- May 18, 2007
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Hi,
My Dad has an HP machine. I bought it for him myself, must admit
Now, the problem with it is that it only comes with a 300W PSU. We decided to get a new PSU and put it in. So, we looked at the PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W, no luck - too long, too wide. Then the Corsair 520HX, also 1 cm too wide. Searching on the Web resulted in mostly incorrect info, such as "you need a micro-ATX PSU, and those are limited to 350W".
Here's what we did:
1. write down the number of the PSU (D3057F3R), and search for it at newegg
2. As you can see, the HP came with a $17 PSU, with no PCI-E connectors, 19A, 68% efficiency.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817174026&Tpk=D3057F3R
I guess after this I have no right to criticize kids who want to buy $40 PSUs for their own builds :lol:
3. Find the physical dimensions of the PSU: 150x140x86 (mm) BTW, it's easier in mm than inches because " (for inches) interferes with Google searches.
4. Do a Google search for
"150 x 140 x 86" supply
5. Look at the hits and investigate the better models that turn out
6. Here are some examples:
Enermax Noisetaker 485W and 600W
Enermax Liberty 620W
OCZ StealthXStream 600W
OCZ GameXStream 600W and 700W
Seasonic S12 500W
So we're going to get a GameXStream 600W (all the others were $50 more expensive or so, except the StealthXStream).
In case anybody reading this has the same problem: don't assume your HP (or Dell or Acer or whatever) can fit the same PSUs I listed above. Measure your PSU first...
Question for the experts now: does this make sense? Will the OCZ work? Am I missing something here? Thanks!
The config: X2 5000+, 2 GB RAM, TV tuner (we'll add a second one after the PSU), 2 hard disks (it came with one disk, we added one, we want to add two more), integrated graphics. We may add a video card later, but it will be something under $200 most likely, not an 8800 GTX.
My Dad has an HP machine. I bought it for him myself, must admit
Now, the problem with it is that it only comes with a 300W PSU. We decided to get a new PSU and put it in. So, we looked at the PC Power & Cooling Silencer 610W, no luck - too long, too wide. Then the Corsair 520HX, also 1 cm too wide. Searching on the Web resulted in mostly incorrect info, such as "you need a micro-ATX PSU, and those are limited to 350W".Here's what we did:
1. write down the number of the PSU (D3057F3R), and search for it at newegg
2. As you can see, the HP came with a $17 PSU, with no PCI-E connectors, 19A, 68% efficiency.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817174026&Tpk=D3057F3R
I guess after this I have no right to criticize kids who want to buy $40 PSUs for their own builds :lol:
3. Find the physical dimensions of the PSU: 150x140x86 (mm) BTW, it's easier in mm than inches because " (for inches) interferes with Google searches.
4. Do a Google search for
"150 x 140 x 86" supply
5. Look at the hits and investigate the better models that turn out
6. Here are some examples:
Enermax Noisetaker 485W and 600W
Enermax Liberty 620W
OCZ StealthXStream 600W
OCZ GameXStream 600W and 700W
Seasonic S12 500W
So we're going to get a GameXStream 600W (all the others were $50 more expensive or so, except the StealthXStream).
In case anybody reading this has the same problem: don't assume your HP (or Dell or Acer or whatever) can fit the same PSUs I listed above. Measure your PSU first...
Question for the experts now: does this make sense? Will the OCZ work? Am I missing something here? Thanks!
The config: X2 5000+, 2 GB RAM, TV tuner (we'll add a second one after the PSU), 2 hard disks (it came with one disk, we added one, we want to add two more), integrated graphics. We may add a video card later, but it will be something under $200 most likely, not an 8800 GTX.
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