Power Supply shape incompatibilities?

[prism]

I just bought a Corsair 400W power supply, and maybe I'm just stupid but I can't figure out how it's sposed to fit in my Antec NSK 1380 micro-ATX case. The included Antec power supply has the power cord plugin in a completely different spot than the Corsair. I was under the impression power supplies were a universal fit?....Any help is appreciated!

 

[frostedflakes]

It won't fit. The PSU in a 1380 is a proprietary form factor, not standard ATX. This is pretty common in a lot of SFF cases for obvious reasons, standard ATX PSUs are pretty big.

What works great in the 1380 is replacing the stock PSU with a PicoPSU. Frees up a lot of space in the case for a larger CPU cooler. It also limits you to 150w, though, so obviously you couldn't build a high-end system with this. I'd assume that's why you got the 400w Corsair, were you planning to put a powerful video card in the system? The stock 350w is decent, though, it should be able to handle any reasonably powerful card. I'd be more worried about case cooling than running out of power. Also the 1380 might not be able to fit longer cards, I'm not sure.

 

[Rifter]

next time dont buy a standard ATX form factor PSU for a non standard form factor case. What are you trying to cram into that thing thats needs the power? i would be more worried about cooling.

 

[prism]

My system is pretty modest, it's just that the stock PSU fan is getting pretty noisy so I wanted to replace the whole shebang.

 

[Rifter]

I see, you could if you have any electronics know how crack it open and replace the fan with a quieter one.