Question Where should my devices draw power from?

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T17:37:15-0400

I have a Dell Precision Desktop PC I have just added a Geoforce GTX 1060 graphics card. In order to allow it to run properly, I needed to upgrade my power supply which I did with a Corsair 600. My question is: Should I power the DVD Burner and Blu Ray reader (2 separate devices) from the mother board (which they were before the power supply upgrade, or directly from the new power supply? Or, does it not matter? The new graphics card is powered directly from the new power supply if that wasn't obvious. Thanks in advance.

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T17:41:44-0400

Gregavi said:
I have a Dell Precision Desktop PC I have just added a Geoforce GTX 1060 graphics card. In order to allow it to run properly, I needed to upgrade my power supply which I did with a Corsair 600. My question is: Should I power the DVD Burner and Blu Ray reader (2 separate devices) from the mother board (which they were before the power supply upgrade, or directly from the new power supply? Or, does it not matter? The new graphics card is powered directly from the new power supply if that wasn't obvious. Thanks in advance.

The new PSU is powering only the new GPU?

If it is up and running, change nothing.
It is difficult enough to gets things running like, without introducing other weirdness.

--SID-- · 2024-08-09T17:42:09-0400

Doesn't matter. Either from the PSU or MB is fine.

Gregavi said:
Corsair 600

Which one exactly? Except for the SF600 there are only very old or crap 600w Corsair units.

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T17:58:13-0400

--SID-- said:
Doesn't matter. Either from the PSU or MB is fine.

Which one exactly? Except for the SF600 there are only very old or crap 600w Corsair units.

Corsair CX600

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T18:00:36-0400

Gregavi said:
Corsair CX600

Green label or grey label?

--SID-- · 2024-08-09T18:04:25-0400

USAFRet said:
Green label or grey label?

There is no grey label. Green label is very old and unreliable after that amount of years.

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T18:04:32-0400

USAFRet said:
The new PSU is powering only the new GPU?

It is plugged into the MoBo in 2 locations. 24 pin and a 4 pin connection in addition to the GPU.

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T18:05:05-0400

--SID-- said:
There is no grey label. Green label is very old and unreliable after that amount of years.

hmm..
Anyway, I had a green, and it DID kill one of my motherboards.

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T18:05:13-0400

USAFRet said:
Green label or grey label?

The "CX" is Green.

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T18:06:00-0400

Gregavi said:
It is plugged into the MoBo in 2 locations. 24 pin and a 4 pin connection in addition to the GPU.

So the standard ATX style connection?

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T18:07:04-0400

Gregavi said:
The "CX" is Green.

As mentioned above....that is a very bad, very old unit.
I had one. In dying, it took the motherboard with it.

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T18:09:23-0400

I bought it for a different PC a few years ago and bought a new PC soon after that so it was sitting in my old PC for a few years, IOW, not much mileage on it.
Recommendation for a replacement w/o breaking the bank?

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T18:11:07-0400

USAFRet said:
So the standard ATX style connection?

Yes, but I had to get a 24 to 8 pin adapter.

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T18:14:08-0400

Gregavi said:
Yes, but I had to get a 24 to 8 pin adapter.

oooo...even worse.

How long do you plan on keeping/using this particular PC?
Because it is living on borrowed time.

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T18:15:12-0400

USAFRet said:
oooo...even worse.

How long do you plan on keeping/using this particular PC?
Because it is living on borrowed time.

For the foreseeable future.

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T18:17:34-0400

This is not a gaming computer. The most stressful program I run is my CAD (Chief Architect) program.

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T18:18:55-0400

Gregavi said:
This is not a gaming computer. The most stressful program I run is my CAD (Chief Architect) program.

Mine wasn't a gaming PC either. Photo/video/CAD.

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T18:20:47-0400

If this PSU is so crappy, why do Corsair PSUs get such high reviews, including the one I have?

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T18:25:09-0400

Gregavi said:
If this PSU is so crappy, why do Corsair PSUs get such high reviews, including the one I have?

A decade ago, it got reasonable initial reviews. That's why I had one.
Then they started dying.

Corsair as the brand does not sell crappy PSUs on the whole.
Just some of them. Like the one you have.

Gregavi · 2024-08-09T18:27:57-0400

USAFRet said:
A decade ago, it got reasonable initial reviews. That's why I had one.
Then they started dying.

Corsair as the brand does not sell crappy PSUs on the whole.
Just some of them. Like the one you have.

Do you have a recommendation for a replacement? Definitely want a fully modular style to eliminate the ridiculous amount of cables coming out of the non modular type.

USAFRet · 2024-08-09T18:33:00-0400

Gregavi said:
Do you have a recommendation for a replacement? Definitely want a fully modular style to eliminate the ridiculous amount of cables coming out of the non modular type.

Not personally. Other people here are better equipped to recommend something.

--SID-- · 2024-08-10T02:23:06-0400

Gregavi said:
Do you have a recommendation for a replacement? Definitely want a fully modular style to eliminate the ridiculous amount of cables coming out of the non modular type.

Depends on what's available in your country. Do you have a link to a webshop where you go shopping for a PSU?

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