What's the weakest PSU you still have?

HangTime · 22 Mar 2021 at 14:22

Just opened up an old case (which was a mission in itself, needed a flathead screwdriver to prise the side panel off) to see if the PSU was worth harvesting to put together a system from old parts. Suffice to say it wasn't:

145W rated.
12v rail... wait for it.... a whopping 4.2A (yes it really has a decimal point in it!)

And I thought the other option I have (300W rated / 13A 12v rail) was bad!

Grimley · 22 Mar 2021 at 17:53

The one that powers my laptop

KompuKare · 22 Mar 2021 at 19:17

Well, I still have an old 330W Seasonic S12II-330 which I picked up in a sale.
And a Corsair CX400 (the original Seasonic one).
Neither have been used in years though.

JohnG7 · 22 Mar 2021 at 19:19

Just binned a Enermax 720w due to dud fan and some dying rails (not the main ones) that I kept for emergencies, now that back up is a Enermax 1020w model with a dud fan.

AyeAyeAhoy! · 24 Mar 2021 at 17:18

HangTime said:
Just opened up an old case (which was a mission in itself, needed a flathead screwdriver to prise the side panel off) to see if the PSU was worth harvesting to put together a system from old parts. Suffice to say it wasn't:

145W rated.
12v rail... wait for it.... a whopping 4.2A (yes it really has a decimal point in it!)

And I thought the other option I have (300W rated / 13A 12v rail) was bad!

Brilliant!

AyeAyeAhoy! · 24 Mar 2021 at 17:19

I have a 290w PSU in my Dell T20. Ticks along nicely

FrozenShivers · 25 Mar 2021 at 19:00

Only have 3 PSU's, none of which I guess I'd classify as weak. Corsair SF750w (ITX Gaming system), Superflower Leadex 650w (was in ATX system, now for sale), Seasonic Focus 450w (unRAID Server).

AyeAyeAhoy! · 25 Mar 2021 at 19:45

Perhaps we need "what's the most powerful PSU you have?"

Cooler running · 25 Mar 2021 at 19:50

Surprised no Pico owners have shown up yet.

chroniclard · 25 Mar 2021 at 19:54

650w in daughters PC I guess.

AyeAyeAhoy! · 25 Mar 2021 at 19:55

Any NUC owners perhaps?

slim01 · 28 Mar 2021 at 16:31

HangTime said:
Just opened up an old case (which was a mission in itself, needed a flathead screwdriver to prise the side panel off) to see if the PSU was worth harvesting to put together a system from old parts. Suffice to say it wasn't:

145W rated.
12v rail... wait for it.... a whopping 4.2A (yes it really has a decimal point in it!)

And I thought the other option I have (300W rated / 13A 12v rail) was bad!

wwoooowww. might power an igpu build... maybe??

ExoMale · 11 Apr 2021 at 11:24

only psu i got currently which is the 375w dell unit that comes in the xps 420. its not even 80 rated like other xps models lol, but aside from 8gb ram upgrade, ssd, gpu upgrades its all original still going strong

Cooler running · 11 Apr 2021 at 15:49

For a discrete PSU, I have a 150W in my Gen8 microserver.
Also have the corsair 450W platinum PSU in my main server.

I believe my laptop has 90W of power delivery, but I don't really class that as PSU, as it's not really a "unit".