Cskelly Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 I was wondering how difficult it is to change out PSU. I have a Ibuypower Trace931 which has a 600W nonmodular PSU in it. I would like to upgrade my GPU from a ASUS 1080 to maybe 1080ti. I am thinking I will need to have a better PSU as well. I haven't ever installed a PSU before. I have installed GPUs and RAM but that's about it! How demanding is it to swap a PSU. Thanks in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsth Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 This what you're looking for In text it explains how to replace PSU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cskelly Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share Posted April 30, 2020 Thanks for the link! That answers one of my big questions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aluminum Donkey Posted May 6, 2020 Share Posted May 6, 2020 It's not hard to change/replace the PSU, but remember to plug in both of the motherboard power cables. There's the 20/24-pin mobo cable, the big one, that's often 2 plugs that have to be inserted together. Then, there's also the CPU power connector--either 1 or 2 plugs, 4 pins each. It's sometimes easy to forget to connect the CPU power cables--especially if the PSU itself is fully modular and has sockets for both the main motherboard and CPU power cables (not sure why they do that in the first place, since you absolutely must have both and nothing works without them, so they're just a given, and don't have to be removable from the PSU.) AD Kit: B550 Aorus Elite AX V2, Ryzen 7 5800X w/ Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE, 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury DDR4 @3600MHz C16, Gigabyte RTX 3070 Windforce 8GB, EVGA SuperNova 750 G2 PSU, HP Omen 32" 2560x1440, Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS fitted with Leo Bodnar's BU0836A controller. --Flying is the art of throwing yourself at the ground, and having all the rules and regulations get in the way! If man was meant to fly, he would have been born with a lot more money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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