12v 4pin extension cables...does this effect psu performance and stability?

[nealh]

I have a P180 and looking at several mobos where the 4pin 12v is high up on the mobo and my 12v 4pin on the OCZ 520 Powerstream may not reach

will this affect overclocking stablity

thanks

 

[nealh]

someone must know correct

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

No. The length of a cable required for a thick power cable to be affected by the impedence of the cable itself is rather long. For a signal cable (like a ATA/66 ribbon cable), the data doesn't have a lot of amps to it, so the signal can't go very far before it gets affected, but you shouldn't have anything to worry about with a power supply cable extension.
Tas.

 

[nealh]

TAS thanks but the 12v 4pin is not as thick as the ATX connector...will this be a problem

I will get one and give it a try and see what happens

 

[Zepper]

An extension shouldn't cause a problem as the 12V wires aren't carrying as much current as the 5V wires used to - let me know if you find one for cheaper than about $4.00 - that's the cheapest I found when I was looking - so I decided to cut and splice.

.bh.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

It's not so much the thickness as to what's going through it...
Tas.

 

[nealh]

Originally posted by: Zepper
An extension shouldn't cause a problem as the 12V wires aren't carrying as much current as the 5V wires used to - let me know if you find one for cheaper than about $4.00 - that's the cheapest I found when I was looking - so I decided to cut and splice.

.bh.

No the cheapest was $400 plus shipping..for 12in extension not bad IMHO

Thanks guys