New PSU Rail Balancing

Shindy1

New Member
The New PSU would be this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371007

Now, this new PSU includes TWO rails. Unlike the epic fail Delta 300W that came with this computer, it has TWO 12v rails with 17A on each. Since I've never worked with duals before (infact, I have never worked with power supplies before >.<) I'll need help on distributing loads.

On my GT5432 computer, there are:
AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ @2.6GHz
Integrated Nvidia Geforce 6150SE
Unknown DVD/CD R/W
a USB Hard Drive Bay
1Gig Memory (512MBx2)
320 SATA II HDD

Now normally this PSU can power all those on a single rail. But heres the catch. I'm adding in the following:

EVGA Geforce 8800 GS 384MB
1 Gig Corsair Memory single stick

Now, I heard that 8800's take about 12A. That leaves me 5A on a single rail, and probably would not want to add in everything else into that single rail. I couldn't find out the amperage of others, so I'm asking.

So, if you kindly please, in format of:

12V1:
(list hardwares here)
12V2:
(list hardwares here)

list the hardwares there so I dont nuke my system.

P.S.: One 4 Pin leads to DVD Drive, 15-pin Sata leads to HDD, 20-pin leads to MOBO, 4 Pin leads to CPU, and an unknown pin leads to the USB Drive Bay. Will connect 6-pin to 8800 GS.

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Another question, how do you know which cables belong to which rails (on the PSU's, I heard my PSU will have an abnormal # of cables and no sleeving at all, go green...)
 
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ceewi1

VIP Member
Don't worry about it. Despite what the label says, the Earthwatts 500W is a single rail design. There are no rail distribution issues to be concerned with.
 
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