Sufficient PSU for venice 3000+

[zendari]

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I believe its either 16 or 18 amps on the 12v rail.

I plan to overclock w the DFI board, and using 2 burners, 2 HDD, and a 6800 level GPU.

 

[imported_Bleh]

No not enough. The guys at DFI-Street (Angry Games and RGone) are saying that a native 24 pin psu is required with at least 480watts.

 

[bjc112]

Originally posted by: Bleh
No not enough. The guys at DFI-Street (Angry Games and RGone) are saying that a native 24 pin psu is required with at least 480watts.

False.. Native 24 AND 480w... WOW.

If it's just a 3000+ @ stock, you'll be ok..

I had a 1700+@2.4ghz
6800GT @ ultra..
2 HDD
2 Opticals
3 fans
2 Cold cathodes..

All on a Sparkle 350w.

 

[mindgam3]

Im running a antec 380 with 4 hhds , dvd burner and 3000+ venice overclocked and higher voltage on the ram and it is stable...

 

[imported_wyrmrider]

Remember threads about ANTEC being incompatable with certain motherboards and venice
350 Antec should be fine with other motherboards, venice without increase in cpu voltage, hsf with stock current draw- ie a good heatsink with a low current draw fan, and a well ventilated case

I have some 120 V AC 120 mm case fans BTW (on server in computer room- not in peoplespace)
anyway watch the 12 v load on the case fans but do have good airflow

Ive used lots of Antec 350's (but none with Venice)
however
you should be OK

some motherboards work with the 20 pin plug in the 24 pin connector - some do not
check it out before you buy
does your proposed mother board require an additional plug- does your ps have it?
do you have a dedicated plug available for the 6800- should not be shared with a drive or anything else 12v
ie you could hang a floppy off it or something else 5v
I've run two ps on occasion in full tower cases...

The big ps will only be required with a maximum OC rig
if you go for a moderate overclock as was done above by mindgam3 - no problems

 

[mindgam3]

Yup im running the 3000 venice core at 2.4ghz which is pretty low for that chip but stability is #1!

 

[zendari]

Originally posted by: wyrmrider
Remember threads about ANTEC being incompatable with certain motherboards and venice
350 Antec should be fine with other motherboards, venice without increase in cpu voltage, hsf with stock current draw- ie a good heatsink with a low current draw fan, and a well ventilated case

I have some 120 V AC 120 mm case fans BTW (on server in computer room- not in peoplespace)
anyway watch the 12 v load on the case fans but do have good airflow

Ive used lots of Antec 350's (but none with Venice)
however
you should be OK

some motherboards work with the 20 pin plug in the 24 pin connector - some do not
check it out before you buy
does your proposed mother board require an additional plug- does your ps have it?
do you have a dedicated plug available for the 6800- should not be shared with a drive or anything else 12v
ie you could hang a floppy off it or something else 5v
I've run two ps on occasion in full tower cases...

The big ps will only be required with a maximum OC rig
if you go for a moderate overclock as was done above by mindgam3 - no problems

The heatsink I have is a Venus 12. I plan on doing some overvolting (about 15%) to 1.65 V for the Venice chip.

The motherboard is the standard DFI Ultra-D, I hope someone else knows about the plug you speak of, I am not sure what you mean.

The Geforce card should get its own wire yes, there are 4 of them for 8 plugs total.

 

[rise]

its a nice price but imo its throwing money away. it only has 16a on the 12v which is 50% lower than what dfi wants for a single card. as bleh says, they really want 480w but imo thats overkill.

a true native 24 pin is important as is the 24a on the 12v rail.

btw, the dfi nf4 boards require 4 power connectors in the board- the 24 pin, the 4 pin atx, a 4 pin molex and a fdd.

people run these on less than 480 and 20 pin but if you are buying a psu then spend the extra $$ and get the recommended imo.

 

[imported_wyrmrider]

Do you own the Antec 350?
Which model? What are the specs? That would make a difference to this discussion

there are some good threads on the native 24 vs 20 plug in 24 pin socket around the web
sounds like we need to read up on them
I did not and bought a very expensive power supply when maybe I did not have to 🙁
but I did score the old (x-XP) PSP&C silencer 410 for me 🙂

"four pin molex and a fdd" WTF but I do not have this board

also did you say serial or ATA?
do you have connectors for serial if using


remember the extra connectors on the mother board are to make up for the limited power capicity of the motherboard traces
I think if you have a connector on the 6800 you may be ok with a 20 pin as it shold not be drawing much current from the motherboard
but check it out
get a second opinion
wyrmrider

another caveat
running your video card from the power supply bypases the voltage regulation on the motherboard
I would NEVER do this with a cheap ( even if highly powered) power supply
make sure your power supply has voltage regulation and componet protection
and I mean more than a fuze the fuze is to protect other AC uses from a blown power supply not to protect your expensive video card, hard drives, cd roms ets
A fried Cheap PS can take out ALL OF THE ABOVE in a flash--- so to speak
I just junked out a computer where the power supply took out EVERYTHING except the CPU fan and floppy drive.
all the data on the hard drive- gone- interface smoked
and then theres static...


pps 1.55-1.6 should be plenty unless you go with a super cooler like a 90 or 120
has anybody shown a benefit of 1.65-1.7 with less than max cooling- and I do not mean H20???
Is there a big breakthrough at 1.6+?? Have not done it myself
i've done 1.4-1.5 1.6 ok cool I'm done stability is NO 1 around here, but we are not doing games
There is a point where a high quality PS like a PCP&C DOES make a difference!