If it has more than the common number of filter capacitors and other good components, then sure, I'd say it's adequate. BTW, if you're going to open a power supply, you may want to know what you're doing, because the stickers on all PSUs say not to open the power supply, because that can result in a loss of warranty.

I am no expert, but, imho the PSU needs cleaning, and the fan is colored, thus bad quality and needs replacement.
Otherwise it looks not like a gutless wonder.

I would also have to agree with retardware. Because a dirty power supply can sometimes be bad news. One time I had a desktop with a dust-filled PSU, and it started to overheat when it ran for a long time, because of the dust blocking the most crucial components of the PSU.

Looking quickly i have seen signs of not being the common cheap psu, for example

- Fuse holder(usually cheap boards have the fuse soldered directly to the board)
- reasonable heatsink
- proper filter capacitors on the input side
- inductors for filtering on the input side too
- seems to have an apropriate ntc.

With that being said, some capacitors on the output side seems bloated at the top, if they are replacing them is advisable,cleaning with compressed air and checking if the fan spins normally is also a good preventive maintenance.

Thanks guys! I also found a date on the pcb: june 2003. It has a 20 pin atx connector and no sata cables, that's fine though. I cleaned it and found more bulging capacitors, I'll replace them in the future as I don't have time right now. It also has a second fan on the bottom of the case (not shown on pictures).

Is it possible to estimate the wattage just by looking at it? Just curious. Probably around 350W as it's 16 years old?

Justin1091 wrote:

Thanks guys! I also found a date on the pcb: june 2003. It has a 20 pin atx connector and no sata cables, that's fine though. I cleaned it and found more bulging capacitors, I'll replace them in the future as I don't have time right now. It also has a second fan on the bottom of the case (not shown on pictures).

Is it possible to estimate the wattage just by looking at it? Just curious. Probably around 350W as it's 16 years old?

As-Is Id call it a 250 watter and be wary of using it on the regular without a recap. Use ANYTHING else in good condition over it.

Yeah, it can't be a high power PSU, as it only uses discrete diodes rather than a diode bridge.

The label might have said 350W, but it wouldn't do nearly that much. That said, what it would do it would do reasonably well after a recap.