could using a powersupply that doesnt pull enough watts damage any of the components? or maybe the psu itself?
thanks
using an underpowered psu
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Tom's hardware ran a review of PSU's, and in the course determined the maximum draw. I believe 4 out of the 20 burned out, several more simply made the system unstable, and several shut down elegantly. So it depends , but the worst you are going to do realistically is damage the PSU... It is also said that variance along the rails can damage the CPU / other components, but when I overdraw on one of my 3 PSU's (the 150w one, the only one I can overdraw) the system simply becomes unstable, and shortly thereafter freezes. YMMV, but I wouldn't worry too much about it.