What is the worst thing that could happen if i put my gpu in pc and there is not enough power out of PSU?
What is the worst thing that could happen if i put my gpu in pc and there is not enough power out of PSU?
Worst thing? Everything frys. MoBo, CPU, RAM, CPU, all of it.
Please list your system specs, GPU you are planning on putting in and Brand and Model of current PSU and someone here can tell you if it is enough or not. What the mfg recommends is normally not needed and over the top. It's more of a CYOA thing on their end.
The system may run wonky, or not start at all. It's pretty rare that actual damage can occur, but damage is still a possibility. Worst? KAblooie. Likely? Probably just no boot, or system crashes. What are your specs and what model power supply?
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Worst thing that happens is the fuse in your PSU giving way. What lathais mentions is untrue.
You'll break motherboard or PSU or the graphics card if you have really shitty PSU without proper protections. Usually (99.99% of the time) what happens is that either the computer shuts down immediately when you try to power it up, or it will shut down when you start any 3D accelerated application like a game.
If the PSU has power connectors for the graphics card and you don't need to hack those with any kind of extension cords and adapters, odds are it will work.
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Fuses are not 100% all the time, depending on the brand and model of the PSU. If it is a cheap one with no 80+ rating, this is a very real possibility.
That would be true if the question asked was what is the most likely thing that could happen, or what will probably happen. However, the question was what is the worst, and that is the answer. If he wanted a more detailed answer, he should have phrased it differently. Chazus and I said basically the same thing though, he also mentioned that the worst case was kablooie and asked for me details to properly answer what the OP really needs to know, which is the same thing I did.
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That PSU is more than enough for that system.
Your PSU is fine. It can run that card easily, but don't try extreme overclocking of CPU and GPU.
Bad thing about that PSU is that it has only one PCIe power cable, but it has enough wattage to run the card using molex-PCIe adapter. Just make sure you dont use splitter cable for the PCIe power but instead molex adapter because that will load the PSU more evenly.
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