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 Posted: Fri, 6th Jan 2006 12:22 Post subject: Molex connectors |
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Is it safe to doubple split a molex?
Right now I have 1 molex adapter that is split to provide for my HD and my G card.
Can I split one side again so it can accomodate another harddrive?
| Code: | Gcard
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Harddrive 2 |
kinda like that ^ 
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Fri, 6th Jan 2006 12:35 Post subject: |
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Yes, so long as your PSU can take it you should be fine. I would never suggest pairing like that though, I would put a DVD drive where HDD2 is.. Im always anal about how my power is distributed..
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| Posted: Fri, 6th Jan 2006 13:09 Post subject: |
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yea but I dont have a DVD drive
edit: what kinda powers should I be looking at because the gcard is a 7800gtx and the harddrives are maxtor 7200's
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[sYn]
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| Posted: Fri, 6th Jan 2006 13:13 Post subject: |
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and your running a dual core.. in a shuttle.. Honestly, not too sure because its a shuttle and Im pretty sure they get designed to cope with this sort of thing.. Best test is to try. If it doesnt boot, you dont have enough power lol.
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| Posted: Fri, 6th Jan 2006 14:04 Post subject: |
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Alright i'll ask my bro later what PSU i'm using 
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| Posted: Fri, 6th Jan 2006 19:17 Post subject: |
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Good news ladies the PSU is 350W but it's easily more powerful than a 500W . My bro said you're supposed to have 450W for a GTX but a shuttle can handle 2 of them no problem
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Jenni
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jan 2006 01:02 Post subject: |
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How is a 350Watt PSU more powerful than a 500Watt?
I would play it safe and upgrade it.
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jan 2006 10:59 Post subject: |
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because its not a standard 350W psu 
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Jenni
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jan 2006 11:03 Post subject: |
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If it's 350watts it can only put out 350 watts.
lol.
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jan 2006 11:18 Post subject: |
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| Jenni wrote: | If it's 350watts it can only put out 350 watts.
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Well the fact it supports 2 GTX in SLI mode which require 450W each proves that it can support it anyway
besides I have it hooked up now and its working fine. |
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docertabum
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jan 2006 11:35 Post subject: |
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| Sublime wrote: | | because its not a standard 350W psu |
...my PSU is not magic, damn!!
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kosmiq
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jan 2006 16:43 Post subject: |
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Its probably more like it is a good quality PSU.
The reason nVidia and others mentions "400w required" and so on is simply for making sure that any noob with some pissant PSU can use the card.
Anyone ever tried a 7800GT on a shitty q-tec PSU? One word: Don't!
The PSU is the part of the PC that most people thinks the least about, even though it is one of the most important ones! A high quality PSU with less wattage will always be better than a cheapass PSU with high wattage.
Simple as that.
Behold his GLORY! Bow for the technical master!
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jan 2006 16:52 Post subject: |
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Well considering my bro works for shuttle and knows them inside out I take his advice over anyone on here
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| Posted: Fri, 13th Jan 2006 18:32 Post subject: |
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A GTX' peak power consumption is, accordingly to nVidia, 110W. This means 2 GTX in SLi would peak at about 220W. Add to this the CPU, MB, RAM DIMMs and a HDD, and you'll see you are forcing your PSU. It's true, you have a good quality PSU, with 350 W continuos output, and maybe 380-400W peak output. But keeping it at it's maximum output is not necesary healthy. If I would have the money to buy 2 7800GTX, I sure would have another 100-150$ to buy a good quality 500 Watts PSU, just to be safe.
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| Posted: Sat, 14th Jan 2006 08:54 Post subject: |
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o and just so u stop going on about it... I ONLY HAVE ONE GTX
1 GTX
4 HD's (1 s-ata)
The shuttle only comes with one molex which is a bit weird so you need a splitter indirectly anyway because the GTX requires one, and then you have your HD or cd/dvd drive.
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