Will putting a 500w power supply burn out my computer other hardware?

4 Responses to Will putting a 500w power supply burn out my computer other hardware?

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   anonymous x on July 6, 2010 at 4:01 am

   if you buy a good quality power supply, then no.

   A power supply only draws as much power as the computer needs.
   and luckily for you, HP computers tend to be upgrade friendly and use ATX power supplies

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   Kyle S on July 6, 2010 at 4:54 am

   no because 500w does not mean it runs at 500w it means if your pc needs it ican run up 500w on full

   but even while playing games with a 8800gs your probs not gona used anymore than 420w

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   FINGER on July 6, 2010 at 5:06 am

   If you buy some $30 piece of garbage then you are taking a gamble.

   If you buy any decent 500W PSU for $100 or so, you should be good to go. I had a cheap Dynex brand 350W PSU and it lasted me for 3 years being left on constantly. But it was also of poor quality.

   I purchased a higher quality PSU this time, a Coolermaster Pro Power 750W and I am pleased.

   Plugging in a PSU that has more power than you need won’t do your computer any harm, unless you have poor quality components, which is unlikely.

   In short, no, putting a decent 500W PSU into your computer properly and not overloading it will not cause your computer any harm.

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4. 

   clinton c on July 6, 2010 at 5:40 am

   I’m with finger

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