSU is basically designed for parts from 1999, before the +12V rail became a big deal.

 

[George8829]

Thank you all for your replays. I think I should get a reliable power supply very soon and never cheap out with this crucial component.

 

[George8829]

As noted, it's junk. A group-regulated PSU has no business being in a modern gaming PC. This PSU is basically designed for parts from 1999, before the +12V rail became a big deal.

Is Seasonic CORE-GM-650 a good power supply for my rig?. I'm sorry for prolong this discussion. I found it on an online store in my country for a reasonable price ,but after finding out that psus like the one I'm using now flooded the tech market where I live, I'm hesitant to purchase a new one without a proper advice.

 

[John Chesterfield]

Is Seasonic CORE-GM-650 a good power supply for my rig?. I'm sorry for prolong this discussion. I found it on an online store in my country for a reasonable price ,but after finding out that psus like the one I'm using now flooded the tech market where I live, I'm hesitant to purchase a new one without a proper advice.

That's a good unit.

 

[35below0]

Is Seasonic CORE-GM-650 a good power supply for my rig?. I'm sorry for prolong this discussion. I found it on an online store in my country for a reasonable price ,but after finding out that psus like the one I'm using now flooded the tech market where I live, I'm hesitant to purchase a new one without a proper advice.

It's a little bit more noisy, but it's reliable.

 

[George8829]

That's a good unit.

I bought it yesterday and I installed it in my rig ,and somehow the graphics card performance is greatly improved even though I'm using an i3 10105F that can bottleneck the gpu in cpu demanding games. It's crazy that a bad quality psu can limit a gpu's rasterization capabilities.