The PC: hp pavillion desktop 590-p0066
Purchased PSU: Thermaltake smart series 700w
EDIT: Motherboard and PC specs (I barely know what I'm even looking at orz)
I wrongly assumed that HP PCs would be set up like literally every other generic. They are not; their motherboards use proprietary hookups, in place of the usual 20/24 pins. Everything else about the PC is far beyond my requirements except the graphics card. I already have a compatible card, but quickly found that the existing PSU is too weak to support it. Going from recommendations online, it was determined that my requirements need ~300w, double your needs is best, and I got a good deal on this 700w. Then I hit the HP roadblock...
So...
Can someone who knows what to look for figure out what pin set up this POS needs? Or should I give up and return the PSU and grab an HP one?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am seriously at my wits end here. I am completely fatigued from hunting down adapters, finding only poorly made ones (LITERALLY hot-glued?!), second guessing if they were even the correct pin sets, and I have less than a month to return the PSU if it's unusable. I can't even test if it's DOA since I have nothing to hook it up to. (Please don't recommend the "paper clip test", I don't want to potentially damage anything.)
Purchased PSU: Thermaltake smart series 700w
EDIT: Motherboard and PC specs (I barely know what I'm even looking at orz)
I wrongly assumed that HP PCs would be set up like literally every other generic. They are not; their motherboards use proprietary hookups, in place of the usual 20/24 pins. Everything else about the PC is far beyond my requirements except the graphics card. I already have a compatible card, but quickly found that the existing PSU is too weak to support it. Going from recommendations online, it was determined that my requirements need ~300w, double your needs is best, and I got a good deal on this 700w. Then I hit the HP roadblock...
So...
Can someone who knows what to look for figure out what pin set up this POS needs? Or should I give up and return the PSU and grab an HP one?
Any help would be greatly appreciated, I am seriously at my wits end here. I am completely fatigued from hunting down adapters, finding only poorly made ones (LITERALLY hot-glued?!), second guessing if they were even the correct pin sets, and I have less than a month to return the PSU if it's unusable. I can't even test if it's DOA since I have nothing to hook it up to. (Please don't recommend the "paper clip test", I don't want to potentially damage anything.)
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