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Replacement PSU for Purepower 560 ATX 12v


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Hi-

 

 My Thermaltake Purepower 560w ATX 12v power supply finally gave up after 13 years. I need some help figuring out a replacement for the 560. I believe the part number (p/n) was 44.56000.001

 

 The 560 had the 20 pin motherboard connector and a separate 4 pin ATX connector to the motherboard. I can't seem to find a newer model power supply with these connections. I think maybe a new 24 pin psu would work if I split off the last four pins but I'm not sure what to do or how to create the separate 4 pin 12v ATX connection.

 

 The 560w ATX 12v fed power to a:

 

 ASUS P4C-800e deluxe rev2 . this motherboard was modded for vdroop and vdimm to eliminate current fluctuations.

 

 Intel P-4  3.2 Extreme Edition running @ 1.65v

 

 4 1 terabyte sata  hdds

 

 2 gigs (4 - 512mb sticks) of Corsair PC-4400 ram. each stick running at 2.85v

 

 1 Floppy drive

 

 2 dvd/rw opticals

 

 Sound Blaster Audigy2 soundcard with all breakouts and extraneous boxes for speaker connections

 

 2 nics

 

 Modem (usb) for fax to print

 

 8 usb ports full of stuff

 

 Sapphire HD 3850 8x AGP pro o'ced. has agp power plus another 8 pin connection on card.

 

 The 560 would power this to a 4G plus oc with hyper-threading on but only 1 stick of ram.

 

 Amazing power supply; lot of juice needed for those old parts at those frequencies.

 

 If you could recommend a new 24 pin psu in the 600-700 watt range with the connectors I need for that old motherboard and the power hungry parts, I would really appreciate it.

 

 

PS: I never totaled the power consumption for this configuration but I think it would be in 550w range. I think something a bit bigger would probably be better so the psu runs at 70% - 80% load rather than 110%.

 

 Thanks

 

 

 

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Hi There

 

Regarding to your question, and if you live in the U.S.I'd suggest you to get our TR2-600W, 80 plus Bronze certified power supply:

This unit has a 20+4 pin main power connector and a 4+4 pin ATX 12V cables and provide continuously 600W power.

 

For more information, please click on the link below:

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Power_Supply/TR2_Series_/TR2/C_00002410/TR2_600W_Bronze/design.htm

 

Thank you for choosing Thermaltake power supply.

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Hi-

 

 Thanks for the suggestion. I ordered the TR2-600W from a online e-tailer and I'll let you know how it went.

 

 If I didn't use the above mentioned system for my diagrams, I would have retired it a long time ago. It still works great for what it does so another $70, on top of the original build cost of $4500, was money well spent.

 

 I have 4 Toughpower power supplies from the 850w - 1200w range and have had no trouble at all from them. Rock solid supplies.

 

 

**Edit**

 Got the TR2-600W, installed it on the old pc, hooked up everything, gave the 3.2 a light 250 FSB overclock, bumped the vcore to 1.575 and let the system boot. Been running for about 12 hours now with no problems. No burning plastic smell, no whine; it's working good.

 

 Things I don't like about this psu-

 

 1- it only has 1 cable with 4 daisy-chained 4pin plugs. My case is a ATX full size case. 22x20. My optical drives are at the top of the case and my graphics card and all my pci  cards are at the bottom. My graphics card requires me to use 2 of the 4 pin connectors to supply power, via a 8 pin connector, to the card. The psu doesn't have the old 8 pin connector it has PCI-e connectors. But, I have a adaptors and lots of them so I'll make it work. It will be messy.

 

 2- Don't like the fact that the fan exhausts into the case, right on top of a already hot processor. The psu is top-mounted in my case so I rotated the psu so the fan exhaust is up (requires another adaptor for the mounting screws). There is now a definite hot spot on top of the case but there is a bright side to everything: that hot spot keeps my coffee cup warm if I place it on that spot!

 

 3- First power supply that I've purchased that didn't come with a power cord or mounting screws. > > I have lots of both but still . . .

 

 

 Anyone looking to keep a old AGP, DDR, PCI system running, (AKA legacy system) this power supply will be ok if you don't have a ton of stuff to plug into it. You will have the  20 pin motherboard connector, 4 pin ATX 12v motherboard connector, 6 sata connectors on two different lines, and four 4 pin connectors, all on one line, for opticals and what-not. You'll be limited as to what you can hook up without using a lot of adaptors. Just be ready for some minimal cable modifications to your old system.

 

 Don't take this as a negative post. The psu works great and that is what counts. The gripey stuff is about the cosmetics and not the function of the psu.

 

 Too bad someone hasn't made a fully customizable psu, yet.

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