If i upgrade to a 500wat power supply will it fry the computer
306075
Reginald Nexus, You can upgrade the power supply to a more powerful one without fear of the increased wattage damaging the system. Proper installation of a power supply or any other component that does not damage the system will *not* void the warranty on the computer.
636621
I suggest you buy a converter which supports power at least 3 times larger than what you really need, this will make you less trouble. Thus for your PS, 500W seems good enough.
1307864
Sounds like that's a 250 Watt power supply. It doesn't hurt to use a beefier power supply, so a 400W would fulfill your power needs very well. I don't know why companies put puny power supplies in things. As long as it has the connectors you need for your motherboard and hardware, it should do fine. The person who got this supply put in his computer says it's been working fine.
1078846
I don't se why not, Just remember it has a 500W limit, you may have to add the power draw of all the components.
675716
Simple answer. Yes. I have a new computer with this PSU and that gen. Of cpu
1594498
No. I would not recommend a 300w PSU. I have a 550w PSU with my installation.
772932
I think you must upgrade your PSU to 400w , check the system requirements from this link- http://www.gigabyte.com.lk/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4380#sp .
521334
400 would be pushing it. I have a 600w and it does fine. I would say the minimum would be 500w but it really depends on your total power consumption system wide.
1611284
It runs on max150W when not overclocked but the psu your system needs depends on other parts so I would say if you're not overclocking your cpu a normal system would be fine with a 500W psu
420671
I have a 700 Watt power supply and haven't had any issues. New Egg though helped me choose what was right for my system, the only thing was that Amazon had it cheaper.
1638580
I'm using 315w at idle and I have 8 hard disks in this computer. At max load I use "only" 530w. So yea, I highly doubt you will ever use the full 900 watts.
1709092
Provided there is an open pci slot on the pc (which you can find out by opening it up) and the psu is putting out 400 - 500 watts you should be fine. Upgrading stock PC's can be tricky though, I wouldn't recommend it personally, hard to get it to the standard you want.
659778
I would not use less than 500W but preferably 600W - 750W because of the graphic card I would later be tempted to use and the possibility of chaining them.
1273098
I would recommend you upgrade to a 300W power supply if you're going to upgrade the video card.
574703
If it is a good PSU like a Corsair, Seasonic or an Antec you will likely be fine. With a cheap PSU it will likely shut down your computer periodically at best and instantaneously at worst.
891620
Yes, should work fine. My Desktop had 500W in it when I was using this. It will be a VERY tight fit in that case though.
1533982
yes, just make sure your power supply can handle it. at least 450 or 500 watts