Antec TRUE430 ATX 430W Power Supply

[TekeTorvo]

That's (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103908#DetailSpecs) the PSU I have. An Antec TRUE430 ATX 430W Power Supply. I am out of Molex connectors to run my Fan controller, and I am currently working on wire management, so Molex Splitters are out of the question. And I don't have a meter to check the voltage, so I will ask here.

My PSU comes with 2 plugs I don't use. One has 6 connectors, and one has 4. I am pretty sure the one that has 4 is for Motherboards that use 24 Pin connectors. Anyways, 2 yellow and 2 black wires come from this plug. Does it have 12 Volts? I don't use this plug, so can I use it to hard wire my Fan Controller?

[wyattcoop]

The four pin plug with 2 yellow and 2 black is supposed to be plugged in to your 4 pen adapter on your motherboard to supply power to your cpu, if your not using it I would be suprised that your system is stable, on the other hand if you have 2 four pin molexes alike you could hard wire one to run your fan by tying into one yellow and one black line.

[TekeTorvo]

Sorry, I am still Old School. The extra 4 plug is for AMD64 Motherboards I think.

And :welcome:

[wyattcoop]

Thanks for the welcome, you are probably right about the connector in that case you should be able to hard wire as I stated before.

[TekeTorvo]

Kewl, Thanks.

[Feydd]

If that PSU :beer: comes with connectors that say 'fan only' don't even use them. They are way underpowered.

[TekeTorvo]

If that fan comes with connectors that say 'fan only' don't even use them. They are way underpowered.

I take it you mean the Fan connection on the PSU? I am avoiding it at all cost. I might power a couple lights later, but I'm not at the lighting stage yet. Thanks.

[TekeTorvo]

Actually, reading it, it says, "PSU Fan Monitor onnector". What is that surposed to do? Monitor the Mobo, and raise the fan speed in the PSU when needed? Or am I surpossed to hook up fans to it, (which I won't)?

[Feydd]

My 430 came with two connectors that where just labeled FAN ONLY. Thinking that I used one to power every fan in my system. It eventually blew my PSU because it was trying to draw way too much power from that one line.

[TekeTorvo]

LOL I think I saw you post that once. Oh well, shutting down to start soldering. Thanks again.