Is this safe power-wise? Will it damage the rest of my PC?
639157
Hi Joseph, my Lepa 1600W PSU failed on me after a few days of operation but, thank God, no components were damaged. I've read good things about this PSU so my problem was the exception rather than the rule. Just a WAG on my part but I imagine your experience will be better than mine; in any case, the most important thing to me is it didn't take out anything else when it failed.
639158
Perfectly safe. There's plenty of precautions taken to ensure that there aren't any surges or shorts that could damage your PC.It's also modular so no need to worry about extra cables hanging around not plugged in to anything, and the 1600w rating doesn't mean that is how much power it is always using, just that it is capable of delivering that much if you needed it.
639159
No worth the chance. This thing is absolute garbage. I lost a heck of a lot from this, but I should have read the feedback. I found later most power supply's cannot carry this kind of current. I returned it for a EVGA 1300 watt 80 plus gold supply that cost only 190$. I can live with 1300 vs 1600. But if you need that mush power I don't know where you will get it on a single rail. I would probably go with something external like a server grade. Good luck.
639160
Very safe, its made by enermax I beleive and most of their powersupplies are top notch. I work for Lutro0 Customs and we have sleeved a ton of these PSUs and everyone I know has been happy with them. In fact I think we have about 6 of these in the shop just sitting here haha.
639161
I haven't had any problems. It's been running in my bitcoin miner for 3 months.
639162
This has been powering my rig for well over a year and absolutely no problems! I strongly recommend this product.
2253337
Hi dude, the box says: "500Watts or greater power supply". If you have a certified (real) 500W PSU, you'll be ok.
1420707
the wattage should be fine but you also need supplemental power plugged directly into this card from the psu.
440771
I am running it on a duel monitor set up, with 3 hard drives and 3 case fans on a 600 watt power supply, so I would assume, since I only have 100 watts more than you, that it would be fine. However, I'd advise you to double check with power consumption tools, I recommend cooler master's power consumption tool ( http://www.coolermaster.outervision.com/) to save you the hassle, that is the link for it. But I assume it should be fine.
1834062
Yes and no, it may cause issues as the card needs 300w to run, but I ran it on 500w for about 2 months before I upgraded and it caused power surges but as long as your power supply has a 6 pin and 8 pin, then you should have no issues running it, it more depends on its power consumption while gaming
1543701
Probably. But to be certain you should make a list of all the power consuming parts in your PC and use a power calculator to determine the safe minimum size power supply for your particular computer. There are several free power calculators available online. One that seems to be recommended a lot by consumer PC forums and blogs, and the one I'm most familiar with, is the Extreme Power Supply calculator: .outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jspJust fill in the blanks with your parts and it will provide a minimum power requirement, and a recommended power level.Frank
2183770
No there are no concerns...I am assuming you are coming off the output side of the UPS......just have to remember that your UPS has a output load and if you exceed that then on a power fault you would lose the protection for your workstation. So if you don't exceed the watts output of your UPS then you are good to go
249996
This is a really great card. however, your concern is correct. I wouldn't try running it on a power supply that is less then 700w just to be safe. I currently run a 1100w Therm, and have had no problems.
293975
This card would require a min. of 600 watt power supply to be safe. Keep in mind the power supply also has to power every other item on the motherboard, you do not want to put too much strain on the power supply. I installed a 600W power supply for this exact card and did not put any strain on the PC.
1462896
I used this in a slim HP desktop without any problems. It is a low power card. Depending on your setup, you may need and PCI Express "riser cable"
220299
I would not recommend doing this as the extra voltage will indeed damage the motherboard and may damage your psu. It could even overheat.
1650975
No, I would recommend at least a high efficiency 450 or 500 Watt, it may power up but you can damage the card with not providing it enough power or damage your mother board. You may find some calculator that says other wise but I wouldn't risk it. (I burned up this same card and ruined my mother board pcie slot, not for running to little power but my power supply shorted giving unstable power, to little power would be unstable.
619306
Hi Luis. There's no extra power plug for this card, so that part is fine for you. But only 300W is pretty low. You can try it, and if you experience random shutdowns and instability, that's your primary cause and you should upgrade the PS to 600W or so. Obviously, no video card will really use 200W (it would simply melt down), but most PS are 80% efficient, a hard drive takes some more, the CPU takes some, on and on. As you can read, some folks are using it with 300W just fine. You need to take into account how much other stuff you have plugged in and running. I had five hard drives, a 125W CPU and so on, so it was unworkable to have just 300W. Hi Luis. There's no extra power plug for this card, so that part is fine for you. But only 300W is pretty low. You can try it, and if you experience random shutdowns and instability, that's your primary cause and you should upgrade the PS to 600W or so. Obviously, no video card will really use 200W (it would simply melt down), but most PS are 80% efficient, a hard drive takes some more, the CPU takes some, on and on. As you can read, some folks are using it with 300W just fine. You need to take into account how much other stuff you have plugged in and running. I had five hard drives, a 125W... » Read More Hi Luis. There's no extra power plug for this card, so that part is fine for you. But only 300W is pretty low. You can try it, and if you experience random shutdowns and instability, that's your primary cause and you should upgrade the PS to 600W or so. Obviously, no video card will really use 200W (it would simply melt down), but most PS are 80% efficient, a hard drive takes some more, the CPU takes some, on and on. As you can read, some folks are using it with 300W just fine. You need to take into account how much other stuff you have plugged in and running. I had five hard drives, a 125W CPU and so on, so it was unworkable to have just 300W. « Show Less
1580655
I guess it depends how long you need it to run in the event of a power failure. If this is your only computer and only need a very short up time before shutting down it may be over kill for you.
1827631
As far as the overall watts are concerned, this is enough. There's also enough plugs for all of that (with room for another graphics card or two if you wanted more later). You should be just fine! I love this PSU. Highly recommended.
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.
1543702
Probably. But to be certain you should make a list of all the power consuming parts in your PC and use a power calculator to determine the safe minimum size power supply for your particular computer. There are several free power calculators available online. One that seems to be recommended a lot by consumer PC forums and blogs, and the one I'm most familiar with, is the Extreme Power Supply calculator: .outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp Just fill in the blanks with your parts and it will provide a minimum power requirement, and a recommended power level. Frank