This setup is still working as of 1/20/2024 i figured i would let everyone know this. and i have had NO issues. BE SURE AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL FOR MORE 👍
Wow thanks! I watched multiple videos, and everyone skips the most important part regarding those 2 wires that go into the amp, and you mention it with clarity within 3 minutes. 👏
Hey can you help me out real quick? i wanted to know if just one of these wires is really enough to output all the power cuz why not use all the black and yellow wires at the once? would it give me extra power? @@CustomKartsAndMore
Just did this right now. It freaking works flawless! I was originally using a WII power supply, but it wouldn't let me push my subs before shutting off due to over current. Then I went to a 150w Xbox 360 power supply, and that worked decent but still same issue. Now after doing this I can push my subs and it never shuts off. Plus, these PC power supplies are typically higher quality, and higher wattage than the gaming console junk. Amazing video bro💪🏻
Great vid !!!Thank you , Just a quick question, what is the total amprage a stereo ,amp and speakers can all be hooked up safely to your power supply without over powering it??
Can it power a 6000watts amp?. On mine i did try it today the amp powered on but no sound was coming out of the output i did check the RCA and the speakers but no sound coming out of the amp
If the amp turns on it cud be the amp isn't getting the correct current (if so pay close attention to the protection light it should light dim, and a dim power light is a good indicator of that) The channels are blown ( sound won't come out) The rca isn't in the correct color code (that seem to be a problem on a amp I worked on a while bk) Bad rcas The preamp or head unit rca out isn't working or damaged Or the amp rca is damaged Bad speakers Check all those things
There are enough yellow and black wires in the power supply that you can clump them together to about the size of 4 gauge wire. You will need 750w or higher power supply to allow your amp to go at full power.
@@jboblk I have 750 watt power supply I’m trying to hook up my single kicker cvr 15s was using Xbox 360 block 270watts and I could only go barely half way before it cut so I decided to get a pc power supply will this do the job I’m trying to use more then halfway volume
I don't know much about PSU inner working but don't these old PSU have multiple rails and single rail can only deliver 15-20 amps. don't you have to connect two rails but can you do that? And there's no current limiter on them it will deliver as much power amp tries to pull. Good PSU will deliver about Twice as much power as rated power before blowing up. 350W is continuous power dunno how peak power works on PSU.
The more yellows the better. A single one will work but is too thin to really carry any serious current. I ran 3 yellows to my car stereo amd the rest to my kicker mono amp. Ive had mine since about 2018 and use it all the time here in the oilfield cranked up loud all day and no issues.
I was actually looking for how to connect a car radio to your pc, but it seems I am the only one with that curiosity :( Just to clarify. I want to install the Car radio into the box of the PC where the Optical drive goes in the old boxes. the new ones can't even do that anymore. then Power it and the PC with the PC Power supply and if I am luck, I would like to get the PC to be able to influence the Radio, but I don't know if that is even Possible...
i dont see why you couldn’t. the radio would be 12v. and then if you have any aux to 1/8 headphone patch cable, you could use that to link the output of the pc to the car radio if the radio has any rca inputs. and then just hookup the speakers to the radio like normal. hope that helps somewhat!
If i wanted to run quite a bit of power theough it would i be able to possibly like double or triple up the positives/ negatves to allow for more power. As an alternative to having bigger wire?
it should work. i mean im not the most technical person when it comes to this stuff. but i do know some stuff. but id say that should work.. as long as any wires aren’t being overloaded or anything.
Hey question?! Isnt the yellow wire 5v? To powr an amp like this would i be better off using one of the 12v wires instead? (Edit... I believe i made a mistake, the yellow is the 12v!!)
@@CustomKartsAndMore got some tips on it from a sub guy the power supply would have to be around 1500-1600w otherwise wont be able to turn the volume up loud and may or may not blow the amp
I tried powering class D amp with 12V from molex, but it has very high noise on speaker, especially when I opened a video game, the noise getting louder. it's enermax 650W gold PSU and the system only consume around 200W. Could the noise produced by the power supply or the components on the PC or noise from ground? When I power it with 19V laptop brick it produces very little noise.
