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Any Power Supply Modded to be External?

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I want to know if anyone modded a PSU to be external like a Xbox 360 power brick or a laptop charger because I am thinking of making a slim/small Mini ITX gaming case.

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You'd probably have to have all of the cables in some sort of tube connected to extensions that are available on the outside of your case. Other than getting a specific external power supply, it's going to be really bulky and a pain to use :P.

 

Have you seen the EVGA hadron? That has a slim PSU that fits in the bottom of the case to make the most of the space..

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What is your Goal?
I am using a PSU as a 5V 25A source.

 

If you want to take a PSU outside of the case it would be realy hard to do, because you would need to run thick wires, for 12v 5v 3.3v and GND and Avarage wires for -5v -12v PSU_on and POWER_OK and all that with costume connectors.
 

Easyer would be: http://www.amazon.de/PicoPSU-160-XT-DC-DC-Netzteil-power-supply/dp/B0045IR65U/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1400430030&sr=8-6

and a Laptop Powerbrick

but i have no experience with it.
 

Or use some 1U PSU and put it inside,...

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A DC-DC converter like the PicoPSU with an AC adapter would be your best option if it absolutely has to be outside the case, but it does get pricey for a 12V adapter with enough amperage.

 

I believe that the M4 is the largest you can get at 250 watts, but that should be enough for a mid-range gaming PC.

 

The first gen Xbox 360 power supply is rated for 203 watts, so it would be a good cheap option for your external adapter, and I'm really not sure what other options there are for that high of wattage. Your typical laptop power supply is only going to be 60 to 90 watts, and secondly most of them are 19 volts which does not work with most PicoPSU's.

 

 

The simple solution is to use a 1U Flex or SFX PSU inside of the case...

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4 Layer PCB, 500W, 92%-93% efficiency. You will need 2 power bricks to drive this thing.
 
 
 
 

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Where can I get that?

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Where can I get that?

 

The only place I can find it is here: http://2.taobao.com/item.htm?id=19962049933

Basically the Chinese version of eBay.

 

Keep in mind you then have to somehow get 500w of power to that... It would be great for inside of a vehicle or running off a battery, but you'd need two ~300w 12v AC adapters to power this due to the inefficiency of them if you are going to use it in your house.

You could also mod a 500w computer PSU with a single 12V rail, or use one of these below, but its pretty clunky.

 

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4 Layer PCB, 500W, 92%-93% efficiency. You will need 2 power bricks to drive this thing.

That is AMAZING!

 

I wish I'd known about this before. Two power bricks though - that seems a bit silly. I would prefer a system with 1 power brick with half the wattage.

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That is AMAZING!

 

I wish I'd known about this before. Two power bricks though - that seems a bit silly. I would prefer a system with 1 power brick with half the wattage.

He has other versions. As you can see the markings on PCB, 300W, 400W and 500W.

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He has other versions. As you can see the markings on PCB, 300W, 400W and 500W.

Do you have a link to the specific page? The website was difficult to navigate, Google Chrome could not do accurate translations for me.

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Do you have a link to the specific page? The website was difficult to navigate, Google Chrome could not do accurate translations for me.

I am guessing every PSU is made by order. Right now, he has only 150W ready for sale. http://2.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=2007.1000337.18.2.DLEquJ&id=18631586796

You can either click that blue head thing to chat with him, or go to a Chinese forum to find him. http://www.chiphell.com/space-uid-25743.html

I usually contact him on that forum. If you are interested in this PSU, I will get price for you, assuming you do not speak or read Chinese. Informal Chinese can be very hard to machine translate since Chinese do not have very strict grammar in these situation.

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There's also fully ready-made single-box solutions such as the Nesteq Nova, but they are a bit hard to find.

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