Hi i got my nephews computer today it was one my brother bought him built off ebay he bought an gtx970 gpu for it to play games and we installed it i bought a molex to 8 pin connector for it from ebay as we couldnt find anywhere else to get power cable after half an hour off me trying game with it i smelt burning and turned pc off to find the power cable plugged into it had burnt right through and melted.
In the pc is a generic atx 500 watt psu its given me a fright could anyone help should i try buy new psu or try a better cable from somewhere any help would be great
Rough pc specs
mobo - intel expert mobo
ram - standard ddr 2 5300 2 x 2gb ram
operating system - windows 10 pro
cpu - intel core 2 duo
In the pc is a generic atx 500 watt psu its given me a fright could anyone help should i try buy new psu or try a better cable from somewhere any help would be great
Rough pc specs
mobo - intel expert mobo
ram - standard ddr 2 5300 2 x 2gb ram
operating system - windows 10 pro
cpu - intel core 2 duo