A8R-MVP, thinking of trying this board...

[seymourman]

I am thinking about picking up this board for a new build. General home/gaming/Web type system.

I am looking to put in
7800GT or 6800GS single video card. I have no desire to do double cards.
250 GB Sata HD. Probably a second HD later.
DVD burner, add a second later.
AMD 3700+ San Diego CPU.
Maybe a sound card, maybe not!!!

My question is about a PSU. Thinking about a Fortron or Antec 500-550 watt.
Maybe a Sparkle. The Sparkle is single rail I believe.
Do I need a dual rail PSU? Or for that matter does anyone need dual rail?

 

[Ryan Norton]

Short answer, no. The dual lines, the way I read this info, is more of a safety regulation. Total +12V amps is more important.

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=23916

You might read it differently, though!

EDIT: I just ordered one of these this morning, and will be powering it with a Neopower 480 by Antec, 32A at +12V total. I'm not going to do dual GPUs for a LONG time, if ever, and my collection of drives is similar to your plans. I'll probably get the system rebuilt by Sunday, results then!

 

[rbV5]

EDIT: I just ordered one of these this morning

A8R-MVP? Where? I'm looking for one myself.

 

[Ryan Norton]

The Egg!

Of course, their 10hr sale seems to have caused such a demand spike that their secure server is kaput... I splurged on overnight shipping so I'd have the board tomorrow, and I want to get my tracking number, but Firefox is just banging its head against the wall created by 1000s of geeks spending zillions of bucks at Newegg