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old PSU for low power usage(APU)

lyndonguitar

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Okay so my brother has upgraded from his 7 years old FSP Epsilon 80plus 600W power supply to a better one(Seasonic Focus plus 750W) because it was occasionally restarting his PC (i7-4770 and GTX 1070), presumably due to old age it can't handle the i7 and gtx 1070 anymore.

and now I have this spare PSU, an AMD APU combo (A10 7850k) will also come(thanks to the giveaway from this forum: techpowerup!)

is it okay to use the PSU for that build? can it handle low power hardware such as the APU? or is the PSU as good as busted?
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
Try it and see... who knows if there is something wrong with it or not. It should have easily powered the system that it is in even after 'capacitor aging'...
 
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Try it, if it causes bsods or freezes, time to scrap it
 
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Hi, just wanted to ask too. Since I bought a new power supply (Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 850W) a month ago, I have experienced random rebooting times considering that it's new, plus the fact that the power supply is making its clicking sounds everytime it powers up that seemed to spark or a part of the power supply itself short circuit after two weeks (hence the reason for powering off, then turns on after a while, and powers off after some time on its own). Is it a good decision to go for RMA because of its defective unit? Thanks.
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
inyongthegr8 said:
Hi, just wanted to ask too. Since I bought a new power supply (Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 850W) a month ago, I have experienced random rebooting times considering that it's new, plus the fact that the power supply is making its clicking sounds everytime it powers up that seemed to spark or a part of the power supply itself short circuit after two weeks (hence the reason for powering off, then turns on after a while, and powers off after some time on its own). Is it a good decision to go for RMA because of its defective unit? Thanks.
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Sure.

I would start your own thread instead of jijacking this guy's though. :)
 
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EarthDog said:
Try it and see... who knows if there is something wrong with it or not. It should have easily powered the system that it is in even after 'capacitor aging'...
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i see. so chances are, the PSU is busted even if it put a low power hardware to it yes?
 
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Benchmark Scores Faster than yours... I'd bet on it. :)
I would have no idea if its broken or what. Chances are it won't hurt anything if you try it though.
 
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EarthDog said:
I would have no idea if its broken or what. Chances are it won't hurt anything if you try it though.
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alright, i'll try it as soon as i get my hands on the APU. I just wanted to ask some inputs from you guys.
 
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inyongthegr8 said:
Hi, just wanted to ask too. Since I bought a new power supply (Thermaltake Toughpower Grand RGB 850W) a month ago, I have experienced random rebooting times considering that it's new, plus the fact that the power supply is making its clicking sounds everytime it powers up that seemed to spark or a part of the power supply itself short circuit after two weeks (hence the reason for powering off, then turns on after a while, and powers off after some time on its own). Is it a good decision to go for RMA because of its defective unit? Thanks.
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