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Okay so, the PC I have isn't meant for gaming so the specs aren't some weird crazy things, just an average PC i guess, but I got myself a GTX 1050 and decided too play some H1z1 KoTK. My old GPU could run practically nothing, was a GTX 610. Never was into PC gaming but got a card that could run some games at decent settings and figured i'd give it a try. Long story short, I'm pretty sure it's frying my 500W PSU. When I play H1, roughly 3-5 minutes after i start playing, my computer gives off a burnt plastic smell, theres no real signs of anything being burnt or melted inside of the PSU, but when i opened it's case, it reeked. Anyone know if maybe I need more power?
My case has 2 fans, 1 on each side, front and back, and my PSU has a 12v fan underneath it which is running at all times.
SPECS:
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad Core Processor 3.80GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Motherboard: MSI Z1-7641
SSD: Not sure but i know it's a 2TB Toshiba drive
RAM: 8GB DDR3
PSU: Turbolink ATX-XG500W
I have a DVDRAM too

If any other specs are needed, let me know and i'll update this


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Ask Mikey he is a nerd But people do use PC Support forums!
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Wizard wrote
Ask Mikey he is a nerd But people do use PC Support forums!


I did yesterday night, he wasn't sure

But oh, i've been in there a few times and i was the only person in the forums most times lol
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Wizard wrote
Ask Mikey he is a nerd But people do use PC Support forums!


Mikey doesn't know anything about PCs
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Discover wrote Okay so, the PC I have isn't meant for gaming so the specs aren't some weird crazy things, just an average PC i guess, but I got myself a GTX 1050 and decided too play some H1z1 KoTK. My old GPU could run practically nothing, was a GTX 610. Never was into PC gaming but got a card that could run some games at decent settings and figured i'd give it a try. Long story short, I'm pretty sure it's frying my 500W PSU. When I play H1, roughly 3-5 minutes after i start playing, my computer gives off a burnt plastic smell, theres no real signs of anything being burnt or melted inside of the PSU, but when i opened it's case, it reeked. Anyone know if maybe I need more power?
My case has 2 fans, 1 on each side, front and back, and my PSU has a 12v fan underneath it which is running at all times.
SPECS:
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad Core Processor 3.80GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Motherboard: MSI Z1-7641
SSD: Not sure but i know it's a 2TB Toshiba drive
RAM: 8GB DDR3
PSU: Turbolink ATX-XG500W
I have a DVDRAM too

If any other specs are needed, let me know and i'll update this



When you first opened the PC was there a bunch of dust? If there was I'd suggest using a can of dustoff and see how much dust could be in your PSU and other parts, doesn't have to be prefect.
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Its definitely your power supply. Did a quick look and most of the reviews show that it's complete shit. Is it possible to buy a new psu from best buy around your area?
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Discover wrote Okay so, the PC I have isn't meant for gaming so the specs aren't some weird crazy things, just an average PC i guess, but I got myself a GTX 1050 and decided too play some H1z1 KoTK. My old GPU could run practically nothing, was a GTX 610. Never was into PC gaming but got a card that could run some games at decent settings and figured i'd give it a try. Long story short, I'm pretty sure it's frying my 500W PSU. When I play H1, roughly 3-5 minutes after i start playing, my computer gives off a burnt plastic smell, theres no real signs of anything being burnt or melted inside of the PSU, but when i opened it's case, it reeked. Anyone know if maybe I need more power?
My case has 2 fans, 1 on each side, front and back, and my PSU has a 12v fan underneath it which is running at all times.
SPECS:
CPU: AMD FX(tm)-4300 Quad Core Processor 3.80GHz
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Motherboard: MSI Z1-7641
SSD: Not sure but i know it's a 2TB Toshiba drive
RAM: 8GB DDR3
PSU: Turbolink ATX-XG500W
I have a DVDRAM too

If any other specs are needed, let me know and i'll update this



When you first opened the PC was there a bunch of dust? If there was I'd suggest using a can of dustoff and see how much dust could be in your PSU and other parts, doesn't have to be prefect.


Yes, I did clean it with dustoff, then i tried too play, same issue /:

And yes IP but they are extremely overpriced, and I'd prefer too have Geek Squad install it cause i know nothing about PC's either, and that's around $99 as well lol. Guess i'm just going too buy one on amazon, thanks guys!
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Its your PSU its cheap and craptastic... I even googled it to see the price and the first thing that comes up saying "the crappiest PSU's" I would recommend CORSAIR's they are the best for gaming (in my opinion)
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Ethereum wrote Its your PSU its cheap and craptastic... I even googled it to see the price and the first thing that comes up saying "the crappiest PSU's" I would recommend CORSAIR's they are the best for gaming (in my opinion)


Yeah I saw that too! lol
But it was a prebuilt that i bought mainly for school so I wasn't too worried about components, as long as they worked well with Word, Powerpoint, etc.
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Also, will any PSU work with my pc as long as it fits in my case? Or do I need a specific type of psu?
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