Is There a Max Limit of Watts in Each PC?

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sweetmisery

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Cuz a technician says its also important, else it might fry the system. Just checking with you guys. Cuz I know you know more...

THANKS!
 
limited only to what psu you have and the max output of it. most psu will have overload protection so you dont have to worry too much about this.
 
I see. Its just that my Pavilion says it can only support til 400W, and yet, the good PSU are 450W... Should I go 450 or just settle with 350 if theres no 400?
 
Depends on what your running, video card? also the watts have little to do with the output, you gotta look at the amps on the 12v rails.
 
No, you could put a 1000W PSU in your system and it would work perfectly. You won't cause any damage - a PSU only puts out the amount of power that's required by your system.
 
Oh, so that techician is a fake? He said not to put beyond 400(Max for my hp Pavilion), cuz he said it will burn the system down. He said there were cases.

Thanks!
 
I wouldn't believe a technician in a retail store since they rarely do know about upgrading/changing stuff more if it's a bestbuy/circuitcity/gekosquad
 
I think its ok to use large PSU wattage on CPU, as long as its output is 12v & 5v the wattage ang Amps are merely for number of devices attached.
 
How about a 550W? Cuz its the best I can get... the others got crap brands. Im getting a HEC. Most of what online people recommend, I cant find here. lol
 
That guy should consider a career change.

To give you an idea. My computer uses 165w when idle and 222w under heavy load.
Specs:
E6300 @ 2.8GHz
7600GT
six hard disks

It uses 145w idle when at stock speeds and only 3 hard disks.
 
^^ Wow. Howcome it doesnt use much?

For me, how much do you think?

1 hard disk, 1 GB RAM, onboard sound card, upcoming 8600GT, E4300 @ 1.8GHz
 
sweetmisery said:
^^ Wow. Howcome it doesnt use much?

For me, how much do you think?

1 hard disk, 1 GB RAM, onboard sound card, upcoming 8600GT, E4300 @ 1.8GHz
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~175W load would be my guess. Don't forget that these are AC draws - the actual DC power output is less, typical efficiencies are around 80%. If TheMajor is reading 222W AC, his PSU is probably only outputting around 178W.

For anyone who's interested, these are cheap and effective at measuring power drawn: http://www.amazon.com/P3-International-Kill-Electricity-Monitor/dp/B00009MDBU
 
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