Antec PSU size fit

[sankukai]

Hi there guys:


I am seriously considering spending some of my hard earned cash to purchase an Antec Quatro TPQ-850w PSU. I was told by one of the sales people at the store I plan to order it from (I live in Nicaragua, Central America)that the unit is pretty large and won't fit inside my current Micro-ATX case. The thing is, I don't want to shell out another wad of cash to buy a larger, more expensive case unless I really need to. Is it true that this psu will not fit inside a regular micro-atx case? or this sales guy just jerking my chain so I buy a new, 70 plus-dollar mid-tower case from his store?

Any thoughts would be appreciated

[Stock]

What case are you using right now? The 850W Quatro is a standard sized (ATX) power supply. A quick google shows that its dimensions are 8cm (L), 15cm (W) and 9cm (D). It should fit as long as you aren't using something like a slim-mATX case with proprietary psu's.

[_dangtx_]

Antec TruePower Quattro (TPQ-850) 850W Review

good unit, but not exactly micro psu size.

http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=NTg=


Dimensions:
- 3.4" (H) x 5.9" (W) x 7.1" (D)
- 8.6cm (H) x 15cm (W) x 18cm (D) Net weight:
- 5.75lbs / 2.6kg

[sankukai]

well...I couldn't really tell you the case's brand because I really don't know where it's at. But it's the case that came when I bought with my old Core2Duo rig. It fits the Asrock Micro-ATX motherboards I have had including the G31M-S that I have bought last year, without any trouble at all.

Mu current Kmex 650w switching power supply fits in without any trouble too

I don't know if that is enough info for anybody else to add a suggestion though

[_dangtx_]

you can always take a picture.

some cases have liek a bar or like a 'lip' that will make it either hard or impossible to install the
psu without taking the mobo out first

[Stock]

Use a ruler and measure your case... Dangtx and I just gave you some figures.

And wow! I must be really off on the size of the unit...I pulled those numbers here. Probably best to go with Antec's website.

[_dangtx_]

yeah, its one of the bigger heavier units :p

[krajee]

Originally Posted by Stock

Use a ruler and measure your case... Dangtx and I just gave you some figures.

And wow! I must be really off on the size of the unit...I pulled those numbers here. Probably best to go with Antec's website.

I would actually suggest measuring the current power supply and comparing it to the dimensions of the TPQ850 rather than measuring the case.

[Dr_BenD_over]

The ATX standard (2.2) is only 14cm (D) so it may indeed be too deep for the case.

[mo' power]

If your psu is the Kmex PG-650W, you should be ok. From what I can tell, the TPQ 850 has the same height and width. It's 4cm longer though. Both psu's are ATX 2.2.