Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods > Please Which Replacement PSU

Please Which Replacement PSU

Forum CPU & Components : Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods - Please Which Replacement PSU

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!

Ask the community Add a reply

Bottom Search this thread

I have an old PSU [ Fortron - FSP350-60THA-P ]

Spec:

Compatibility ATX12V 2.2
Input Voltage: 220 -240V
Power Output:350W

The motherboard is microatx, does this matter?

I think I want a 500W because I have a lot of added external cards.

Can someone please point me towards a good quality cheap PSU of the same standards except high wattage because of the attached cards. I am worried the connectors will be different compared to the board I have.

My board is an old ASUS p5sd1-fm2-s

Please help.

Add a reply

Which external/attached cards do you have?

Are you experiencing any problems with your current system?

Reply to JohnnyLucky

Please see this other thread for problem.
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] _12_0.html

I have been straining the psu for a few years with all these cards I added.

A graphics card - Ati Sappire x1600, an ok one. Sound card - Herculese Digifire 2.7, pretty good one. Network card -wired. Card reader- loads of different cards adapters. And two dvd rom writer drives.

Reply to seogoat

The Corsair VX 550 watt power supply with 41 amps on the 12 volt rail is a high quality power supply with a lot more power than you need for your system:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6817139004

Here is a link to a technical review at jonnyguru.com:

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.p [...] ry&reid=62

To be honest your system does not use very much power.

Did you check the memory modules as badge suggested in your other thread?

Reply to JohnnyLucky

I checked each of them individually in all of the slots. However, I haven't replaced them with new ones. Do you think there is a possibility that both have failed?

Reply to seogoat

I had 2 GB ram with 2x 1GB sticks. I have checked separately. Same problem.

Reply to seogoat

I'm gonna shed some cabbage and get some more ram then.

Reply to seogoat

Wait. I mean did you check the memory modules in somebody elses' computer - not in your own. In your other post you only mentioned trying the memory modules in your own motherboards. badge suggested trying the memory modules in a friends' computer.

Message edited by JohnnyLucky on 08-28-2009 at 04:40:59 PM

Reply to JohnnyLucky

I don't have anyone elses computer to test on.

Reply to seogoat

I just found two old sticks which worked fine when I put them away, and they don't work either. So that's 8 4 sticks all don't work. The pc powers up without the ram, then if I put any in, just restart loop. I have a new psu on the way. Am I doing the right thing.

The board I bought was 2nd hand. Is it a bad idea buying second hand boards.

Reply to seogoat

4 sticks sorry.

Reply to seogoat

Ask the community Add a reply

Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods > Please Which Replacement PSU

Go to:

Help |
Forum rules

There are 727 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Page generated in 0.351 seconds

Focus On

Please Which Replacement PSU

Forum CPU & Components : Power Supplies, PC Cases & Case Mods - Please Which Replacement PSU