One major correction to the above So the one thing I am missing is that 1kw of energy generates 4kw of air conditioning load, if you are in a climate where you are running air conditioning you need to multiply the above numbers. Let's say you are running air conditioning for 6 months of the year yo...

Thanks. If you list the cables (or a kit of winmates + the cable), let me know. I'll order a kit. I'll figure out how to power my stuff (or what to power) later. :P I do not understand exactly what cable are you referring to. I have PSU + cables kit on eBay all the time is called Y2 and it includes...

AznJason wrote:Just curious, but what is the 4-pin molex on the winmate do? Does it provide 12V power?

Yes the 4-pin molex is providing 12V and 5V as a normal molex.

I have noticed that there are some video card coolers that go on the top side of the video card and some that go on the bottom side. Seems like there should be room for one that open side in the Q07. Throwing in a Thermalright HR-03 has crossed my mind. Then I could put a fan where the PSU was supp...

" the Q9550 doesn't downshift when idle" I thought that the Q9550 down shifts from 2.83 GHz (8.5 x 333MHZ) and 1.25 volts to 2 GHZ (6 x 333 MHz) and 1.1 volts when at idle. Can anyone say if this is so, or not? I'm sure the Q9550 at idle is 2Ghz (6x333) I have the Q8400s and mine works when all set...

ces wrote: Presumably one of those super dual video card setups might cost $100 extra per year to run. Maybe more.

No because they will not be able to run those computers 24h a day
... and if they are able to do that the 100$ a year will be worth )

PS: not a gamer but I can understand.

Thanks for the info. I might try and throw together a Lian-Li Q07 with a i7-860 and 5770. I'd probably want a tower cooler to keep things quiet, so I was looking at doing the two PSU option. I'm figuring even with two 2.5 drives on the bottom (1 SSD, 1 Hitachi 7200 RPM) there's enough width for a s...

Any update on this? Sorry I did not had enough time to build the cables and list this kit on eBay there is noting else to do everything work perfect in this configuration I use with one PSU suppling the CPU and HDD and the other MB and video card. Most of the time one PSU is enough this configurati...

Yes, it works with any card as it is based on RivaTuner's engine. I'm quite busy these days so won't be able to do the testing, but I'll be back with the results soon. :wink: Though I have an E8400 @ 3.6 GHz plus 900+ MHz memories, so the results may be quite different due to cpu. Thanks, I just do...

1. Let's assume 10 cents per kWh. You were going to have to pay those fixed costs no matter what (until you go to wind and sun - and even then you have to pay another form of fixed costs). 2. Saving 10 watts will produce a savings of 87600 watt hours if you calculate it at 10W x 24 hrs x 365 days (...

That is one option I am considering. A g31 chip set, probably running a downvolted Q8400. The downside is that everything is moving away from the 775 socket. All things equal, in the long term it is easier not to struggle against the direction of change. Even with the platform you are talking about...

I just answered to your message.
Prime 95 for CPU + 3Dmark for video and copping a large file from DVD to HDD will give you the worst case power consumption.
I will also like to see the idle power it will also be important.

So the 4 pin to 4 pin cable on the left is supplying ground and 12 volts to both power supplies. So apparently immediately prior to this part of the circuit, the board must step down the incoming 24v power. The 4pin to 4 pin cable on the left are supplying GND and 20V in may case (can be 18 to 28V)...

I don't think I fully understand. But you are the expert, so I will just accept what you say. When are you going to have your new 120 x 2 setup ready to ship? Sorry I,m not to good at explaining so I did for you a drawing see picture below that should explain better. As you can see the PSU "A" is s...

Yes I was talking about connecting the 4 pin Molex from both PSU the molex conector contain the 12V and 5V. But I still need to connect the power on wire on the both PSU and for this I needed an ATX cable that also contains the 12V and 5V so it was not necessary. I do not understand why will you wa...

You definitely have to take a look at MSI Afterburner, much more flexible clocking and an excellent fanspeed configuration to boot. :wink: Will this work with cards from other manufacturer? Fan is not a problem it will be removed and replaced with a larger an much more quiet one. Also I just overcl...

That isn't the 4 pin I was talking about - I think. There is that other white 4 pin near the front of the card there the incoming DIN power plus is. The 4 pin white connector near the input 4 pin din is the same as the 4 pin din and is for input voltage and when I use 2 PSU I connect this two P4 wh...

I'm a software-guy, not a hardware-guy - which probably explains my naivety about some hardware-related issues. As I see it, it should just work! If I want to do a HTPC/File server combo, it should just work! Why is there no easy way to change a setting (BIOS setting or a "jumper" on the MB) that s...

Thanks for the comparative results. Will try to do some testing with my 4550 clocked at the speeds you ask, sometime in the future. Were you able to get the memories anything higher than 500 MHz? It will be interesting to see the results. I used Ati Catalyst to overclock the memory and 500MHz is th...

This is a strange video card I just purchased. I needed a cheap video card and this was on sale at newegg.ca if I get my 15$ mail in rebate it will end up at 32$ + 9.82$ shipping. For the money I will be able to get a fanless 4350 but I was curios how a 4650 will perform with only half of the memory...

Not possible with that video card 151 watt is to much for any PicoPSU or similar PSU
you will need a PSU that can deliver minimum 20A on 12V line
If you want to use that video card you will need a good quality 400W ATX PSU

Thank you all for your answers! electrodacus: ah, of course, you are absolutely right about the number of SATA connectors! I've been looking at many different boards, but the one I mentioned, from the Atom/ION category, only has 4 SATA ports. I don't even know if there's a similar low-power board (...

Bruce71 Thanks for all the info. It seams that the new core are power efficient and probably far from 73W TDP . Usually the Intel stock fan is not bad you will not find much better.

If that is so, then could you get by with just connecting the two boards through that 4 wire plug? The extra connections on the 20 wire must add something, or you wouldn't be doing it. What do they add? I didn't know that winmate only has a 20 connector ATX plug. What do you do if you have a 24 con...

ces wrote: I wonder if you can drive the hard drives with their own external power supply. Whether that might cause some kind of conflict or other. Though that is exactly what you do with you use eSata.

No conflict they will work just fine with separate power supply.

Hello electrodacus et al.! I'm interested in getting a Winmate DD-24AX PSU for my new HTPC/File server combo. I would love to get some help calculating (or estimating) what would be a good size power brick for my needs. 90W? 150W? A dual Winmate setup? *I'm guessing it should be on the lower end of...

It's making a little more sense. But some more close ups at different angles would help. One thing that clearly didn't make sense is the 24 wire y-splitter. It looks like one of the plugs has a number of wires pulled out of it. Why did you do that? Why would that help anything? It seems counter-int...

I am not certain I understand. When you do the pictures. Can you show it the current way and also this second way, even if the first way doesn't end up working? Just go to the same LINK and you see that I added another photo that shows how everything is connected there is also an explanation read P...

electrodacus. With regards to the low radiation asus MB's, do you know if the M4N68T-M would suit your PSU? I've already purchased an Asus M4A785TD-V EVO but according to the user guide it requires a 300w PSU with at least 15A on +12V. The Asus site doesn't seem to give this info. If I was to try i...

NEW You can see photos with the 260W PSU and 220W brick LINK [/quote It would help me, and others, to better understand how this works if you could add a few close up shots showing the wiring and what is connected to what. Would you please do that? Yes I will do that no problem. I will add all the ...