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A Super Nuts Question about Power Supplies...!
Hello Group, I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin
connectors. I have a custom made computer that already has the convential motherboard based power supply. What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural) that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ? 3 RAID setups, x 4 HDD per setup = 12 WD 200 GB Drives. Thanks for any info..! Starz_Kid... |
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Hello Group, I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin
connectors. I have a custom made computer that already has the convential motherboard based power supply. What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural) that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ? 3 RAID setups, x 4 HDD per setup = 12 WD 200 GB Drives. Thanks for any info..! A more logical approach would be to simply buy a bigger power supply ! (like true 650W or something in that range) Regards, Chris ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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Starz_Kid wrote: I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin connectors. What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural) that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ? How will you turn on this supply? If manually, an AT or brick supply (electronics parts sources, such as Jameco) will work, but for automatic turn-on an ATX supply is the simplest and cheapest solution (attach the green wire of its motherboard power plugs to the primary supply's similar green wire). |
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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:50:11 GMT, "Starz_Kid"
wrote: Hello Group, I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin connectors. I have a custom made computer that already has the convential motherboard based power supply. What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural) that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ? 3 RAID setups, x 4 HDD per setup = 12 WD 200 GB Drives. PC PSU are sold in such volumes that they're a commodity item. This results in a far lower price per capacity than a special PSU you seek. How much saving is it worth to have to coil up the ATX connector and put a nylon wire-tie around it? If that is too ugly or bulky, even buying two or three feet of heat-shink tubing then snipping off the wires inside a regular PSU, isolating them with the heatsink, would work. I suppose you want regular ATX, PS2 sized form factor? That will be the difficult part most likely as there is little to nothing that uses PS2 form but has only the 4 pin plugs. Further, if you managed to find one at reasonable price, be sure to know the date of manufacturing before purchase as some surplus might've been sitting around for ages on a shelf- and some parts do degrade some even when unused. Sorry but I"ve never seen one in PS2 form, let alone with that capacity. |
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You could get general purpose - not built for PC's supplies and
attach/splice on the appropriate connectors. For example, http://dkc3.digikey.com/PDF/T053/1538-1542.pdf You don't say whether the drives are in cases that have room for PS's. But as others have suggested, cheapest is to buy large PC PS's and cut of the wires you don't want. Starz_Kid wrote: Hello Group, I'm looking for a power supply that has ONLY the flat 4 pin connectors. I have a custom made computer that already has the convential motherboard based power supply. What I am looking for (if one exists) is a power supply (or supplies-plural) that I can use exclusively for connecting to the 2 RAID setups that I have installed. So, has anyone run across such a power supply ? ? ? ? 3 RAID setups, x 4 HDD per setup = 12 WD 200 GB Drives. Thanks for any info..! Starz_Kid... |
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