Ive had a setup like this for quite some time. A car stereo deck running four 6.5 inch coax speakers and a 400.1 kicker mono amp on a 10 inch sub. Bought a new head unit amd now nothing will come on. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting the green wire and the power supply will not power on at all.
not sure actually. i just happend to have a 400w power supply laying around and hooked it up. the amp itself is 1200w i believe. and somehow it still works fine. the bass has never cutout or anything. i found out how to do this watching another video on youtube and just decided to make my own. to be honest.
id see what brand and make it is and just type in wiring diagram for it. might be able to figure it out.. bcuz i’ve only ever messed with the boxes that have different colored wires.. it might even be written on the wires in grey lettering by the connector & say + or - anyways if you figure it out or have anymore questions, lmk.
good way to use, PC ps and car amps that we may have collecting dust in the garage... that 300W PS will turn off as soon as your that amp hits some lows.. 😔👍😉😊
tell me more of what you mean and why youd want to do that.. i might have an answer. i mean you could of you capped off each wire so none of them are touching
@@CustomKartsAndMore so basically I wanna cut the remaining wires and all the connectors and can I take the green wire out the plug and connect it to the ground wire out of the case
@abdullahchowdhary802 to be honest im not sure. the way i did it was the only way i was taught.. but if you come across anyone else online doing that, id give it a shot. otherwise i would do it the way i did. hope that helps
Probably a stupid question, but if I put a toggle switch in between that green wire and the ground wire, would it work to turn the power supply on and off from a secondary switch? (opposed to one on the back side of the power supply)
Hey how are you brother awesome video never been good at electrical things thanks for sharing new to the channel stop by to show some love blessings new friend God bless you and keep you
i have 2 pc power supplies one is 106 watts and the second one is 300 watt and the second starts up for a few seconds and then shuts down and the first one with just run at 9 volts but works how do i fix it
im not totally sure. i would think the 300w would work good.. it could be going bad possibly.. i would look around for a 350 watt similar to the one in the video and try that. im still using the same setup as of today.. good luck.
I wanna do this. And buy a spare 650 or 700 watt amp for this...but feel like I'd mess up the power supply. And I'd use the pcie or cpu plug in as those two use a lot of power and can handle it. Especially the pcie
I did this with a 600 watt power supply with a kicker 400.1 mono amp to one American Bass 10 and an Alpine bluetooth receiver running four 6.5 coaxials and holy hell is it loud! Ive had it running since 2018. I took all of the yellows together and all of the blacks together. One yellow won't supply as much current as multiples will. I ran 2 or 3 yellows to the car stereo and the rest to the amp. People are so blown away at how loud it screams and how low the bass goes.
if it were me id find another power box if possible, with different color wires like the one i used. or look up the box you have and see if there is any writing on the wires to identify which ones are which.
not too sure man. maby the power supply is starting to go bad. i honesty didn’t know i could even do this until i seen a video on it. but hopefully you get that figured out. good luck!
That's the over current protection in the psu. If you do not have all the yellow and black wires on the psu connected to the amp that would be the problem, if you have all the yellow and black wires connected than the psu isn't powerful enough to run that amp. Hope this helped
Well I did connect all the yellow and black except there were two yellow with black stripes can I also connective it is better at hits harder especially a low in but still if I crank up a movie it will shut off nothing like before though it's way better
Meant to say can I add the black striped yellow wires to the existing gang of them I did hook up. Very much different after going from 1 wire to 8 but if the striped ones are good to go Ill add them, anyone know?
Hey i dont know anything about these power supplies can u pls tell me that i want to use a psu for 4000 watts amp so if answer my question that would be much appreciated
@@jibranshah384 You will NOT power a 4000W amp with a computer power supply. I have a 1250W power supply and its one of the largest. I doubt you will come across one that will power 4000W, not only that but depends on how much of a load you want to put on it (how loud you actually want your sound to be) which means you will need even more power. I suggest getting a smaller amp, instead of finding a larger power supply.
