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Upgrading psu and graphics card

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I had bought a new desktop last year. I was still using old psu cooler master 650 w bronze. Recently my pc died on inspection I found out that my psu is fried.kindly suggest me a new psu also I was using an old gt 1650 4gb which I want to upgrade.
Specs
I5 12400
B660
16gb ram

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[birdmantd]

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What make/model motherboard and what type of video interface does it use? What is your budget? Was the previous video card sufficient or do you want to upgrade it to something more powerful? Do you know what the wattage of the PSU (Power Supply Unit) is and how many watts are currently in use?

• This reply was modified 1 year ago by birdmantd.
• This reply was modified 1 year ago by birdmantd.

Need a little more information.

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When I upgraded to the RTX 3070 the Cooler Master 850W at 2 years old had to be replaced. I used a new 1,000 Watt PSU because on 850W I would get hard to pin down BSODs and lockups.

I’m fortunate to have been involved in PC repair and diagnosis to know the signs of a too small or old PSU.

Specs

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Thank you for your time and effort.
My specs are as follows, I have uninstalled GPU using another 650w cooler master bronze currently.
1. I5- 12400
2. Asus ex-b660m-v5 d4
3. 2 SSD ( 512 gb nvme + 256 gb SSD)
4. 16gb ram 2* 8 gb 3200 Corsair vengeance
5.INNO3D GEFORCE GTX 1650 Twin X2 OC V2 4GB GDDR6
6. Psu old 650w cooler master mwe non modular
7. 4 RGB fans that came in with cabinet pc cooler platinum mm200.

I hope I have given all I made this pc after a long time..

My original PC had

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The 850 Watt PSU and the GTX 1660. I can’t guess why you would select a small 650 Watt PSU. Sounds too small if you want the PC to last a few years.

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