Re: [OT] PSU ramblings (was Re: getting a new Debian box)
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On 05/22/07 09:02, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 11:50:31AM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>> On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 08:36:47AM -0400, Douglas Allan Tutty wrote:
>>> On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 10:31:30PM -0700, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
>
>> ON a side note, have you noticed that its hard to actually find useful
>> replacement PSU's? My local shops carry all kinds of 5&600 watt PSU's,
>> but none of them put out enough power on the right combinations of
>> rails to support my stuff. I've had to replace a couple of them with
>> generic OEM style psu's. An example would be doing the math on my
>> hard-drive/peripheral load on one of my boxes, I determined that I
>> needed X watts on the 12 volt rail.
>
> Check out the CoolerMaster iGreen 600. 85% efficient, ATX 12V V 2.2,
> RoHS compliant. MTBF > 400,000 Hrs, dual ball bearing 120 mm fan. 600
> W continuous, 700 W max.
>
> Continuous ratings:
>
> 3.3V 20 A
> 5V 20 A
> total 166 W
>
> 12V 1 16 A
> 12V 2 14 A
> 12V 3 8 A
> total 456 W
>
> -12V 0.5 A
> 5Vsb 3 A
>
>
> All the drives are powered by 12V 1. Two PCI-E 6-pin connectors, one
> from 12V 1, the other from 12V 3. 12V 2 goes to the 4 and 8 pin 12V MB
> connectors. So if you only have one GPU that needs a PCI-e connector,
> use the one that is powered by 12V 3 and save 12V 1 for the drives.
I know that 12V means 12 volts, but what does the "3" in "12V 3" mean?
> If one PSU doesn't do it for your drives, add a second PSU. My
> CM-Stacker case has two bays and comes with the harness that connects
> the two.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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