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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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> Which brand / model it is ? |
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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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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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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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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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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman in |
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http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2004/12/22/rms_interview.html |
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