Antecs Response to PSU Confusion

[kjackson09]

See Link

http://www.antec.com/pdf/article/ATX12v2.html

It helped confirm a few responsed for myself. Specifically regarding size of PSU and 20pin confusion.

Cheers,

Kerry

 

[akira34]

I like the "Don't Panic" in the upper left corner... Reminds me of an excellent novel (and series of them) by a now deceased writer...

 

[Spike]

Good thing they came out with that, I was on the verge of a nervous breakdown!!!

In all truth, I did find that helpful so cheers to antec for putting that up.

-spike

 

[kjackson09]

Well they must have been flooded with emails and calls (or spent some time browsing this forum).

It is nice to have a statement from an actual power supply manufacturer to confirm what has been written in the forums. I for one, didn't feel comfortable (I am a noob) attaching a 20-pin cable to a 24-pin connection and leaving 4-pins open. Now I am not worried.

 

[cleanerPA]

That's all good, but Antec does not address specifically the issue of an SLI configuration and the power draw that it takes. There are a few threads on this specific issue- most current PSUs don't cut it to power a 6800GT/Ultra SLI setup.

 

[Spike]

I wonder how that extra 4 pin connector fits in... I never have figured out what it does, I just plugged it into the seperate 4 pin adapter on my mobo and forgot about it. I wonder if the new 24-pin connector is basically the 20 combined with that extra 4 pin I use. Strange...

-spike

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: cleanerPA
That's all good, but Antec does not address specifically the issue of an SLI configuration and the power draw that it takes. There are a few threads on this specific issue- most current PSUs don't cut it to power a 6800GT/Ultra SLI setup.

They say to get an ATX 2.0 unit for one high end PCIe graphics card, so I'd assume that would also be the bare minimum for two.

 

[AntecCSR]

That was written before SLI was announced.

AntecCSR

 

[kjackson09]

AntecCSR,

Do you have any inside track on new Antec power supplies? Are they coming out soon?