Nope hehe. *sets more snares and traps* Holy bajeezes! 550W?! What the devil do you need 550 for??! Me, I've got a 400 and i dont think i can even use it all!_X_X_X_X_X_[small]ASUS A7V333+RAID, AMD2100+ Samsung 512MB, PC2700 240GB [2x120GB, 7200, 8MB] MSI Starforce, GeForce4 Ti4400 128MB[/small]
hi i got 550watt for overclocking mainly to keep the rails dead on, with no fluctuation 12v 5v 3.3v Vcore i have a 400watt aswell i was going to go into peltier cooling to get some seriuos o/c speeds as tohave its own psu... also to run 2 hds ram volts stable 3xcdroms,cant have too much power! £100 it was! i am looking at a xp3000 or dvd copier? next! and power the radeon card! fan baybus controller 4x case fans cooling LED lights_X_X_X_X_X_[small]XP 1700 TBred [Fan 28-Idle/32-Load/23M] [o/c 2004mhz = 12X167/33 = FSB-334mhz] A7V8X SATA150/RAID 2x80 gig [Bios 1011] HERCULES 3D PROPHET [9700 Pro] DX9/CAT-3.1 VIA 4in1 Hyperion v445] XMS Corsair Platinum pc3500 2x512 1024 meg ENERMAX PSU 550watts [/small]
Dont know if they still make or sell these anymore but you ever consider dual powersupples? (i.e., dual 400W units, about 1.5 the size of a "regular" 400W PS but has two input plugs or something like that). BTW If ur o/cing to the point where u have a dedicated psu for the proc, are u using exotic cooling techniques? For the fall me want to get a XP3200 and o/c it a crapload... may dabble with water cooling and stuff... gotta look more into it though. What exactly is Peltier? Seen it so much surprised i dont actually knwo what it is
hi sorry i dont know this = exotic cooling techniques the second psu is just for the peltier! a peltier is like a flat piece of metal that you power 12v big watts though! so you need separate supply, it resides in between the HSF and the CPU. it acks like a fridge one side cools big time and the other disperces the heat! its a couple of mm thick i hav had water cooling hence the big fan 120mm hole at the front of my system it ahd the rad and fan coupled there with the pump inside the box, i also have the power relayed so when i pushed the pc 12volts swith it turned on the 240v pump ehiem 1045, i had a flow meter inline like a fan if it stopped the alarm went off the same as the 12v relay if that gave up (cpu fry time) the alarm went off too. yes i do like a dabble....
