is it possible to have 2 or more psu's on a computer.
ie: a seperate 250 watt psu for a RAID 5 array
dual psu
is it possible to have 2 or more psu's on a computer.
ie: a seperate 250 watt psu for a RAID 5 array
"We did not choose to become robots. There was an accident in our studio. We were working on our sampler, and at exactly 9:09 a.m. on September 9, 1999, it exploded. When we regained consciousness, we discovered that we had become robots."
-Daft Punk
Re: dual psu
yes
"At the midpoint on the journey of life, I found myself in a dark forest, for the clear path was lost..." -Dante Alighieri
Re: dual psu
Yeah, and you don't particularly need two PSU's just to run a RAID array. I'm pretty sure, as long as you have a quality PSU (none of this aspire/apeiva **** or anything like that) with enough connecters it'll handle it just fine.
Now, I have seen an instance where two PSU's were needed, in my dad's computer, because he's got like 3 optical drives, a high-end GPU, somewhere in the neighborhood of 10HD's (IDE, SCSI, and SATA combined) and some other insane cooling crap.
i5-3570k @ 4.40GHz // R9 380X @ 1020MHz // 2x Samsung 850 EVO SSDs // 2x 2TB HDDs
Fractal Design Define R2 XL "Monolith"
Re: dual psu
You can also buy separate PSU's that are made especially for "High End" GPU's. They are also designed to fit into a 5.25 bay. That will free up what? 140-300Watts? That should be enough to run a few more HDD's or Optical's right?
-SnowFire
People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.
Re: dual psu
Well you can just shoop up a normal PSU. Find the guild on how to make a "Test PSU" over at casemodgod and just use that -- you turn it on with the switch in the back.Originally Posted by SnowFire
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Fractal Design Define R2 XL "Monolith"
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The "guild"? haha, someone has been playing too much warcraft!
People are stupid; given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People’s heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. People are stupid; they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so are all the easier to fool.
Re: dual psu
ok, i know i could get a single psu, but its mainly for bragging rights
"We did not choose to become robots. There was an accident in our studio. We were working on our sampler, and at exactly 9:09 a.m. on September 9, 1999, it exploded. When we regained consciousness, we discovered that we had become robots."
-Daft Punk
Re: dual psu
Err... Guide.The "guild"? haha, someone has been playing too much warcraft!
(Funfact: I spelled it "guild" agian in this post but caught it)
Bragging rights? Two PSU's? Never heard this before.
I think the only thing you get from another PSU if it's unnessacary is one less outlet, more heat (=less bragging rights, heat=bad), and a heavier computer.
i5-3570k @ 4.40GHz // R9 380X @ 1020MHz // 2x Samsung 850 EVO SSDs // 2x 2TB HDDs
Fractal Design Define R2 XL "Monolith"
Re: dual psu
Not to mention the power wasted. The only time i've seen anyone use 2 PSU's is slythefox, but he's running a huge amount of drives.
-Dave
Re: dual psu
BTW, it's slytherockThe only time i've seen anyone use 2 PSU's is slythefox
When I build this dual PSU, the common Wattage was about 420W, now you can find good reliable PSU without the mod. But if you want a cooling system that stays on after your turned off your comp or want your lights on too, its can be usefull. But in other case, you better find a good one, just as I did.
Last edited by slytherock; 12-01-2006 at 12:26 PM. Reason: comment add
Anyone who think a computer is sexy need to #$? and fast
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