Fotron 530 ? ? ?

[diehrd]

For the life of me I have always thought that this supply had a feature or was built to supply more amps to its lines as your system required more.

I guess what I mean is if ya have a 10a draw on the 5v line and a 25a on the 12v line it adjusts to supply the amps where needed..

Maybe I am wrong but I reciently found specs that sorta confirm this,but maybe i am just mistakening what i am reading..

Ok here is what I mean \

Output: +3.3V@30/17A,+5V@44/24A,-5V@0.3A,+12V@16/28A,-12@0.8A,+5VSB@2A


Is that saying we have a range of available power on these lines ? If it is I am quite happy,And because it has powered my existion Dual AMD I have to really wonder how it could even do that if it was unable to supply more amps on my 12v line.

2x2000+ MP,,,Running at 2.4 gigs which is approx 112 watts each.
1 Scsi Drive 15k
3 Ide drives 7200 ATA 133
3 120mm fans at 103 cfm each
3 80 mm fans red led @ 37 cfm each
MCP600 water pump
ATI 9800 Pro
DVD burner
CD burner
Floppy
Case lights

Now am I stoned to say my 12v rail is getting pounded with power requests ?
And are my processors all by them selves at load using 19 amps ? 224 divided by 12 ? I am confused and would love some input....

[Oklahoma Wolf]

You've definitely got a fair load on it. Fortron themselves have backed up that 28A figure on the 12v - they claim it has the ability to share current between 5v and 12v. When one isn't stressed, the other can do more power :)

[diehrd]

You've definitely got a fair load on it. Fortron themselves have backed up that 28A figure on the 12v - they claim it has the ability to share current between 5v and 12v. When one isn't stressed, the other can do more power :)

Ok thats what I thought,Because the 5v and 12v line appear to be shared,And that being the case it makes sense why it has been so able to run this system stable as it has for as long as it has.

I am currently setting up Dual Xeon 1.6 @ 3.2 each and was a little concerned about my PSU, I no longer have much to worry about I hope :)

And if need be can use my 300 watt to power fans,pump,and lights if need be..I hope I can avoid that though..

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Athlon MPs are one thing, but if this unit can run dual Xeons overclocked there's no way I'll ever sell mine ;)

Will be interested to see how well it does.

[diehrd]

Athlon MPs are one thing, but if this unit can run dual Xeons overclocked there's no way I'll ever sell mine ;)

Will be interested to see how well it does.

I am using 1.6 Xeon Low Voltage 30 watt processors.Over clocked there doubtfully gonna draw the wattage of my Dual MP,Remember I am hitting 112 Watts per Processor on the MP rig.I doubt these LV chips are gonna get even close to that,I am betting 75 to 80 watts max draw each....

But i will post results,The main board specs ask for a 27a 12v line and it appears i just get by that lol...

[larva]

Search dustybyrd's posts, he had the 530 Fortron, TP550, 510 PCP&C, and now the Fortron EPS 550W. While he still had dual AXP's the 530 Fortron did fine. He now has a dual 1.6LV Xeon rig, and although I hesitate to speak for him, I am guessing that its increased load made its replacement if not mandatory at least easily justifiable. Search up his posts or PM him if you want the full story.

[diehrd]

Ok thanks for the tip Larva...I will inquir with him..

[dustybyrd]

Search dustybyrd's posts, he had the 530 Fortron, TP550, 510 PCP&C, and now the Fortron EPS 550W. While he still had dual AXP's the 530 Fortron did fine. He now has a dual 1.6LV Xeon rig, and although I hesitate to speak for him, I am guessing that its increased load made its replacement if not mandatory at least easily justifiable. Search up his posts or PM him if you want the full story.


larva's got it about right...

i haven't tried the fortron 530 on a dual xeon rig (although, apparently diehard is currently powering his dual 1.6ghz @ 3.2+ghz rig with this psu)...

a while ago, i built another system and used the Fortron 530 on it...so i needed another psu, and i thought the best option would be to get a psu that was designed for dual Xeons, with a higher 12v rail...so, i chose the Fortron/Sparkle 550-60PLG (36A on the 12v line) and it has been fine...

i have not tried the 530 model on my dual xeon setup, so i can't speak to it's ability to effectively power my current rig, but i chose the 550 over the 530 for the dual xeon system for the reason larva stated...and that it's a true EPS12v psu for xeon mobos...that doesn't mean the 530 couldn't power my system...

also, i actually have 2.4ghz M0 stepping (non-Low voltage) model xeons...although, had i to do it over, i would get the 1.6ghz LV D1 stepping xeons sold on ebay now for ~$100 for both cpus (i paid more about double that for the 2.4ghz chips)

[diehrd]

I would like to try the 2.4LV on ebay there about 150.00 a pair..I am pretty happy though, am sitting at 3298 rat the moment,And for 5o dollars a chip I am very pleased and impressed...What would a 3.2 chip for a XEON have cost me ? I am sure it would be quite a bit..