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I don't know what brand, i'm totally blind, so couldn't read anything on |
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it to tell you. I do know that this board did require the 8 pin thing |
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for the board as yours does, and we did have to get a specific power |
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supply for that. |
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On Wed, 7 Dec 2005, Duncan wrote: |
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> Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 00:17:49 -0700 |
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> From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> |
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> Reply-To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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> To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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> Subject: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Re: mce log errors |
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> Nuitari posted <Pine.LNX.4.64.0512070125180.23134@××××××××××××××××.net>, |
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> excerpted below, on Wed, 07 Dec 2005 01:26:03 -0500: |
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> >> The origional ps in this case was 500. We replaced it with 550 which |
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> >> from what i gather should have been enough to handle the drives as well |
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> >> as everything else, that's what i was told anyway. What would generally |
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> >> be recommended for this much stuffed into a case like this? |
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> > |
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> > Which brand / model it is ? |
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> > |
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> > You should be able to open the case and also see how much it is reader for |
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> > each amp level that it does. |
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> |
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> 550 /should/ be enough, correct. However, as Nuitari asks, what brand, |
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> and is it UL/CE certified or not? If not, as I said, the rating's worth |
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> less than the sticker it's printed on. |
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> Even the good brands have occasional duds. I recently read about |
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> someone having Enermax dud, for instance, and normally that's a decent |
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> brand, from all I know. |
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> |
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> You also mentioned dual Opteron 242, which is what I have. My Tyan board |
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> required a second connector for the additional power, an 8-pin "EPS-12V" |
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> connector. It also has a 6-pin "SSI Workstation" connector for AGP-Pro, |
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> but I didn't need that since I'm not running that powerful a video card. |
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> However, I expect I'd have issues if I didn't have the 8-pin plugged in. |
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> I had to buy a special power supply to get that. |
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> Since we are both running similar equipment, different mobo but both |
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> running dual Opteron 242, with RAID (mine is four-drive Seagate SATA 300 |
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> gig, plus an older 250 gig Maxtor PATA not in the RAID, plus I've both a |
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> CD burner and a DVD burner), and I've had no problems with power here, |
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> perhaps my power supply would be of interest? (This assumes you have |
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> the same 8-pin EPS-12v board connector and don't need the 6-pin AGP-Pro |
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> thing.) |
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> |
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> Vantec Stealth VAN-520A (520W sustained, 620W 60 second peak rating). |
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> I purchased it at Fry's Electronics, tho similar rated supplies are |
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> available online for somewhat cheaper. (I like pricewatch.com, as I've |
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> had decent experiences with their vendors, but even if you don't buy from |
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> pricewatch listed vendors, it's a very quick way to come up with "street |
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> price" estimates. Even for stuff like power supplies and cases that I |
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> usually buy locally, I'll check pricewatch to get an idea of the internet |
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> price, before doing my local shopping. Generally speaking, a price within |
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> 20% higher, more or less depending on item, will then be a decent |
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> local brick and mortar sourced deal.) |
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