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Help looking for a "hard to find" power supply.
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12. January 2008 @ 19:23 |
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I always seem to have the right power supply, but this time I don't. For a pc I'm building I need a 400w power supply. Now you may be wondering "but 21, those are easy to find!" Well here is the catch, I need a very small one. In fact the dimensions can't exceed 80(H) - 40(W) -220(L). After hours on the internet I've come across some candidates but they are just barley to big. So any help is greatly appreciated.
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12. January 2008 @ 21:37 |
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Bump as i desperately need a reply.
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12. January 2008 @ 21:46 |
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bumping is frowned upon on aD.
and i doubt you will find a reliable psu with those dimensions. anything 400w+ is standard atx. even if you find a micro atx power supply with 400w, it's probably from a cheapo company.
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ddp
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12. January 2008 @ 23:05 |
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why so small & don't bump again?
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13. January 2008 @ 09:05 |
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That's a micro-sized PSU. Am I right in thinking it's going in a small-form-factor case like a Shuttle?
You will never find a 400W supply this big, but fortunately, no PC that size actually needs a power supply that big. NO IFS, NO BUTS
The downside is that that's such a small size, the only replacement is a PSU the exact same as the ones you want to replace. If it hasn't broken, there's no need to replace it, as there's nothing better to replace it with.
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13. January 2008 @ 10:56 |
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It is for a small form factor case, but not from any particular computer. It's for a project I've been working on. I've already had to change my case since there was no power supply that could fit.
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13. January 2008 @ 10:58 |
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If it's something like an Asus Terminator, you're out of luck for a big power supply.
What hardware is going in it? You can run a half-decent gaming PC off a 165W unit.
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13. January 2008 @ 11:32 |
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Well the mobo I have need at least 300 or 400, not sure, but my 200w psu didn't work on it. I need to run 1 150gb sata hd with an ide to sata dapter and 1 dvd rom drive. The case is a custom case.
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13. January 2008 @ 11:51 |
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If the case is that custom, modify it so it'll fit a proper power supply.
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13. January 2008 @ 12:29 |
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Well it would be a hasle. The only real alternative is if that the power supply over laps the mobo's PCI ports or the processor. I would like to put a wireless card in there so if I can avoid putting it on the PCI ports that would be great. The processor is embeded, so as a result the heat sink is reletivly small. In fact, it's just a fan. So as those are really my only options.
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13. January 2008 @ 13:39 |
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I'm beginning to doubt that this PC will need a 400W unit. Just put something like 150W shuttle unit in it.
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ddp
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13. January 2008 @ 18:51 |
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13. January 2008 @ 20:08 |
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No motherboard needs anywhere near that amount of power, I guarantee it.
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13. January 2008 @ 23:16 |
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My 200w psu must be dead then, tomorrow I will get a new one and see.
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14. January 2008 @ 07:55 |
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An FYI:
I run a Core 2 Duo E4300 overclocked to 3.15Ghz, running at a higher than usual voltage, a Radeon X1900XT video card, 2GB of RAM and two hard disks.
When my PC's playing a game that maxes the CPU and GPU it only draws 240W from the mains, so it's actual DC power draw is probably around 200W. Idling in windows it only uses 120W (so about 100 at DC) A compact system shouldn't even require half that much to turn on.
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14. January 2008 @ 16:11 |
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I was able to get two psu's today and I'm going to get a psu that goes in a dell optiplex gx270. So as soon as I get home I'm going to try then and update you guys on it.
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14. January 2008 @ 16:12 |
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Sounds good, give it a try.
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14. January 2008 @ 19:35 |
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Well for some reason one of psu's just made the board send out a high pitched sound. The second one that I used was 240v (didn't say watts) and it worked fine. Unfortunately it was .25 inches to big ........ Well, tomorrow I'm getting the psu I had originally intended to get.
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