Finding a psu trouble

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LCS/drummer

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Im trying to find a psu and i keep running into dead ends.

the graphics cards i find all have 6 pin power connectors, and most have 2 of them!

do i need to use both?

aside from that fact, if i did need to use both, then i would need a psu to power the following:

6- 6 pin PCIe ( 3-way SLi )
motherboard and all other connections....
2 water pumps
3 HDD
6 External drives( dvd burner, cd drive, card readers, etc)
11- 120mm fans


Think you guys can help me find a PSU?


ALSO- if i plug in my fans into a fan controller, will the fans get power from the controller itself? if so, what kind of connection does a standard fan controller use for power? molex? SATA?

Thanks guys, your a great help!
 
hmmmm, that psu looks interesting, thanks.

so with the fan controller getting power through molex, do the fans get power from the controllers power?
 
LCS/drummer said:
Im trying to find a psu and i keep running into dead ends.

the graphics cards i find all have 6 pin power connectors, and most have 2 of them!

do i need to use both?
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Yes. What video cards are you planning on using? Because the next generation of high-end cards are all likely to use an 8pin PCI-E + a 6pin PCI-E.

For a system like that, you'd really want to be looking at the 1KW+ PSUs. I'd take a look at the Thermaltake Toughpower 1000W/1200W, or maybe the Coolermaster Real Power Pro 1250W.
 
ceewi1 said:
Yes. What video cards are you planning on using? Because the next generation of high-end cards are all likely to use an 8pin PCI-E + a 6pin PCI-E.
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are they nuts? I mean, doesnt the 8800gtx draw enough power already? they should really make cards that consume less power again, I mean, a pc that uses 1200Watt to run? thats 1/3 of the ammount of power you need for a average welder, or half the power a Electric oven uses!
 
hmmm, so with fan con's, if there are 4 fans into one controller, are the fans all plugged into the controller itself and the controller provides the fans power through its ONE molex connector?


oh and i found a 1600W PSU i really really like, its the same price as thermaltakes 1200W.......its polished grey chrome too =]
 
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Fans don't really draw that much power, 4 fans off a single molex shouldn't be a problem at all.

Which 1600W PSU are you looking at?

To give you some idea of realistic power consumption numbers:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3183&p=1
And stunningly high we got. The 3-way SLI system averaged 730W in Bioshock, and get this, we even saw the machine pull over 800W from the wall outlet.
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Aside from the GPUs, the system wasn't even that demanding!
CPU Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 @ 3.33GHz
Motherboard EVGA nForce 780i SLI
Video Cards NVIDIA GeForce 8800 Ultra x 3
Video Drivers NVIDIA: 169.18
Hard Drive Seagate 7200.9 300GB 8MB 7200RPM
RAM 4x1GB Corsair XMS2 DDR2-800 4-4-4-12
Operating System Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit
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nVidia seem to be recommending 1100W+ PSUs for these sort of systems. 1600W should still give you plenty of breathing room :).
 
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