What's the average "safety margin" on average, mid-tier PSUs?
If the label says "500 watt", will the box blow out the instant I try to draw out 501 watts of power, or can it handle ~5% more more load, or some fixed amount?
I'm talking about power supplies from "reputable" manufacturers, not indian-garage-tier 10 bucks boxes
What's the average "safety margin" on average, mid-tier PSUs?
Camden Rogers
Jason Stewart
Optimal efficiency is around 50% load. Most good PSUs will work a little over the rated specs however the efficiency will be abysmal and you are shortening the life of the PSU.
Josiah Moore
>around 50% load
Ouch. I had always assumed it's at least 80% before I start losing efficiency
Ryan Howard
its fake news
you have 80+ efficiency from 10% to ~90%
of course the bump is best around 50%
Tyler Baker
This place is probably the worst to ask for wattage recommendations because these faggots will recommend you kilowatt power supplies for shit that doesn't even draw 400 watts from the fucking wall socket.
Isaiah Fisher
80+ spec is 85% + at 50% load nerd
Robert Smith
its way more than 5%.
they can run at like 150w more for afue seconds.
but not much longer than that. but max loads from things usually only last maybe 500ms but thats sorta the gamble you play.
gets sketch but you can prob push it abit. they might be able to run like 50w over their rating for 2mins etc not sure how it works.
Mason Cruz
ive also seen really dodgy SFX psus from Taobao saying they have been upgraded via some modification/hack to run at 650w while stock they rated for 500w.
I assume they just remove some protection from it and yolo it. th
Liam Allen
these 500w updgrade to 650w sfx psus where 30$ on Taobao btw.
Luke Ward
Over current protection kicks In at Around 120% load on most decent PSUs
But after around 95% load voltage ripple on most PSUs go all wacky and it causes problems before Overcurrent kicks in
James Carter
>still have my 560w bequiet powersupply from 2011
1 8pin port burned out last month but it is still running fine
Zachary Adams
I wouldn't go anywhere near 500w on a """500w"""" psu
Max 410-420 w load imo if it's good
Mason Harris
Refer to this:
en.wikipedia.org
PSU often are better at some loads than the certification suggests. Often it is around 50% load, sure.
Justin Brown
that's the mindset you acquire from buying off-brand power supplies
Easton Turner
>buying corsair normie trash ever
LMAO I bet your case blinds you with all the RGB lights as well
Hudson Thomas
Only specific models are good, don't trust a brand.
Ryder Martin
name a bad Seasonic or FSP PSU
Chase Jones
2008 Corsair TX650, nothing blew, everything just works. Had to replace fans twice, it's running THAT much.
Zachary Evans
>bad Seasonic
X series
>bad FSP
Aurum had ridiculously short cables that basically made it impossible to plug in CPU power routed behind the motherboard tray.
Raider fans were a hit and miss. I had quiet ones in my Raider 550, others complained of noise.
Kayden Taylor
>500w
unless you are gaming, you'll never come close to that within the next decade
Thomas Nelson
Just get a 650 or a 750 then you won't have to worry. Plus you'll keep some efficiency at least.
Ayden Gray
I wouldn't even try to run a mid-tier PSU up to its maximum, let alone overload it.
I'm talking about consistent load here, you could probably overload it for a few secs maybe.
Ryan Perez
>name a bad Seasonic PSU
Here you go:
knowledge.seasonic.com
Dylan Fisher
I've got a 2010 TX 850. Will last in another build since my builds barely use 250w full load
Kevin Bennett
>2010
Isn't that a V2?
Aiden Hall
probably, I'm too lazy to check
Samuel Turner
They slacked off with V2, but it's still far better than anything they released later. The HX is tacky, the VS and CX are garbage housefire edition.