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I recently bought an i7-10700 Acer Aspire TC-895 which was going cheap due to having a damaged box. I also bought a new graphics card which requires a bigger PSU (the one included is only 180W). After buying a Corsair TX650M I realised that the connectors for the new PSU are not compatible.
It seems the Acer PC is using the new ATX12VO standard but there doesn't seem to be any PSU available with this standard or adapters to make any available PSUs compatible... Is there any way to salvage this situation?
The only option I can think of is to buy a new motherboard compatible with the old ATX standard, but this seems extreme and I am now very worried I am just going to keep running into compatibility problems! I am new to building a PC and it seems I have already made a costly mistake.
It seems the Acer PC is using the new ATX12VO standard but there doesn't seem to be any PSU available with this standard or adapters to make any available PSUs compatible... Is there any way to salvage this situation?
The only option I can think of is to buy a new motherboard compatible with the old ATX standard, but this seems extreme and I am now very worried I am just going to keep running into compatibility problems! I am new to building a PC and it seems I have already made a costly mistake.