Hi everyone,

Was just going through tower server listings on Ebay. I’m seeing my options decrease mainly due to not being able to fit a standard ATX/SFX PSU into some of these systems.

For example:

  1. Dell Precision T3600/T3610/T5810/T7820 series: PSU with a short height, seems to have about the length of a standard PSU.
  2. Lenovo ThinkStation P520 - although this looks like a TFX PSU from the outside, it’s actually a very different way to connect to the components inside.
  3. HP Z440: strange size of the PSU. I don’t think an ATX PSU can fit in there.

Now, I have failed in trying to find brackets to place normal PSUs in these configurations. The reason why I don’t purchase PSUs on Ebay is because I can’t exactly be sure if they are used or not, and I prefer purchasing new PSUs.

With that said, for everyone who purchases these tower workstations - how do you replace your PSUs?

Thanks.

  • @supernicepojoEnglish
    8•9 months ago

    Tin snips and a metric size tap and die. Youre right that a lot of cases have proprietary or non standard power supply mounts. The only guarantee that I could fit anything, including motherboards, in some cases was to get a template and do it myself.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•9 months ago

      Tin Snips and/or a nibbler. The tool, not the Futurama character. Also, for what one or two taps and dies will run you, one might as well buy them in sets

      • @supernicepojoEnglish
        1•9 months ago

        Good tools are expensive and meant to last a lifetime, maybe more. A cheap tap and die set is a blessing for anodized sheet metal like in a computer case. Cheap materials, cheap tools.