Uhh maybe I didn't get a strong enough Psu cause I did it by the instructions annddd the amp turned on, then turned off, and now I think the PSU is dead 🤣
This setup is still working as of 1/20/2024 i figured i would let everyone know this. and i have had NO issues. BE SURE AND SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHANNEL FOR MORE 👍
Wow thanks! I watched multiple videos, and everyone skips the most important part regarding those 2 wires that go into the amp, and you mention it with clarity within 3 minutes. 👏
no problem, glad i could help!!
Hey can you help me out real quick? i wanted to know if just one of these wires is really enough to output all the power cuz why not use all the black and yellow wires at the once? would it give me extra power? @@CustomKartsAndMore
Quick and to the point. Thanks man. Awesome 👌
Wow I didn't even know you could do that with a computer power supply, that's cool. Seasonic power supply's were like the best ever!👍
Just did this right now. It freaking works flawless! I was originally using a WII power supply, but it wouldn't let me push my subs before shutting off due to over current. Then I went to a 150w Xbox 360 power supply, and that worked decent but still same issue. Now after doing this I can push my subs and it never shuts off. Plus, these PC power supplies are typically higher quality, and higher wattage than the gaming console junk.
Amazing video bro💪🏻
Thanks very helpful. Is it possible to connect both the stereo and amp on one power supply?
actually, i don’t see why it wouldn’t work.. they both work off of 12v.
Will a 400w power supply be able to power a Rockford fosgate punch P1000x1bd?
great way of explaining and fast aswell i found this super help full cant wait for more content!
thanks man. glad i could help out!
Great vid !!!Thank you , Just a quick question, what is the total amprage a stereo ,amp and speakers can all be hooked up safely to your power supply without over powering it??
Man your the best you really killed the game with this one.i owe you a million dollars
hey happy i could help out & happy holidays!
Can it power a 6000watts amp?. On mine i did try it today the amp powered on but no sound was coming out of the output i did check the RCA and the speakers but no sound coming out of the amp
If the amp turns on it cud be
the amp isn't getting the correct current (if so pay close attention to the protection light it should light dim, and a dim power light is a good indicator of that)
The channels are blown ( sound won't come out)
The rca isn't in the correct color code (that seem to be a problem on a amp I worked on a while bk)
Bad rcas
The preamp or head unit rca out isn't working or damaged
Or the amp rca is damaged
Bad speakers
Check all those things
Quick and simple now im a order a amp and power supply 👍🏻 thanks buddy!!
glad i could help!
How many 12v yellow wires would you recommend bundling to power a 1200 watt boos chaos c700 amplifier?
There are enough yellow and black wires in the power supply that you can clump them together to about the size of 4 gauge wire. You will need 750w or higher power supply to allow your amp to go at full power.
@@jboblk I have 750 watt power supply I’m trying to hook up my single kicker cvr 15s was using Xbox 360 block 270watts and I could only go barely half way before it cut so I decided to get a pc power supply will this do the job I’m trying to use more then halfway volume
@@jboblk also I’m running planet audio 1000 watt amp
Worked perfectly!!!! Thank you
I don't know much about PSU inner working but don't these old PSU have multiple rails and single rail can only deliver 15-20 amps. don't you have to connect two rails but can you do that? And there's no current limiter on them it will deliver as much power amp tries to pull. Good PSU will deliver about Twice as much power as rated power before blowing up. 350W is continuous power dunno how peak power works on PSU.
Connect more yellow (12v) wires and you'll draw more power out the PSU
Does it also increase amperage?
Straight to the fucking point. I love it
So does the wattage rating of a power supply not matter? Also an amp hooked up in a car, 12 volts dc, does wattage come into play there?
Of course it absolutely applies. You'll want to make sure your power consumption on your audio amp is below the output of your pc power supply.
