oldbob1 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hi Can i use a Corsair 550 watt VX Series PSU in my PC. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteKiller Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 That really depends on your computer chassis/case. If it will accept a standard size ATX psu then it should fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithkt Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 That really depends on your computer chassis/case. If it will accept a standard size ATX psu then it should fit. Wouldn't it also depend on whether his motherboard is compatible as well? From the VX550 specs: "ATX12V v2.2 standard and is backwards compatible with ATX12V 2.01" I tried to look that motherboard up on the Asus web site. I could not find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wired Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 You have an OEM system, correct? If so, you would need to check with your computer manufacturer to see if they have a proprietary power supply or not. If not, then you would need to find out if, like smithkt said, it is ATX12V 2.01 or higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithkt Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I did a brief search on the web for both the motherboard and power supply. I could not find anything concrete on either, other than it appears to be a Packard Bell system. The most useful post I found was this: http://forums.techguy.org/4117017-post10.html The user in that post was able to swap his PSU out with an ATX 2.0 compatible PSU without a problem. No guarantees, but it does strongly suggest the VX550 will work in this system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EliteKiller Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Wouldn't it also depend on whether his motherboard is compatible as well? From the VX550 specs: "ATX12V v2.2 standard and is backwards compatible with ATX12V 2.01" I tried to look that motherboard up on the Asus web site. I could not find it. The Asus Lima is a socket 775 mobo which does not appear to have any proprietary power connections, so it should support any Corsair psu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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