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this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2023
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All it has to do is supply power. But when it goes bad it can go BAD.
Best case scenario it just stops working. Worst case is an actual fire. If you’re pushing the limits of the PSU (transient spike count too) can cause it to fail In smaller ways (low voltage that cause odd hard to trace behavior) or for the power supply to shut off for “no reason”.
I think gamers nexus did the video on the gigabyte PSU that would explode every time they pushed its limits in a specific way.
That makes sense! I usually give myself some power "headroom" when picking a PSU in case I upgrade to more demanding parts in the future, but I also never alter the voltage limits on a build. I know that's more important with overclocking and such, so that might be a very useful concern for users who are planning on doing that.