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Questions tagged [power-supply]

For questions about devices that automatically supply and/or regulate electrical power for other devices. Do not use this tag for questions about PC power supplies (see the [smps] tag).

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Power supply for new college computer

I am going to be building a computer for a college student. He is going into general engineering while he figures out exactly what he wants to do. The budget for this computer is about $1500 USD (just for the tower). This computer will be running…
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Li-ion portable car battery charger that can charge 12v batteries (e.g. car batteries, but not just jump-starting cars), available in UK

There are hundreds of "portable jump starters", lithium ion battery packs with crocodile clip attachments that can be used to jump start a car. Many can also charge laptops or USB devices, or having a built-in light. Here are a few random examples:…
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What's the most efficient PSU for a mid-low power computer?

I noticed that almost all power supply units (PSU) nowadays come with an 80plus label. This means that over 80 % of the electricity I pay for in my bills will actually reach my hardware instead of being wasted in heat, and that my hard work saving…
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Are there any power supplies that can be used with a 2001-era computer?

I have a computer from 2001 whose power supply probably needs to be replaced soon (the fan sometimes makes noises). It is currently using a 10-year old FSP400-60PFN 400 watt PSU. Power supplies from that era output the vast majority of their power…
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100W+ solar panel with built-in output voltage cap around 18V or 19V

I'm in a country with an unreliable power supply but plenty of sun. I currently keep my work computer and phone going with a portable fold-up PowerAdd 60 watt solar panel, which has built-in voltage control fixed to cap the output at 18 volts max…
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What power supply for this PC?

I'm planning to build PC from following parts: Processor: Intel i5-6500 Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H55 Graphics: Gigabyte GeForce GTX970 Gaming G1 HDD: WD 1TB 64MB BLUE RAM: Crucial 8192MB 1600MHz CL11 Motherboard: ASUS H170-PLUS D3 Case:…
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Power Supply for nvidia GTX 970

Bought a GTX 970 yesterday - just arrived, turns out I don't have the connectors required. Tried to bodge it with a 4-pin molex to 8-pin connector, that doesn't fit either. Any ideas on a cheap-ish (max £60) power supply that could power this GTX? I…
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power cable for My NVIDIA Quadro 4000

I am trying to find a power cable for My NVIDIA Quadro 4000. My Dell server has an 8 pin connection on the Power Distribution Board and the GPU has a 6 pin slot. I can get both of these connections on different leads but can't find them as a…
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I really need to find a surge suppressor that works!

I have just had my third desktop PC in four years fried by an apparent power surge during a thunderstorm. We rent an ancient house in Western North Carolina (read: "awful Duke Energy electrical grid and wiring that was installed shortly after Ben…
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Micro-usb splitter?

I'm currently building a Qi-compatible receiver for my Raspberry Pi 3, but I still want it to have a port for a regular power supply. Is there any "splitter" out there that plugs into the micro-usb power port on the Raspberry Pi 3 and splits it into…
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Suitable power supply for my system

I have an old power supply with the following characteristics: PORSCHE Model: P4-450W, 20+4 pin connectors Recently I am assembling a new PC with the following parts: GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1080 CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 Motherboard: MSI z170A RAM: DDR4…
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NVIDIA SLI Power Supply Recommendation

My PC Build is : Intel i7 6700K  ASUS Z170 PRO GAMING Mobo 32GB RAM (Corsair Vengence 4x8GB) ASUS NVIDIA 1070 GTX DUAL Antec VP600P PSU I am planning to get another 1070 GTX card for SLI, will the existing PSU support is sufficient for 2 way SLI or…
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How much wattage power supply is enough?

I currently have a PC that has a Intel i5-6500, Nvidia GTK 1060 3GB, HyperX Fury 8GB. The power supply I have is Corsair VS550w, but it recently broke, and no longer works. So I am currently using a secondary old cheap power supply I had laying…
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What is this cable, PSU to SATA, [img]?

This connects my PSU to my SATA HD. What is this type of cable/connector called, and where can I get more, i.e. buy one such cable not a Edit, added picture of PSU:
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What PSU Should I Get For A Mini-ITX Board

I have a BIOSTAR NM70I-1037U motherbord that I am using to bring an old PC back to life. Power requirements should be minimal, although I don't know how to determine what the actual requirements would be. The existing power supply I have for the…
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