adapting older Enermax EG465P-VE ps to new P5K-E mobo & 8800GTS 320

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Unless I can get my older Enermax EG465P-VE ps to work with my new Asus P5K-E/WiFi-AP mobo I will have to wait. Not the worst thing in the world, but in the mean time I am going to be curious anyway what it would take to get this old ps style with the new Asus style working together. The vid card will be a GTS 8800 320MB.

the ps
http://www.xpcgear.com/en45powsupeg.html

the mobo
http://usa.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=534&l4=0&model=1655&modelmenu=1

 

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It only has like... 240W of 12V power and it isn't going to hit that I personally wouldn't use it(20a 12v rail)

 

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it isn't supposed to be permanent, just if easily adapted. That'll be a CORSAIR CMPSU-520HX. I have been told it is compatible.

http://www.corsairmemory.com/products/hx.aspx

520HX says 40A +12V, but then says 18+18+18. I can't read this electrical stuff. I didn't realize there was that much diff between these (465 and 520 Watters!)

 

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It has three 'virtual rails' that feed of one 40A Rail

 

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JamesXP said:

It has three 'virtual rails'

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Not really - "virtual rails" sort of implies that there's OCP in there to create those rails. In the case of the HX line, there is no OCP aside from the general 40A 12V OCP. It just has the one 12V rail, virtual or otherwise, provided by three sets of wires

 

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Oklahoma Wolf said:

Not really - "virtual rails" sort of implies that there's OCP in there to create those rails. In the case of the HX line, there is no OCP aside from the general 40A 12V OCP. It just has the one 12V rail, virtual or otherwise, provided by three sets of wires

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So can one "wire" thing supply 40A?

 

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I wouldn't ask just one wire to do 40A, but yeah.