2012 PSU?

[SirGeneral]

can I use a 2012 power supply (from an HP Compaq 6005 Pro Small Form Factor) on 2017 gear? (P.S. if not whats a good PSU gonna try getting a cpu motherboard and gpu for 100 so maybe ~$30)

[Herman Mcpootis]

provided it supports the form factor that psu is in, yes. but you probably shouldn't be using those anyways. spend the few bucks on a better psu rather than dealing with the headache.

[SirGeneral]

ok well how much is a decent PSU? like $30 or something

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 minute ago, SirGeneral said:

ok well how much is a decent PSU? like $30 or something

eh, $40-45. seems steep but it'll feel alot less steep when the old PSU blows up and kills something.

[SirGeneral]

 

1 minute ago, herman mcpootis said:

eh, $40-45. seems steep but it'll feel alot less steep when the old PSU blows up and kills something.

ah ok thanks

 

[Stefan Payne]

1 hour ago, SirGeneral said:

can I use a 2012 power supply (from an HP Compaq 6005 Pro Small Form Factor) on 2017 gear? (P.S. if not whats a good PSU gonna try getting a cpu motherboard and gpu for 100 so maybe ~$30)

Need more information.

And 2012 was 6 years ago...

 

And for an SFF PC, you need some special shit or a TFX one...

But with the Pics I'm seeing, you can't use a modern PSU because of the BTX formfactor and the µBTX PSU. Those aren't made no more.

[STRMfrmXMN]

It might have a proprietary form factor. It'd be in your best interest to get something ATX and newer.

[Guest]

21 hours ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

It might have a proprietary form factor. It'd be in your best interest to get something ATX and newer.

Even if the form factor is standard, the connector's pin out might not be.