Don’t forget, some prebuilt companies tend to cheap out on PSUs as well. That’s the real crime, IMO. Those customer rely on them to build a reliable system.
EnviousMedia
I had single channel memory for many years before I finally got a matching stick but the very PSU I had lasted damn near 10 years even though unreasonable abuse (namely having a power hungry GTX 670)
XWasTheProblem
My favourite was some shitty iBOX PSU with, get it, RGB fan.
Probably the one single part where the light genuinely doesn’t matter. But hey, it’s gamer’ey.
NeverEndingWalker64
Same with buying used PSUs.
I purchased a still on its package R5 7600X for 120 euros, on Kleinanzeigen, along with a B650 motherboard for 180 €, and a RX 5700 for 100.
The only things I purchased new were the RAM, the case and the PSU.
With a used PSU, no matter how good it is on the tier list, you don’t know what the previous seller did to it. A friend of mine once purchased a “sealed” PSU, just to notice that it was opened, used and then re-sealed with some cheap material. And he couldn’t return it anymore.
Kingdom_Republic
I mean when you onlt have a budget of 300$ to 400$ (if im lucky) on a PC which has to accommodate a GPU and a CPU and everything else the PSU is my last concern
Not that i don’t know how important it is but i just don’t have money for everything
PC just cost as much as Bikes now
HankThrill69420
this whole thought process is just a sign you need to save for another paycheck/allowance or two. don’t jump the gun just to get on the platform, you’ll end up with a combination potato/bomb
HumanTR
it do indeed explode. Experienced it first hand.
naswinger
even if a cheap PSU doesn’t set your house on fire, it can make your system unstable and these crashes are hard to figure out because who suspects that crappy voltage from a cheap PSU is the culprit.
CriticalCush_
Got an overkill 850 msi gold for 3060 ti, its silent tho
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Don’t forget, some prebuilt companies tend to cheap out on PSUs as well. That’s the real crime, IMO. Those customer rely on them to build a reliable system.
I had single channel memory for many years before I finally got a matching stick but the very PSU I had lasted damn near 10 years even though unreasonable abuse (namely having a power hungry GTX 670)
My favourite was some shitty iBOX PSU with, get it, RGB fan.
Probably the one single part where the light genuinely doesn’t matter. But hey, it’s gamer’ey.
Same with buying used PSUs.
I purchased a still on its package R5 7600X for 120 euros, on Kleinanzeigen, along with a B650 motherboard for 180 €, and a RX 5700 for 100.
The only things I purchased new were the RAM, the case and the PSU.
With a used PSU, no matter how good it is on the tier list, you don’t know what the previous seller did to it. A friend of mine once purchased a “sealed” PSU, just to notice that it was opened, used and then re-sealed with some cheap material. And he couldn’t return it anymore.
I mean when you onlt have a budget of 300$ to 400$ (if im lucky) on a PC which has to accommodate a GPU and a CPU and everything else the PSU is my last concern
Not that i don’t know how important it is but i just don’t have money for everything
PC just cost as much as Bikes now
this whole thought process is just a sign you need to save for another paycheck/allowance or two. don’t jump the gun just to get on the platform, you’ll end up with a combination potato/bomb
it do indeed explode. Experienced it first hand.
even if a cheap PSU doesn’t set your house on fire, it can make your system unstable and these crashes are hard to figure out because who suspects that crappy voltage from a cheap PSU is the culprit.
Got an overkill 850 msi gold for 3060 ti, its silent tho