Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 (edited) Heres a nifty little device i found, If you need more power and don't have big money for the high wattage power supplys, then you can hook up mulitible p/s and do the same thing cheaper. Edited September 17, 2011 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 That's good but you also need multiple outlet points to plug them all in. Good link. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicSN6 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I'll wait for REV D. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PANiC Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 pretty sure you only need to connect 2 of the pins together to get a second psu to power up for free? or 1/2 price: http://www.frozencpu.com/products/11742/cpa-167a/ModRight_CableRight_Dual_Power_Supply_Adapter_Cable.html?tl=g2c413s91 , hmm i dunno, i think i would shell out for a bigger psu, from experience it's one thing that you should pay good money for . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Yep all you need is a small relay that shorts out 2 pins, but this is a tidy solution. Shorting out these two pins with a piece of wire or relay will switch on the PSU. You might need a min load on some PSU or around 50W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donziboy2 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 This allows you to turn on and off the PSU when you power up the main PSU. But i cant see a need for that much power ever.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted September 18, 2011 Author Share Posted September 18, 2011 (edited) Well newer p/c s draw alot of power, vid card alone a high end one can draw 250-500w some cpus draw 125w, every componet draws. High end machines need 1kw p/s or more. Edited September 18, 2011 by Athlon64~SPARTA~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donziboy2 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Well the high CPU draw has existed since the P4 when they first started drawing huge amounts of power and the standard ATX 20pin at the time could not handle it. 3 gtx 580's in tri-sli will only pull 800 watts max, plus say 200 for the rest of the components, add 30% to be safe thats a 1300 watt psu. Asus makes a 580 x2 so you could quad SLI that, but you would never see more then 1k from that. The big thing i see with multiple PSU's is that if there is a difference in output even a small one it could add instability. You also double your chances for a PSU failure. If your going to stick a grand or more of GPU in your case dont skimp and go cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoScream~SPARTA~ Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 BIG SUPPLIES... For people with small equipment..... 2000W http://www.legitreviews.com/article/436/1/ http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1036790/thermaltake-shows-2000w-psu http://www.wordplop.com/2008/04/07/2000-watt-computer-power-supply/ 1200W http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-029-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-040-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-151-AN&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat= http://www.scan.co.uk/products/1200w-antec-high-current-pro-80plus-gold-135mm-quiet-fan-atx12v-23-eps12v-v291-psu http://www.cclonline.com/product/35807/0761345-07993-8/Power-Supplies/Antec-TruePower-Quattro-1200-Watt-Power-Supply-Unit/PSU1144/ Yum Gold http://www.cclonline.com/product/54523/CMPSU-1200AXUK/Power-Supplies/Corsair-Professional-Series-Gold-AX1200-Power-Supply-Unit-1200-Watts-/PSU1248/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athlon64~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 One could use 2 good 850w that wouldent cost a fortune and give more then 1200. But what ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GySgt~SPARTA~ Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 2k watts WOW!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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