Can it be any yellow / black combination, or does it need to be 2 specific ones? Thanks!
yeah any one of the black and yellow ones. all of the individual connectors should have a black and yellow wire.
The more yellows the better. A single one will work but is too thin to really carry any serious current. I ran 3 yellows to my car stereo amd the rest to my kicker mono amp. Ive had mine since about 2018 and use it all the time here in the oilfield cranked up loud all day and no issues.
I have tried computer power supply to a car amplifier. Hooked up to my home subwoofer it works fine
I was actually looking for how to connect a car radio to your pc, but it seems I am the only one with that curiosity :(
Just to clarify. I want to install the Car radio into the box of the PC where the Optical drive goes in the old boxes. the new ones can't even do that anymore. then Power it and the PC with the PC Power supply and if I am luck, I would like to get the PC to be able to influence the Radio, but I don't know if that is even Possible...
i dont see why you couldn’t. the radio would be 12v. and then if you have any aux to 1/8 headphone patch cable, you could use that to link the output of the pc to the car radio if the radio has any rca inputs. and then just hookup the speakers to the radio like normal. hope that helps somewhat!
Is there a way to turn that power wire thicker cuz I've heard that the you know bigger the better
not exactley sure, never tried that.
If i wanted to run quite a bit of power theough it would i be able to possibly like double or triple up the positives/ negatves to allow for more power. As an alternative to having bigger wire?
thats actualy a good question. i never tried that before. but im thinking the amp is only going to use as much power as the power supply will supply.
Yes if u add all the yellow wires and and all the black wires together u will get more output
How many amperes is the power supply.
id say 40 amps
@CustomKartsAndMore wow I was planning to get one but I don't know which one is sufficient to run a 800 watts power with a 1000watts sub.
When i try to power it on the power supply just shuts off. Whats the deal?
make sure all of the connections are right. sounds like somethings not hooked up right. or it could even be the box is bad possibly..
@@CustomKartsAndMore okay cool. Thanks for the quick response🤜
Sept that’s a 350watt can I use a 400 watt amplifier?
that should be alright, the amp still only puts out 12v, it’ll just has more voltage to back it up.
@@CustomKartsAndMore okay thanks, gonna get me one now 😁
Quick question about the watts if I have a 300 watt pc power supply can it be used on an amp with a 40 watt fuse
it should work. i mean im not the most technical person when it comes to this stuff. but i do know some stuff. but id say that should work.. as long as any wires aren’t being overloaded or anything.
@@CustomKartsAndMore ok thank you so much 😊
yep, no problem ✌🏻
Great vid by the way straight to the point.
thanks brotha!
U Saved Me I Did A Huge Mistake That Could Kill My Power Supply BUT THANKS SIRRRRRR
your welcome, glad i could help!
Hey Bro, question, if I tie all up yellow cables from the Sata ports and 8-pin for a thicker connection, will it work and not explod? Lol. Thanks!
im not even sure to be honest. but i would think it would double the current LOL. i never tried it
Cheers! from 2024, thanks for the quick reminder!
Hey question?! Isnt the yellow wire 5v? To powr an amp like this would i be better off using one of the 12v wires instead?
(Edit... I believe i made a mistake, the yellow is the 12v!!)
lol, yeah thats 12v. i actually copied another video i had seen and made my own video.
@@CustomKartsAndMore can I ask what's the max watts for the speakers your running off the amp are?
2-10’s and i think the amp is 1200w. somehow that little 400w cpu power box runs them with no issues
would i be able to power my ZX350.4 Kicker amp witha 600w power supply?
id be running either a 1100W Memphis 12 to it or 2 Pyle Power 8" 800W RMS
don’t see why that wouldn’t work.. id give it a shot.
@@CustomKartsAndMore got some tips on it from a sub guy the power supply would have to be around 1500-1600w otherwise wont be able to turn the volume up loud and may or may not blow the amp
Why did u brigade the green n black wire
basicly enables power to run through to the wires. like an on off switch
is it ok if my amp is 1200w and powersupply 600w? should i atleast be careful with volume?
it should work fine. if anything it will work or it wont. i wouldn’t worry about it burning up or something.. hopefully that helps!
