Question about power draw

well im wondering if i can still use my pelt with my enermax.
i just bought a 550w enermax, it supplys 24a on the +12 line and my pelt uses 6a on the +12 line
that leaves 18a, is that enough to power my computer?
Note: im going to be connecting 4 hard drives and all my current hardware to this thing, or does the computer run stuff off of the +5 line? (46a supplied there)

I doubt you can max out a 550W. I am running much more(9 drives, 4 120mm fans.....) on a 350W. There is a bit of an overkill attitude on powersupplies.

Ridenow said:

I doubt you can max out a 550W. I am running much more(9 drives, 4 120mm fans.....) on a 350W. There is a bit of an overkill attitude on powersupplies.

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hmmm that sounds like a bet hehe

but how much will the computer (look at sig.) use of the psu?
Note, add 2 western digital drives, 1 40gb 7200rpm, 1 20gb 7200rpm.
your probably right tho, i should have enough power inculding my pelt drawing off of it

Ok if you wanna know, it is:
Sparkle 350W

KT7a-RAID
[email protected] cooled by a FOP-32
3*512MB Corsair PC133
4*WD400BB (0+1 RAID) all in carriers with 2 fans each
WD200BB
Fujitsu 18GB 10K SCSI HD in bay with 3 fans
4*120mm Sunon fans
12" Blue neon tube
Prime 50X CDROM
Generic 32X CDROM
Floppy drive
Siluro GF2 GTS /w 64MB DDR
Phoebe TV Master
SB Live!
Adaptec 29160
Rockwell V.90 modem

I have also had another HD (WD205BA) and a SCSI burner (Yamaha 4x4x16x) in there, but not right now.
It has no problem powering all that on 350W. If someone wants to figure the power draw, go ahead. I say it will work fine.