psu

[water_cooler 20]

anyone known how to run 2 psus in parellal and should i use 2 atx psus or 2 at psu also is 2 250w psus good for my 226w tec

[ookabooka]

I don't have the link to the articles, I will search for it, but if u want, for 20 bucks you can just get your own dedicated psu for that thing.
http://www.buypcdirect.com/product.asp?pf_id=PM400W
Its an ATX psu with 25 amps on the 12v rail. I bought 2 and I have 1 powering my 266w pelt. Its working flawlessly so far, been running for 30 minutes. . .

[water_cooler 20]

i probably just buy that psu
Is my water cooling setup good for that 226w tec

Aia 1300 pump
heatercore
maze 3 WB
DD Vid WB

[ookabooka]

identical to my setup. .. so yes!

[water_cooler 20]

what temps do u get and will having a tec higher my vid card's temp

[ookabooka]

haven't hooked it up to a proc yet. . . though I could, now that I got everything working. LOL. I was so uswed to waiting till I got some part. . . Now that I ahve everything, I guess I can go ahead and build my comp. . . Dont' understand what u mean by higher vid card temp. What do u mean?

[Warlord2]

jeez thats a ton of amps on the 12v line, I wonder how they managed to do that, I dont think my enermax 430watt does:confused:

I would like to warn you that I have seen many cases where a normal psu basicaly blows when running a pelt on it for a long time.

theres a sticky in the powersupply and case section that will tell you how to hook 2 psu's in series or parrellel. For the ATX you just need to connect the green and back wire together to get the psu to run.

[water_cooler 20]

what do u think i should do buy that 400w psu or buy 2 250 psus and conect them together also i want a new psu for my pc should i use that 400w one
ookabooka when i said that my vid temps would go up because tecs get hotter than cpu so the warm water whould hit my vid card

[ookabooka]

oh, I see. Yes the water cooling your pelt will be hotter than just the cpu. I have been running that 400W supply for a couple hours now, and its working fine. I wouldn't really recommend it for a computer, because it doesn't have very high 5v or 3.3v rails. That is what you really need for a computer. . . 12 volts are more for hd's and cdroms. If your comp had 20 harddrives, and an amd-k6/2 then yeah. But if you got 1 hd and an Athlon 2100+ XP. . . .


edit: I would just go with the 400, since its less of a hassle. If it does blow out on you, you could send it in for warranty service :)

[Warlord2]

yes but if it blows up on you and you are not around thin you prolly toasted your cpu,mobo, and maybe memory. I would go with 2 300watts myself to make sure you have more amps thin you really need or just buy a bench powersupply.

[water_cooler 20]

would this 400w atx psu work on a 220w tec
http://www.dealsonic.com/40pen4atxpow.html
my tec setup looks like its going to cost me $130 is this a good price or do u guys know better places to buy tecs
the place that i got this price form is becooling

[ookabooka]

no, no where near enough on the +12 rail. Only 15 Amps. Believe me, the PSU I showed you is gonna be the cheapest. It has been running for plenty of hours now straight and its still going strong. almost 12 hours straight. At 12 volts, a 226w pelt draws 19 amps. so getting 25 amps should be the bare minimum.

edit: Have a dedicated PSU for the pelt, and one for the comp. The pelt can take a much more variety of voltages than a comp. For instance, my pelt made my 12v rail drop from 12.00 to 10.72 Granted I dont' have any load on the 5v rail, and this could make a big difference, I'm still tinkering with it.

[water_cooler 20]

have u put it in your pc yet or is it still running outside

[flapperhead]

the 400 watt ps from dealsonic is a good deal for the money. they put out a max of 15 amps on the 12v rail. dont push it past 70%of its max amps. so for a 226 tec you need 2 of these power supplies, float the grd on one and diode isolate both on the 12v supply side. that"ll keep them from burnin up ........ flapperhead

[kchip]

Look for the Powmaxx 400W Psu. 12v line rated to 25 A. For $30 it cools pretty good ( poormans pelt supply ). Ive got it running my 226 , gets cold plate frosty. Idle 18C , load 24C.


I had to rig it to make it work of couse , I also used a 5ohm 10w resistor to load the 5v line , really seemed to help.

[skinart]

are you sure that 226 dosent draw 24A constant? I know mine does? or is it only 24A at 15.1v?

[Warlord2]

it will draw 24a if its running at 15.1v. I think it also depends on the load your putting on it. More load and thin more amps it will take.

[water_cooler 20]

Originally posted by kchip
Look for the Powmaxx 400W Psu. 12v line rated to 25 A. For $30 it cools pretty good ( poormans pelt supply ). Ive got it running my 226 , gets cold plate frosty. Idle 18C , load 24C.


I had to rig it to make it work of couse , I also used a 5ohm 10w resistor to load the 5v line , really seemed to help.

Thats the temps i'm getting right now with my watercooling setup