I tried powering class D amp with 12V from molex, but it has very high noise on speaker, especially when I opened a video game, the noise getting louder. it's enermax 650W gold PSU and the system only consume around 200W. Could the noise produced by the power supply or the components on the PC or noise from ground? When I power it with 19V laptop brick it produces very little noise.
does the ATX PC power supply have to be a high amount of power like 500W or 1000W? or can i use any wattage and it will just work?
id try and keep it above 300w. but yeah im thinking any other ones should work.
@JoshuaShultz8287 thank u bro and amazing video too 😊👏
@@CustomKartsAndMore would a 220 watt power supply work with a jbl gto 2060 car amp?
Ive had a setup like this for quite some time. A car stereo deck running four 6.5 inch coax speakers and a 400.1 kicker mono amp on a 10 inch sub. Bought a new head unit amd now nothing will come on. I tried disconnecting and reconnecting the green wire and the power supply will not power on at all.
Can u run a 20;000 warts amp wid this power supply ?
i doubt it with that little power supply. its only like 400 watt to begin with. lol
How to match the amp power or wattage to get the right pc power supply
not sure actually. i just happend to have a 400w power supply laying around and hooked it up. the amp itself is 1200w i believe. and somehow it still works fine. the bass has never cutout or anything. i found out how to do this watching another video on youtube and just decided to make my own. to be honest.
Can I use it on a 4 channel amplifier and run mid range and bass?
yeah, you should be able to
@@CustomKartsAndMore hey can you make a video on how to hook up 2 power supplies for better voltage thanks
@@CustomKartsAndMore it is but my voltage drops below 10.9
I have a PS, but all the wires are black. Any ideas?
id see what brand and make it is and just type in wiring diagram for it. might be able
to figure it out.. bcuz i’ve only ever messed with the boxes that have different colored wires.. it might even be written on the wires in grey lettering by the connector & say + or - anyways if you figure it out or have anymore questions, lmk.
good way to use, PC ps and car amps that we may have collecting dust in the garage... that 300W PS will turn off as soon as your that amp hits some lows.. 😔👍😉😊
Do you still need a fuse between the power and the amp? Or does the power supply handle that bit?
yea the power supply handles that.
Question can u cut the remaining cables
tell me more of what you mean and why youd want to do that.. i might have an answer. i mean you could of you capped off each wire so none of them are touching
@@CustomKartsAndMore so basically I wanna cut the remaining wires and all the connectors and can I take the green wire out the plug and connect it to the ground wire out of the case
@abdullahchowdhary802 to be honest im not sure. the way i did it was the only way i was taught.. but if you come across anyone else online doing that, id give it a shot. otherwise i would do it the way i did. hope that helps
@@CustomKartsAndMorehey man I really appreciate the reply after 4 years 😂 and will do thanks so much man
haha hey no problem brotha. thanks for stopping by, take care
Probably a stupid question, but if I put a toggle switch in between that green wire and the ground wire, would it work to turn the power supply on and off from a secondary switch? (opposed to one on the back side of the power supply)
yeah, it should work.
Does it make a difference using a single yellow and single black or wiring all the yellows together and all your blacks together?
Yes it makes a difference the more you add the more power you get
Idk y. But whenever I connect the remote bridge wire. The psU doesn't turn on
Hey how are you brother awesome video never been good at electrical things thanks for sharing new to the channel stop by to show some love blessings new friend God bless you and keep you
well the bad news is my wife is not happy she can hear me from the garage.the good news is this worked! so easy.
LOL, well glad i could help you out brotha!
i have 2 pc power supplies one is 106 watts and the second one is 300 watt and the second starts up for a few seconds and then shuts down and the first one with just run at 9 volts but works how do i fix it
im not totally sure. i would think the 300w would work good.. it could be going bad possibly.. i would look around for a 350 watt similar to the one in the video and try that. im still using the same setup as of today.. good luck.
