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[daddrian]

 

 

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Edited February 21, 2024 by daddrian

[Robchil]

budget builds.. some GPU's don't even need pcie plug.. 

[Tetras]

My guess would be it is an old design, dual rails and a lot of power (relatively) on the 3.3v/5v.

[NF-F12]

Any PSU that doesn't base its rating purely on the continuous drawable 12V output is generally a worthless mound of dung.

 

Do not purchase this unit, it is not a real 500W unit.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 hours ago, Tetras said:

My guess would be it is an old design, dual rails and a lot of power (relatively) on the 3.3v/5v.

It likely is. I wouldn't be surprised if instead, it has a wack ton of Molex and SATA power. A lot of GPUs pre maybe even 2013 even gave you Molex to PCIe power adapters since most PSUs in that era only had one or none at all. 

[Helpful Tech Witch]

2 hours ago, daddrian said:

What's the point of having only 1 x 6-pin on 550W? Not even 1 x 8-pin? is Rasurbo stupid?

because honestly, its hard to have so little power be output.

[--SID--]

3 hours ago, daddrian said:

What's the point of having only 1 x 6-pin on 550W? Not even 1 x 8-pin? is Rasurbo stupid?

The point is that it's a garbage unit and very old. With 336w @12v it's a 350w PSU at best.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

14 hours ago, --SID-- said:

The point is that it's a garbage unit and very old. With 336w @12v it's a 350w PSU at best.

It's a garbage unit with connections typical of the era it was conceived.