- Aug 19, 2001
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i might have asked this earlier but i can't find the message anymore.....
if i were to get a 550w power supply, remove its fans, and put it into a system that consumes around 200w of power, is there any risk in damaging the power supply? (with heatsinks of course) what if the system consumes 350w?
if i remember, someone said it would probably fry very quickly, but why would a power supply output extra power if only a fraction of it is being used? i know next to nothing about the physics of it all, but wouldn't a power supply only provide enough power to keep a machine going?
if i were to get a 550w power supply, remove its fans, and put it into a system that consumes around 200w of power, is there any risk in damaging the power supply? (with heatsinks of course) what if the system consumes 350w?
if i remember, someone said it would probably fry very quickly, but why would a power supply output extra power if only a fraction of it is being used? i know next to nothing about the physics of it all, but wouldn't a power supply only provide enough power to keep a machine going?