Always have the right connectors in your PSU!

[Shreyas1]

8 hours ago, Stefan Payne said:

Yes and in most cases its better to replace the PSU than use adaptors.

 

What would you do, when you have a 520W Topower P4 unit:
a) Replace that 15 Year old Junk

b) use Adaptors to connect your new 1080 to it

Replacing PSU.would defiantly be ideal, but OP probably couldn't.

 

Instead of doing whatever he did, he should have  at least used an adapter

[Tummy]

On 21-2-2018 at 9:36 AM, NMS said:

Why in a world would anyone risk their system with such an approach? I'd rather wait months if I have no money and get a proper power supply than do this.

That's your personal problem.

[seon123]

8 minutes ago, Tummy said:

That's your personal problem.

Yup, that's a problem, having patience

[aezakmi]

I just soldered 3 12V and 3 GND wires to the psu board with a 6-pin on the end that was needed to power a mobo (it refuses to boot without the extra power)

but some pals over here look like they just have money to burn and will say "get a new PSU, it's only $100" man f*ck that, nice mod, personally I'd use something with locks just to make sure it doesn't moves inside the computer, I have a custom PSU and I use something similar to the B16 in this pic but it's bigger and 4pin instead of 2 and the wires are thick, so the PSU has 3 B16-like female connectors and I have different male lines like 4x molex for fans, double 6/8-pin (thick wire supports up to 200w) or 5x SATA

bought these connectors at a local TV service shop for $2 each and recently added the PSU a flex conduit and looks way better

[Tummy]

14 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Yup, that's a problem, having patience

It was a reference to a meme ;).

[Tummy]

1 minute ago, aezakmi said:

I just soldered 3 12V and 3 GND wires to the psu board with a 6-pin on the end that was needed to power a mobo (it refuses to boot without the extra power)

but some pals over here look like they just have money to burn and will say "get a new PSU, it's only $100" man f*ck that, nice mod, personally I'd use something with locks just to make sure it doesn't moves inside the computer, I have a custom PSU and I use something similar to the B16 in this pic but it's bigger and 4pin instead of 2 and the wires are thick, so the PSU has 3 B16-like female connectors and I have different male lines like 4x molex for fans, double 6/8-pin (thick wire supports up to 200w) or 5x SATA

bought these connectors at a local TV service shop for $2 each and recently added the PSU a flex conduit and looks way better

Nice man, we understand each other. Also, cool that you have the balls to really solder the wires to the board of the PSU and that 1 wire can support up to 200w.  Building a PC is simple but understanding PC's is a lot harder. 

[aezakmi]

1 hour ago, Tummy said:

Nice man, we understand each other. Also, cool that you have the balls to really solder the wires to the board of the PSU and that 1 wire can support up to 200w.  Building a PC is simple but understanding PC's is a lot harder. 

usually the pcb has some extra holes on it so all you have to do is slip the copper throug, then apply some tin and basically that's it

1mm cable is usually rated for up to half kW and 5A, electricity is always safe when you know what are you doing and have the proper tools

[LienusLateTips]

Hrm, that's a great idea! Put a potato fire hazard adapter and attach it to a potato that could kill you! A $20 PSU, even $10 is too expensive. That's ridiculous. Why spend $10 when you could spend $5 and buy a bag of potatoes! Or even find rotten ones in the ground, maybe eat them, same thing.

[Tummy]

16 hours ago, JDE said:

Hrm, that's a great idea! Put a potato fire hazard adapter and attach it to a potato that could kill you! A $20 PSU, even $10 is too expensive. That's ridiculous. Why spend $10 when you could spend $5 and buy a bag of potatoes! Or even find rotten ones in the ground, maybe eat them, same thing.

20$ isn't better than this one.

[LienusLateTips]

9 hours ago, Tummy said:

20$ isn't better than this one.

You can get a CX450 often for that price. Usually a VS, which still isn't a fire hazard, and is actually pretty ok. For $10, you can often find Corsair CX/EVGA B1/EVGA BT on sale.