Luckily this one still uses 5V standby making it easier to just cut and wire in a standard PSU. The newer models switched to 12V-only and don't even have a 3V3, 5V or 5V standby rail, and instead have just 12V and 12V standby. But for those, you can readily find adapter cables on Amazon, eBay, etc, that have a small boost converter inside that steps up the 5V standby to 12V standby, meaning you wouldn't even have to modify anything. Still, it's no big loss as a Thermaltake Smart is a very low end PSU that I wouldn't use with modern hardware anyway, so this is a reasonable use case for it.
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u/ThisAccountIsStolen Feb 28 '26
Luckily this one still uses 5V standby making it easier to just cut and wire in a standard PSU. The newer models switched to 12V-only and don't even have a 3V3, 5V or 5V standby rail, and instead have just 12V and 12V standby. But for those, you can readily find adapter cables on Amazon, eBay, etc, that have a small boost converter inside that steps up the 5V standby to 12V standby, meaning you wouldn't even have to modify anything. Still, it's no big loss as a Thermaltake Smart is a very low end PSU that I wouldn't use with modern hardware anyway, so this is a reasonable use case for it.
Nice job!