power supply HELP STRANGE PSU

[Snell52]

Hey,

 

I'm looking at upgrading my current system which has many unknown/hard to identify cheaper parts including the motherboard and hard drive. The PSU seems to be an EVGA 600BR and if this is the case it will happily support the upgrades from:

Intel i5-2320 @ 3Ghz

GTX 1050Ti

16gb RAM (4x4gb)

1TB HDD 3.5"

 To an RTX 2060, Ryzen 2600, Seagate 2TB hybrid 3.5" drive, ASRock B450-Pro, and 256gb m2 SSD (this compatibility check was done pc partpicker) (The Seagate hard drive would be added and not replace the current hard drive)

However, I can only find 1 6pin connector for the GPU and no additional SATA cable in the back of the pc? I have attached a photo of the PSU and if anyone could help identify it that would be appreciated. Is pc partpicker wrong? Is it a different PSU, as it seems that it would not have the right cables to support the upgrade?

 

Thanks,

 

[Constantin]

I don't think it's the EVGA 600BR.....

The EVGA 600BR have x2, 4+2 PCI, cable for the GPU

[Spotty]

4 minutes ago, SnellDog said:

The PSU seems to be an EVGA 600BR

The PSU in that picture is NOT an EVGA... It's an Evo Labs Model: E-600BR... Whatever that is. An educated guess I would say it's at least a decade old.

Replace the PSU. What country are you in?

[Snell52]

1 minute ago, Spotty said:

The PSU in that picture is NOT an EVGA... It's an Evo Labs Model: E-600BR... Whatever that is. An educated guess I would say it's at least a decade old.

Replace the PSU. What country are you in?

The UK

[Snell52]

8 minutes ago, Constantin said:

I don't think it's the EVGA 600BR.....

The EVGA 600BR have x2, 4+2 PCI, cable for the GPU

Yeah that's what I thought

[Spotty]

Be Quiet Pure Power 11 400w 80+ Gold is about 45 pounds. Will be suitable for a Ryzen 2600 + RTX 2060.

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/product/t8c48d/be-quiet-pure-power-11-400-w-80-gold-certified-atx-power-supply-bn292

[mariushm]

Replace as soon as possible.

 

It's a psu based on an ancient design (probably from 10-15 years ago) - you can see on the label it says ATX12V 1.1 compatible - that's like saying "This power supply was upgraded to be compatible with Pentium IV processors" which require 4 pin 12v power connectors instead of just the 24pin ATX connector.

ATX 2.31 is probably the minimum you want these days.

 

Also, the label is just stupid... if you pay attention you can see it says :

 

12v1 - 16a

12v2 - 16a

 

Watts is voltage x current so ... 12v x 16a = 192w ... so the label makes you think it has 2 voltage rails each capable of 192w, so almost 400w on 12v ... but in reality majority of power supplies don't work like that.  Those current values are most likely "peaks", not continuous... so most likely you're dealing with maybe 25A continuous current instead of 32A (16+16) ... so probably around 350w on 12v.

This would make the power supply an honest 400-420w power supply.... but I suspect it's not even capable of 350w on 12v... the label most likely LIES about the capabilities. 

[Snell52]

4 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Replace as soon as possible.

 

It's a psu based on an ancient design (probably from 10-15 years ago) - you can see on the label it says ATX12V 1.1 compatible - that's like saying "This power supply was upgraded to be compatible with Pentium IV processors" which require 4 pin 12v power connectors instead of just the 24pin ATX connector.

ATX 2.31 is probably the minimum you want these days.

 

Also, the label is just stupid... if you pay attention you can see it says :

 

12v1 - 16a

12v2 - 16a

 

Watts is voltage x current so ... 12v x 16a = 192w ... so the label makes you think it has 2 voltage rails each capable of 192w, so almost 400w on 12v ... but in reality majority of power supplies don't work like that.  Those current values are most likely "peaks", not continuous... so most likely you're dealing with maybe 25A continuous current instead of 32A (16+16) ... so probably around 350w on 12v.

This would make the power supply an honest 400-420w power supply.... but I suspect it's not even capable of 350w on 12v... the label most likely LIES about the capabilities. 

Thanks for the explanation, really helped. Are there any Power supplies you would recommend?

[Spotty]

7 minutes ago, mariushm said:

you can see on the label it says ATX12V 1.1 compatible

I thought it said 1.1 as as well at first, but I found another image on google and it's ATX12v 2.2. Just a little blurry in OPs pic and the font isn't very clear either.
Not that it makes it any better. Probably still 10+ years old.

Spoiler

 

[mariushm]

The cheapest I'd be comfortable recommending would be Thermaltake Smart RGB 500w :

38 UK Pounds Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thermaltake-256-Color-Supply-Warranty-PS-SPR-0500NHSAWK-1/dp/B07FTZJ86D/

35 UK Pounds Scan : https://www.scan.co.uk/products/500w-thermaltake-smart-rgb-full-wired-80plus-sli-crossfire-single-rail-35a-120mm-fan-atx-psu