#will my 500watt psu support a 4060?

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flint yoke
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not enough information

provide a model name, or a photo of the label on the PSU

hollow kettle
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EVGA 500 watt

flint yoke
hollow kettle
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Ok ill look at it

hollow kettle
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Ill send pic

fleet cloudBOT
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The tier list for PSUs can be found here:

https://cultists.network/140/psu-tier-list/

As a rule of thumb, you should buy a c tier when you build is below $1,000, B tier for below $2,000 and A tier above that. It may be worth checking the prices of some of the higher tiers as they may be cheaper than lower tiers.

You should not overbuy the wattage on the PSU, as PSUs are most efficient when at about 80% load.

hollow kettle
hollow kettle
flint yoke
hollow kettle
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So it wont support 4060?

flint yoke
flint yoke
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Might as well as use this as an opportunity to fix it

hollow kettle
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Im comfused

flint yoke
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If you're not sure, refer to #build-list build 3 for budget power supplies that are guaranteed safe. (you only need to check the power supply section)

flint yoke
hollow kettle
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Is it because its dirty?

flint yoke
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We could easily kill this PSU since OCP (overcurrent protection) at 12V is not correctly set, but we aborted the test and let it live since we only have one sample to conduct all tests. The 5V rail was unable to deliver its advertised full power, while the 3.3V rail's OCP is sky-high, so ripple on this rail gets out of control. Finally, the Over Power Protection should be lower than 130%, given the platform's capabilities. The good thing is that there is OTP (over temperature protection), which is essential to any PSU.

flint yoke
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Cleaning it won't make it any safer

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AND DO NOT OPEN POWER SUPPLIES

hollow kettle
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Huh thats odd i never had any problem with my psu

flint yoke
hollow kettle
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Ive had that psu since pre pandemic

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Pre pandemic

flint yoke
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so likely already derated

hollow kettle
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What?

flint yoke
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as a power supply ages the maximum wattage they can deliver safely and cleanly drops over time once they're past warranty

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This particular line only has a 2 year warranty

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so if this thing existed before the pandemic

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that's at least 4 years old

hollow kettle
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Ok so my specs are 8700k 1660 TI 32gb ram 1tb ssd x 1

flint yoke
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as this design's over current protection is not set correctly, and the 5v/3.3v rail are also not set up correctly

hollow kettle
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So i was lucky it didint fry all my pc parts?

flint yoke
flint yoke
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still, this PSU is not designed correctly and needs to be replaced

hollow kettle
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You dont work for EVGA do you?

flint yoke
hollow kettle
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Say can i get some kind of compensation from evga?

hollow kettle
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650 should definetly support a 4060

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This has s bunch of good ratings

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Ill just get a 600 watt psu

hollow kettle
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Ok i see

fading fern
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you can get this psu ''adata xpg core reactor 850w''

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its like 95-100$

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actually nevermind

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thats probably overkill, but if you want to get an overkill psu just incase of an upgrade its like 40-50 bucks more i think, then a 650watt tier c+ psu

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but you should be fine with any 650 Watt tier C+ psu

hollow kettle
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Im gonna be playing on a 1080p display so itll be good

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4060 will be good for DLSS and frame generation

hollow kettle
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ok so i have an 8700k it wont be to big of a bottleneck will like i wont lose a bunch of FPS because of it right?

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its overclocked so i hope that helps

flint yoke
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This CPU's single core speed is quite ropey

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Most of the time this shouldn't be much of an issue, especially if you also utilise frame generation which bypasses CPU entirely

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Since I do not know what games you will be playing, I cannot provide any specific advice other than to avoid higher ray tracing settings as the CPU likely will cause problems with 99ths

hollow kettle
flint yoke
hollow kettle
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Are you sure?

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Its never been a problem for me

flint yoke
# hollow kettle Its never been a problem for me

Like I said, it's game and settings dependent. That era of CPU is slow enough to have an impact in both 99th percentile frame times and sometimes outright frame rate when Ray Tracing is turned on, even when that GPU is a weakish 3050

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Let alone any faster card

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If your games are already running fine though there isn't a rush to get a new CPU

hollow kettle
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Ok

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I want to play god if war ragnorok

flint yoke
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Shouldn't be a problem

hollow kettle
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Ok

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Ok so what exactly is wrong with my psu from earlier?

flint yoke
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Poorly designed in a way that can cause hardware damage if loaded up, and given its current age vs expected component life time, it's likely not even a 500W PSU anymore

hollow kettle
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Is it a software thing?

flint yoke
hollow kettle
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So how come its lasted so long and still going?

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Cause it didint die yet

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If i put in a 4060 will it explode?

flint yoke
flint yoke
hollow kettle
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Ive never had any problems with it so far

flint yoke
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Fair enough

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Just avoid anything that uses more power than the 4060 Ti for now, and if you start getting unexpected shutdowns when things get loaded up time to get a second look on the PSU

hollow kettle
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It wont be a fire hazard will it?

flint yoke
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As far as temps are concerned

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However be aware that this PSU can't protect itself from overloading so avoid overclocking

hollow kettle
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Overcloacking the PSU?

flint yoke
hollow kettle
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Likely need to repaste my CPU gonna do that today

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Might not be necessary but it wont hurt

flint yoke
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Probably not going to be reading this thread to be honest but if you do, the suggestions here are based simply by that your PSU is part of a line that is not designed properly. It will still work if the new resulting maximum load is the same or lower as your current one, but it's still going to be a good idea to replace it soon.

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@hollow kettle