Wondering if possible?

[booni]

Hi

Wonder if anyone can help me. I got a old pc and the power supply blew. Now I'm wondering if there is anyway to test if the motherboard still works without testing it with a power supply?

Also will the Thermaltake Litepower Power Supply - 600W work on GIGABYTE 965P-DS4 ?

Thanks in advance

PC is stone age

Specs are:

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz (intel)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965p-DS4

Graphic card: Gigabyte GT 7900

Hdd: 800 gig SATA

Ram: 4 gigs

Power supply: A-open 500 (but it not working anymore.)

 

[DanielSK]

It will be more than enough, but it's better to go with a small reliable PSU lika e corsair CX430w. I don't think there is anyway to test without a power supply

 

[Lauralarry]

go through neweggs daily deals you can find cheap psu's in there everyday good ones too

 

[TheOsTech]

If you plan on building a new computer down the road maybe you should buy a power source with that in mind. would your new computer run one, two or three graphics cards? If you are like most it will only be one card. If it will be one card a 600-700w ps might be just what you need.

To make things simple for you I would look for a single rail ps in that range. ideally it would have at least 2x pci-e 6+2 pin cables.

keep in mind that with a little bit of wattage headroom your ps will last longer then if you push it to its limit every day. a 600-700w ps should give you that headroom with any card you want.

as for testing with out a ps not a snowballs chance in...

but you could look closely at it under bright lights and see if there is any ovious electrical damage, burnt components or the like. if you see any might as well assume it will never work right again.