Antec Neo Power 480W dual 12V Rails question.

[Bad Dude]

Hi guys,
I was just wonder if this thing has dual 12V Rails, how do you know which one is for the video card and drives? I had an Enermax Noise Taker 470W and it had a separate 12V rail and cable just for the high power video card.
Thanks.

 

[Operandi]

The ATX connector gets one rail everything else runs on the other.

 

[Bad Dude]

Originally posted by: Operandi
The ATX connector gets one rail everything else runs on the other.

Thanks for the answer.

 

[Mucker]

Originally posted by: Operandi
The ATX connector gets one rail everything else runs on the other.

If you meant the 4 pin ATX, and not the main ATX, you are correct.

Rail 12V1 is rated for 18a and will power the ATX main, peripherals, floppy drive, SATA, and PCI-e.

Rail 12V2 is rated for 15a and is dedicated to the 12v four pin ATX power connector (CPU).

There is plenty of available power here Bad Dude........this is a kicka$$ PSU.

m 🙂

 

[Snowice]

$50 is a kicka$$ price, too 🙂

 

[Greenman]

Originally posted by: Mucker

Originally posted by: Operandi
The ATX connector gets one rail everything else runs on the other.

If you meant the 4 pin ATX, and not the main ATX, you are correct.

Rail 12V1 is rated for 18a and will power the ATX main, peripherals, floppy drive, SATA, and PCI-e.

Rail 12V2 is rated for 15a and is dedicated to the 12v four pin ATX power connector (CPU).

There is plenty of available power here Bad Dude........this is a kicka$$ PSU.

m 🙂

So if you're not using the four pin power connector you only have an 18 amp power supply? That would explane why mine died after a few hours of use.

 

[Bad Dude]

Originally posted by: Greenman

Originally posted by: Mucker

Originally posted by: Operandi
The ATX connector gets one rail everything else runs on the other.

If you meant the 4 pin ATX, and not the main ATX, you are correct.

Rail 12V1 is rated for 18a and will power the ATX main, peripherals, floppy drive, SATA, and PCI-e.

Rail 12V2 is rated for 15a and is dedicated to the 12v four pin ATX power connector (CPU).

There is plenty of available power here Bad Dude........this is a kicka$$ PSU.

m 🙂

So if you're not using the four pin power connector you only have an 18 amp power supply? That would explane why mine died after a few hours of use.

How did yours died? Was it the Neo Power 480W also?

 

[Mucker]

Originally posted by: Greenman

Originally posted by: Mucker

Originally posted by: Operandi
The ATX connector gets one rail everything else runs on the other.

If you meant the 4 pin ATX, and not the main ATX, you are correct.

Rail 12V1 is rated for 18a and will power the ATX main, peripherals, floppy drive, SATA, and PCI-e.

Rail 12V2 is rated for 15a and is dedicated to the 12v four pin ATX power connector (CPU).

There is plenty of available power here Bad Dude........this is a kicka$$ PSU.

m 🙂

So if you're not using the four pin power connector you only have an 18 amp power supply? That would explane why mine died after a few hours of use.

If your board didn't have a 4 pin ATX connector, but had a high power requirement, you should have done a little more research before buying the Neo. Antec has great product documentation on their website. That is a pitfall of split rail PSU, especially in your case. 18a on the main 12v is still a lot of power, I am really curious about your power requirement. What kind of mb do you have? And what else is drawing so much juice? More likely is that you got a bad unit, that does happen, even to OCZ, Fortron, etc... It always works best when you know what you are buying in the first place. Sorry to hear about your problems.

If you have the right equipment, the Neo will kick some major booty.

m 🙂

 

[Bad Dude]

Hey,
I don't have any problem with it. I was just wondering. Please see my system in the bottom of my post for the system specs.
Thanks.

 

[Mucker]

My reply above was to Greenman 🙂

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