[SOLVED] Is my PSU compatible with a GTX 760 or 750 TI?

[s6lid]

I have a Powerlogic ATX-700-W that is made from china and I'm getting a GTX 760 or 750 TI soon, will it be compatible with the power supply?

 

[bignastyid]

Did that PSU come with a fire extinguisher?

 

[s6lid]

Did that PSU come with a fire extinguisher?

Nope, but now im curious why or how would the PSU catch on fire?
also heres an image of the PSU (taken from google since my phone's camera quality is bad)

so would this be compatible with a GTX 760 or 750 TI?

 

[bignastyid]

That PSu is on the same category as the ones in this video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6snWfd1v7M
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While just sparks in the videos every now and then these generic rebrands have been known to catch fire.

 

[s6lid]

That PSu is on the same category as the ones in this video

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6snWfd1v7M
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While just sparks in the videos every now and then these generic rebrands have been known to catch fire.

Oh wow the idea of my PSU sparking is scary but I've had my pc for atleast 5 years now and it hasn't sparked yet
my specs are
Motherboard - msi FM2-A55M-E33
CPU - AMD A8-5600K
GPU - AMD Radeon 7560D
Toshiba HDDs - 194 GB and 270 GB
Ram - 12 gb ram

I have few more questions
would the PSU spark if its giving lets say 500 W since it says that my PSU is a 700 W one?

would the sparks start to show if I upgrade the GPU to one of the GPUs in the title?

would the PSU spark if the inside of the pc is hot? I have a small case, 14 inch (width) x 15 inch (length) sideways and about 6 and a half inches when facing the IO shield or powerbutton, I also don't have any cooling / ventilation fans attached to the case yet and I'm planning to buy two (after 5 years) the only coolers that my pc has are the PSU's own cooler and CPU's own cooler.
even if I buy case coolers for air flow support in order to keep my pc cooler would there still be a chance of it Sparking?

did the PSU in the video spark because it had alot of components attached to it like a gpu, cpu, motherboard etc? (kind of relative to the 1st question in this reply since the components use the PSU's power.)

also since the GTX 760 and 750 TI both require to have atleast a 500 W powersupply does that mean that it would use watts at around that amount?

I think I have more questions but this is all I can think of for now.

 

[bignastyid]

Sorry but thats not even close to actually being a 700W PSU. A good 700w PSU should be able to deliver ~58a on the 12v rail, yours says it rated for 30a(360w) and even getting close to that is a bad idea.

Heat is bad but it's poor component choice and false advertising that kill these rebranded generic units.

They were using PSU testing equipment in the video, so they can know what they are pulling and from where. For a GTX 760 you want a decent quality 500w unit and a 750Ti can run with a decent 350w unit, your unit is neither of those. It's a low quality 350-400w unit some scam artist put a 700w sticker on.

I seriously suggest the first upgrade is a PSU, where it has managed to somehow last years liely means you are borrowed time.

 

[Karadjgne]

The HD7560D is not an additional card, it's the igpu built into your APU (that's an AMD cpu + graphics), so as such, that 700w excuse for a psu has had nothing heavier on a draw than the fans, your drives and the APU, all of which adds upto between 150w-200w at best.

Even that fire-starter wouldn't have an issue with such a low wattage.

The issue comes with you adding another actual component, the 750ti pulls @ 70-75w, the 760 pulls @ 170w.

With your psu at 30A on the 12v rail, that's a total of @ 360w. Your pc already pulls @ 200w (worst case), so adding a 760 puts you over the limit, even the 750ti will push the system to 250w+ on a very unreliable 360w.

You are stretching that rubber band very tight, which usually is ok, but not advisable, but in your case it's also a 5 year old rubber band, and then that becomes a question of not 'if' it will snap, but 'when' and how much will it sting when it does.

To put it into perspective, that psu has a 1 year manufacturers warranty, when everyone else decent has a minimum of 5 years, some upto 12 years. That's how much faith they have in what they make.