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:
Dell Precision T3600/T3610/T5810/T7820 series: PSU with a short height, seems to have about the length of a standard PSU.
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
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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.
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
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.
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