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Re-purposing PreBuilt PSU w/ 12 & 4 pin power

Michael McChesney
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I've been trying to put together a new AMD system but have been running into some issues with troubleshooting.  I am not sure if the problem is with the CPU, the motherboard, or the PSU.  I figured I could use the power supply from an Asus desktop purchased at Best Buy a few years ago to see if my problem is my power supply.  After removing it from that system I discovered that instead of providing 12 pin and 8 (4+4) pin power to the motherboard it only provides 12 + 4.  Aside from the 12 & 4 cables their are some SATA and molex, but no PCIE cables.  Am I right in thinking this PSU is useless in any system other than the one it came with?  Since the motherboard in the system I am building has 12 & 8 pin connections, I can't test it with the Asus PSU?  Or would it be ab;e to post with only one 4 pin connection?

 

I've ordered an 80+ Thermaltake PSU but it is going to take about 2 weeks to arrive.  I really miss the days when Amazon was striving to deliver most Prime orders in 1 day.  Though, so many PSUs seem to be back-ordered at the moment.  Best Buy has a 450 W 80+ Insignia brand PSU in stock.  I had no idea Best Buy had house brand PSUs.  Does anyone know if they are any good?

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10 hours ago, Michael McChesney said:

I've ordered an 80+ Thermaltake PSU but it is going to take about 2 weeks to arrive. Best Buy has a 450 W 80+ Insignia brand PSU in stock.  I had no idea Best Buy had house brand PSUs.  Does anyone know if they are any good?

Let me guess, you wanted to make a smart choice so you picket the cheapest Thermaltake Smart 80+ psu? Yes, Insignia is a great door stopper. Why not buy a fake 85+ bomb psu from aliexpress at this point?

Interim 15 T200 OKF("F" intel processors are specifically archituctured for gaming) maybe upgrad to 13'900 | Peeralight cpu fan | Stryx Z690-A Wife(which is branded by ASUS and it's ROG label) | Thermotake 16x 8x2GO SODINM 2400mjz cl22 (2 of them with the mood lighting) | 980 EVO 1TB m.2 ssd card + Kensington 2TB SATA nvme + WD BLACK PRO ULTRA MAX 4TB GAMING DESTROYER HHD | Echa etc 3060 duel fan dissipator 12 GBi and Azrock with the radian 550 XT Tiachi | NEXT H510 Vit Klar Svart | Seasonice 600watts voeding(rated for 100.000 hours, running since 2010, ballpark estimate 8 hours a day which should make it good for 34 years) | Nocturna case fans | 0LED Duel moniter

 

New build in progress: Ryen™ 8 7700x3D with a copper pipe fan | Z60e-A | Kingstron RENEGATE 16x2 Go hyenix | Phantek 2 the thar mesh in front | lead lex black label psu + AsiaHorse białe/białe | 1080 Pro 8TB 15800MB/S NvMe(for gaming this increase fps and charging time, cooled by a M.2 slot with coolblock and additional thermopad) and faster 4000GB HHD | MAI GeForce GTX 2070 Ti and RTX 6800 | Corshair psu

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8 hours ago, Ralf said:

 Why not buy a fake 85+ bomb psu from aliexpress at this point?

I've never ordered anything from Ali Express, but somehow I doubt I'd get a PSU from them faster than from Amazon.  I imagine that would be particularly true when trying to import a bomb.  Wouldn't that require a special import license?  But thank you for the advice.

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