PSU Questions

[Rudy Toody]

I'm building 2 watercooled computers.

AMD Phenom 9850BE
Gigabyte GA-MA7980GX-D4H mobo
Seagate 500GB sata HD
Swifttech MCP655-B pump
Antec Nine Hundred case
TP3 650W PSU

I want to eliminate as many cables from the PSU as I can (snip. snip.)

Can I replace one sata power connector with a molex to power the pump and HD from the same cable?

I have the 4 fans that came with the case (3x 120mm, 1x 200mm), 3 22mm fans to cool the HD, 3 Sunon KDE1212PMS3-6A DC12V 3.2W fans on the radiators.

How would I balance the power requirements on the remaining cables so I don't overload any one circuit?

Whatever I don't use, gets snipped.

Thanks.

EDIT I'd like to tie 1x120, 1x200, and 1 Sunon 120 to one circuit. The other fans are on the other side of the case, so I can mix and match as necessary.

 

[mpilchfamily]

Yes you can easily cut out an SATA and splice in a Molex. No problems there. Now you can have a max of about 6A running threw any single Molex. But you don't want to have more then 12A running threw a single cable. So if you want to dasy chain 4 or 5 fans off a single connector/cable you'll hvae no problems doing that. But all the cables pull from the same source. So as long as your not pulling more then about 12A threw any one cable you'll be fine.

 

[Rudy Toody]

Originally posted by: mpilchfamily
Yes you can easily cut out an SATA and splice in a Molex. No problems there. Now you can have a max of about 6A running threw any single Molex. But you don't want to have more then 12A running threw a single cable. So if you want to dasy chain 4 or 5 fans off a single connector/cable you'll hvae no problems doing that. But all the cables pull from the same source. So as long as your not pulling more then about 12A threw any one cable you'll be fine.

Thanks, that's what I was hoping for!