Will My 500W NON 80+ Break?

[Theo Matthews]

im going to be gaming a lot and im wondering whether its worth selling the psu i get with my pre built machine and use that money and a little more the buy an 80 + psu, here are the specs

Motherboard : Asus H81M-Plus
CPU : Intel I5 4690 4th Gen Quad Core 3.5Ghz (turbo 3.9Ghz) CPU
Hard Drive : 1tb Sata Hard Drive
Memory : 8gb DDR3 1600mhz Corsair Vengeance Memory
Graphics Card : Onboard Intergrated (DVI / VGA) (I am thinking of getting a r9 270, will the psu be capable of handling this? and will it not just spark out after a while?)
Optical Drive : 24x Dual Layer DVD Writer

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Prebuilts have power supplies that are very poor , like I told you in the other thread.

 

[Valnac]

Definitely replace, especially if you want to get better graphics cards down the road. Honestly though, I'd just keep the old one for an emergency spare. #1 item to go on me has been PSU's.

 

[Theo Matthews]

Definitely replace, especially if you want to get better graphics cards down the road. Honestly though, I'd just keep the old one for an emergency spare. #1 item to go on me has been PSU's.

thank for both replies, does this mean anything though the psu im getting has got this as the description

Over Voltage Protection (OVP), Under Voltage, Over Power Protection (OPP), Over Temperature Protection (OTP) & Short Circuit Protection (SCP)

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

People don't usually buy cases with power supplies included because they know they would get a useless one.

 

[God-father-board]

Definitely replace, especially if you want to get better graphics cards down the road. Honestly though, I'd just keep the old one for an emergency spare. #1 item to go on me has been PSU's.

thank for both replies, does this mean anything though the psu im getting has got this as the description

Over Voltage Protection (OVP), Under Voltage, Over Power Protection (OPP), Over Temperature Protection (OTP) & Short Circuit Protection (SCP)

Anybody can put those labels but you gotta go with a product that backs their claims. It might spark out and take your mobo with it.