YES! You can fit a 750w full size captive PSU in a Kolink Satellite!

reflux · 20 Mar 2019 at 09:51

Thought this might be useful for someone cos there isn't a huge amount of info about this case online. I managed to fit my old 750w Corsair into my Kolink Satellite ITX build, thus saving £100 on having to buy an SFF PSU.

Yes I know the cabling is a mess
Yes I know the airflow isn't the best
No, nothing overheats

I have to say that it's a decent case for £30.

Fits a full size PSU (but only with an ITX GPU)
Pretty easy to work inside
Reasonably sturdy
Space for 4 hard drives (although how you would cable those I'm not entirely sure)

Specs:

Ryzen 1200 @ 3.7ghz
8GB DDR4
Sapphire ITX RX570 4GB
ASROCK B450 ITX
Crucial BX500 240GB SSD
Corsair TX 750W PSU

reflux · 21 Apr 2019 at 08:55

In the end I bought an SFX PSU because the machine kept rebooting under load. So lessons learned there. Cheaper ain't always better

I think the old Corsair had had its day .

reflux · 29 Jul 2019 at 17:04

I gave up and bought an SFX PSU eventually, because I was getting reboots in games.

Problem solved - so it goes to show, just cos something fits, doesn't mean that the problem is solved. Maybe the PSU was dodgy or maybe I had crammed it in so tight it caused issues with the wiring. Not sure.

Anyway, a lesson once more not to skimp on PSU

reflux · 14 Aug 2019 at 14:15

thedandyp said:
I'd be interested in knowing what sfx psu you went for.

Went for the 450W EVGA SuperNOVA 450GM SFX PSU. Got it on a deal - it was a really good price.

Alan1969 said:
does your SFX have modular cables? that aren't as long? and are perhaps flat ribbon rather than braided? The Silverstone case that I have just go recommended that flat ribbon cables would be better than braided (So I bought a particular seasonic gold). And your initial picture seems to show all power cables attached (non-modular?) and long too.

The new PSU has standard round modular cables. The old one was a non-modular PSU with standard cables