I cannot figure out how many watts this psu has

[The average computer noob]

So I bought a very old used pc and its power data doesn't make sense to me.

I need to find out how many watts it can produce.

[homeap5]

Probably about 400 W. About 200 for cpu and another 200 for drives (and probably GPU too) etc. It's not single line PSU.

 

 

[Unimportant]

2 hours ago, The average computer noob said:

I need to find out how many watts it can produce.

It simply does not provide enough information on the sticker to tell.

 

Power equals voltage times current, thus it says:

• 79.2W on the 3.3V
• 110W on the 5V
• 192W on 12V I/O
• 216W on 12V CPU

However, before you go off thinking this is a 600W PSU, most power supplies don't support maximum loading on all lines at the same time. There's usually some "combined maximum". The sticker does not say anything so it's anyone's guess.

[The average computer noob]

13 minutes ago, Unimportant said:

It simply does not provide enough information on the sticker to tell.

 

Power equals voltage times current, thus it says:

• 79.2W on the 3.3V
• 110W on the 5V
• 192W on 12V I/O
• 216W on 12V CPU

However, before you go off thinking this is a 600W PSU, most power supplies don't support maximum loading on all lines at the same time. There's usually some "combined maximum". The sticker does not say anything so it's anyone's guess.

Dang that really sucks, I was trying to build a budget gaming pc...

[homeap5]

Sticker actually says (i/o and CPU have separate values).

[GoldenLag]

37 minutes ago, The average computer noob said:

Dang that really sucks, I was trying to build a budget gaming pc...

even if you wanted to do a budget gaming pc, you probably should have considered getting a new PSU anyways. 

[Spotty]

Considering it specifies ATX spec 2.2 I'm guessing that power supply is between 10-15 years old. 230V AC input only. And as noted rather weak on the 12V, which is what the most power demanding components (CPU, GPU) use. I'd be surprised if it had a 6pin or 8pin PCIe connector for a graphics card.

 

If you're building a new PC then you should pick up a new power supply as well. Simply too old to be suitable.

What are the specs of the PC you're building?

[The average computer noob]

19 hours ago, Spotty said:

Considering it specifies ATX spec 2.2 I'm guessing that power supply is between 10-15 years old. 230V AC input only. And as noted rather weak on the 12V, which is what the most power demanding components (CPU, GPU) use. I'd be surprised if it had a 6pin or 8pin PCIe connector for a graphics card.

 

If you're building a new PC then you should pick up a new power supply as well. Simply too old to be suitable.

What are the specs of the PC you're building?

Meh its gonna be my first pc build/upgrade so I wanna keep the price low like around $70, specs are:

Core 2 duo e8500 3.16ghz

2gb x 2 ddr2 ram

I'm still thinking on my gpu, I want it to be cheap and not power hungry

280gb hdd 7200 rpm hatachi(do I really need a boot drive?)

And maybe that psu

Oh yeah btw i picked up a used rlly old pc and that came with it