15A/+12V enough for P4C [email protected]?

williemues · Post by **williemues** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:16 am

I´m thinking about buing an Aopen FSP400-60PFN, because it will be easier to noisedampen in a frontairintakeduct than my current Antec Tp 480. The Fortron is rated at 15A on the +12V line and I´m wondering if it will be eough for my setup:

[email protected] (cooled, by the way, with Noiseblocker Cool Scraper/Papst 120mm 1600rpm (temps after lapping: 42C idle/56C load on Abit Ic-7G))
2x512Mb crucial Ballistix
Radeon 9800Pro Iceq (Arctic cooling Vga silencer)
Seagate 120Gb
2xDvd-rom

Possible addings: One more Hd and 1 or 2 Fans

What do you think?

Also, is there a way to calculate the power requirements for the different Voltage Llines+

regards, Finn

williemues · Post by **williemues** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 12:43 pm

Did a test myself as I had the AOpen FSP300 60PN lying around:

Prime 95 + Farcry demo loop - no problem

Dual prime 95 - no problem apart from a bit of coil whine (but not as much as the Antec tp480W)

Both test were run for about 45 min. Exhaust air was warm, but not enough to make me nerveous.

I think I´ll keep this in the system (no front airintake duct right now) as the fan noise is quite low and in a low register.

Cpufan (papst 120mm/1600rpm) is speedfancontrolled to 30% (600rpm) below 45C (inaudible - can´t tell the difference between this and turning it off)

My only annoyance is the ArcticCooling silencerfan: On "High" it is noisy, I think. Considering doing this mod: http://www.silenthardware.de/forum/inde ... entry37253