Darkfire Fox
05-27-2009, 09:22 PM
Hello again, hardware n00b reporting in! :D
I have a 5-year-old Gateway 614GE desktop PC, and I'm coming to the point where I really need to swap out most of is guts for newer tech. I mean new uATX motherboard, new AMD Athlon 64 X2, new HT Omega Striker audio, and new DDR2 memory modules (I already own a new RadeonHD 3650). I did some quick calculations, and I fairly certain that all this new hardware is going to tax my 300W PSU pretty hard. 400W-500W will be plenty.
Now, my Gateway PC is designed to use the uATX-PS3 type PSU instead of the more common uATX-SFX type.
uATX-PS3 unit: 5.75 inches (W) x 4.0 inches (D) x 3.25 inches (H)
uATX-SFX unit: 5.0 inches (W) x 4.75 inches (D) x 2.5 inches (H)
What I want to know is this: Is the uATX-PS3 form-factor just a shortened version of the full ATX form-factor PSU? If the full ATX type PSU is, say, 5.75 x 6.0 x 3.25 inches, I could probably fit one inside my computer case.
Does anybody know the dimensions of a full ATX PSU? I want one because none of the uATX power supplies are 80+ Energy Certified, nor do any have modular cabling. At least, not at Newegg. D'oh!
I have a 5-year-old Gateway 614GE desktop PC, and I'm coming to the point where I really need to swap out most of is guts for newer tech. I mean new uATX motherboard, new AMD Athlon 64 X2, new HT Omega Striker audio, and new DDR2 memory modules (I already own a new RadeonHD 3650). I did some quick calculations, and I fairly certain that all this new hardware is going to tax my 300W PSU pretty hard. 400W-500W will be plenty.
Now, my Gateway PC is designed to use the uATX-PS3 type PSU instead of the more common uATX-SFX type.
uATX-PS3 unit: 5.75 inches (W) x 4.0 inches (D) x 3.25 inches (H)
uATX-SFX unit: 5.0 inches (W) x 4.75 inches (D) x 2.5 inches (H)
What I want to know is this: Is the uATX-PS3 form-factor just a shortened version of the full ATX form-factor PSU? If the full ATX type PSU is, say, 5.75 x 6.0 x 3.25 inches, I could probably fit one inside my computer case.
Does anybody know the dimensions of a full ATX PSU? I want one because none of the uATX power supplies are 80+ Energy Certified, nor do any have modular cabling. At least, not at Newegg. D'oh!