@@CustomKartsAndMore ok thank btw lol that 300 watt ps was used and tested as working and work at 12v but shut down when i connected it the amp
Could I just tap into the wires?
I manage to assembles mine with this video. thanks
@@naiphodeo glad i could help 💯
can a 60w power supply power 200wamp?
@@hgame15 possibly.. but that’s probably really pushing it. might need a higher wattage box
@CustomKartsAndMore is 240w gonna ?
make it
@ yeah that should work. give it a shot
Did everything like u powersupply turns on and off unmidietly why?
dnh300 you must have something not connected right.. or try using a different power box.
How many volts is it????
115v
I wanna do this. And buy a spare 650 or 700 watt amp for this...but feel like I'd mess up the power supply. And I'd use the pcie or cpu plug in as those two use a lot of power and can handle it. Especially the pcie
I did this with a 600 watt power supply with a kicker 400.1 mono amp to one American Bass 10 and an Alpine bluetooth receiver running four 6.5 coaxials and holy hell is it loud! Ive had it running since 2018. I took all of the yellows together and all of the blacks together. One yellow won't supply as much current as multiples will. I ran 2 or 3 yellows to the car stereo and the rest to the amp. People are so blown away at how loud it screams and how low the bass goes.
it works but it is still not that powerful,bacause when I increase the volume the radio just turns off because of low power
yeah the power box dosen’t have enough wattage.. id say just try a higher wattage.
I just hope this won't blow up the house
no, you should be alrite. my amp still works since i’ve made this video.
can anybody help me out? i got an old memphis car prxs112sp. says it’s 700 rms what power supply wattage do i need?
id use atleast a 500w box. my psu is like 350-450w i actually forget exactley.. but it still runs the amp with 2-10’s really good. so yeah.
What I'd the wires are all black
if it were me id find another power box if possible, with different color wires like the one i used. or look up the box you have and see if there is any writing on the wires to identify which ones are which.
what about power supplier thath hav 2 different input
thank you boss
Thanks, used this to test an amp I bought 👍
awesome, glad i could help.
My amp dose not have a battery spot
It's the 12+ spot
I did this to my Frankenwoofer set up and now when i CRANK up a movie the PS just SHUTS off and will not turn back on for a few min, anyone know why?
not too sure man. maby the power supply is starting to go bad. i honesty didn’t know i could even do this until i seen a video on it. but hopefully you get that figured out. good luck!
That's the over current protection in the psu. If you do not have all the yellow and black wires on the psu connected to the amp that would be the problem, if you have all the yellow and black wires connected than the psu isn't powerful enough to run that amp. Hope this helped
Well I did connect all the yellow and black except there were two yellow with black stripes can I also connective it is better at hits harder especially a low in but still if I crank up a movie it will shut off nothing like before though it's way better
Meant to say can I add the black striped yellow wires to the existing gang of them I did hook up. Very much different after going from 1 wire to 8 but if the striped ones are good to go Ill add them, anyone know?
make a dummy load on 5v rail (red wire) 10w should be enough to do the trick
my emp only got two input for power it only plus nd minus
I needed 16volt.how to ge
Hey i dont know anything about these power supplies can u pls tell me that i want to use a psu for 4000 watts amp so if answer my question that would be much appreciated
Because i have a psu and dont know how to use it for amplifier so guide ne plsss..
@@jibranshah384 You will NOT power a 4000W amp with a computer power supply. I have a 1250W power supply and its one of the largest. I doubt you will come across one that will power 4000W, not only that but depends on how much of a load you want to put on it (how loud you actually want your sound to be) which means you will need even more power. I suggest getting a smaller amp, instead of finding a larger power supply.
holy shit it works
CooL
Fuckin awesome!!!!
Uhh maybe I didn't get a strong enough Psu cause I did it by the instructions annddd the amp turned on, then turned off, and now I think the PSU is dead 🤣
can i use a 650watt and 500watt together
id use either one. not both though