Dumb psu question

[acegazda]

You know it! Thanks for changing the summary.

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: acegazda

Originally posted by: honkee

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I'd get the zippy DBtelos recommended. That's the gaming power series. One of the best psus ever made IMO. Pretty hot price too... will run anything you throw at it other than quad sli and dual x1900xtx.

Zippy's server PSUs are better, but for the general gaming community the gaming series is about as good as it gets

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

The Zippy 500W gaming PSU is liittle different from the server unit internally.

The minumum load on the 5V is 2.5A and it better be present or the 12V suffers.

At mid-output it's only 74% efficient. It's a good unit but the 5V better be loaded.


...Galvanized

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
The Zippy 500W gaming PSU is liittle different from the server unit internally.

The minumum load on the 5V is 2.5A and it better be present or the 12V suffers.

At mid-output it's only 74% efficient. It's a good unit but the 5V better be loaded.


...Galvanized

What are some devices that use the 5v rail? RAM? USB? sound cards? optical drives?

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: dBTelos

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
The Zippy 500W gaming PSU is liittle different from the server unit internally.

The minumum load on the 5V is 2.5A and it better be present or the 12V suffers.

At mid-output it's only 74% efficient. It's a good unit but the 5V better be loaded.


...Galvanized

What are some devices that use the 5v rail? RAM? USB? sound cards? optical drives?

RAM is uaually 3.3.

5V in a current machine is typically for PCI cards, all USB, and the logic boards for all drives, optical and HDD.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

http://www.psuinquisitor.com/ > Zippy Power Budget Calculator


...Galvanized

 

[dBTelos]

5V in a current machine is typically for PCI cards, all USB, and the logic boards for all drives, optical and HDD.

So a typical current system would be able to put out 2.5A or so on the 5V rail then, right? Thanks for the link Galvanized.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: dBTelos

5V in a current machine is typically for PCI cards, all USB, and the logic boards for all drives, optical and HDD.

So a typical current system would be able to put out 2.5A or so on the 5V rail then, right? Thanks for the link Galvanized.

A gaming system with one optical and one HDD may need a ballast for the 5V line to load it up.

PCP&C offers a resistor in thier accesories section. Look it up, I'm too lazy to link.

...Galvanized

 

[dBTelos]

That would be here:

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/viewproduct.php?show=VLR

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: dBTelos
That would be here:

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/products/viewproduct.php?show=VLR

That be it!

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

BGMicro sells wire wound ballasts 25W@2ohm for $0.49.


...Galvanized

 

[dBTelos]

Originally posted by: GalvanizedYankee
BGMicro sells wire wound ballasts 25W@2ohm for $0.49.


...Galvanized

2A, I suppose that would be better.

 

[acegazda]

the zippy power calculator is a bit outdated. The extreme psu calculator has all the latest components.

 

[jonnyGURU]

Originally posted by: acegazda
the zippy power calculator is a bit outdated. The extreme psu calculator has all the latest components.

Yeah. But it's not broken down by amps per rail and supposedly the calculations are based on the maximum THD of each component.

 

[GalvanizedYankee]

Originally posted by: acegazda
the zippy power calculator is a bit outdated. The extreme psu calculator has all the latest components.

Well thank you Captain Obvious!!

dBTelos questioned what posed 5V loading on the PSU. THAT'S why I suggested he look at it, because it shows the load on EACH rail.

Are you just neffing acegazda?

NOTE: Takaman's calculator is no longer being up-dated. The Zippy calculator is based on Takaman's very good work. No one is forcing anyone to use it.


...Galvanized

 

[acegazda]

dude I don't even know what neffing is!

 

[honkee]

Guess what guys, it turns out that it was a doa motherboard, so even i was wrong.
Gigabyte for the lose man