Re: Recommend a PSU for Benchtesting Motherboards

My god, yanz, what is that? Thanks for the pics...looks like you can hook it up and load your 12v and 5v...but what about 3.3v?

@kc8adu...don't worry, I paid less than $30 for mine, and it's supposedly in new condition!

Re: Recommend a PSU for Benchtesting Motherboards

Well, I grabbed an AcBel 530W 80Plus Certified Power Supply, Model FS7013. It was meant for a Sun Ultra 24 Workstation. I really couldn't find much info on it at all, but I got it for a really great price. Google search only brings up 9 hits! Best one is:
[url]http://www.memoryxsun.com/3002132.html[/url]

Anyway, it looks like it has all kinds of funny connectors on it, but maybe that will be okay. As soon as I receive it, I'm going to crack it open and see what caps it uses

I sure wish someone...

Hi, first post here.

I know there are plenty of great sites testing PSU's, but they naturally have in mind using the PSU for what it was intended, namely being part of a fully functioning PC.

I've been testing a bunch of motherboards lately, and would like to know of some recommended PSU's for the task.

1) Of course, I need one that doesn't have a minimum load....sometimes for diagnostic purposes, I need to try to power on the motherboard without even RAM and CPU! I need to know that the symptoms I see are fully a problem with the motherboard and not...