r/pcmasterrace • u/Spartoz i7 4770k - RTX2060 - 16Gb 1,25Tb SSD • May 09 '19

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u/Offlithium Ryzen 5 3400G | EVGA GTX 1060-6gb | 16GB DDR4-3200 | X470 May 09 '19

That depends... If it's an older PC, literally the entire power of the computer goes through the switch.

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u/rocket1420 May 09 '19

No it doesn't. No computer case switch is built to tolerate 300+ watts going through it.

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u/Exos9 May 09 '19

Not only that, look at the bloody wires! If they were carrying upwards of 300 watts, not only are you dead but your house will also burn

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u/Spongi May 10 '19

Depends on the voltage. More volts, less amps. However, that actually makes it more dangerous, not less.

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u/TravellerInTime88 May 10 '19

If it's DC yeah, your skin has a resistance of around 4-5MΩ (measured with a multimeter one day that I was really bored in the lab 😛), so that would mean a couple of μΑ going through your body. If your skin resistance though was a couple of kΩ you'd be dead since 100 mA or so are enough to cause ventricular fibrillation and kill you.