Power in a dual system

[JoT]

I'm completely new to actually setting up dual systems, but I'm getting ready to set up 2; my question is simply: will I need two PSUs, or will one do well enough on its own?

 

[Jon]

Depending on what type they are and what they're going to be used for, one should be fine so long as it's quality and has a good output.

Buy cheap, get cheap.

 

[JoT]

umm....water cooling, powering 3 CDD/DVD burners, 3 HDDs. 2 cold cathode ray tubes, and the dual AMDs =P

would 500w be sufficient for that, or is it kinda overkill?

 

[Twisted]

i use a antec truepower 550 for the dual in my sig and it works great

 

[cmcquistion]

I use a minimum of 500 Watt PSU in all my duals.

 

[Henry Rollins II]

The water cooling pump has its own powersuplly, no? That would mean that your cooling system consumes very little power compared to a fan cooled system.

Get a single good one with as many watts as you can afford(at least 400).

 

[JoT]

didn't think about the pump's own power supply, but now that I do think about it, is there a way I can get it to run from the PSU? (I want to have less cables coming out of the case, not more lol)

 

[JoT]

http://www.case-mod.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=43_46&products_id=287

highest PSU that Case-Mods.com sells, and that's where I'm buying pretty much all my stuff that isn't the actual electronics from there; so is that a good PSU by your standards? =P

 

[Twisted]

i got my true power for 80$ 550w @ microcenter

 

[JoT]

$60 price diff =o

could you please provide me with a link?

 

[Twisted]

more power from a good company for less:
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProdu...=58&manufactory=1516&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1
the last one in the list

 

[Twisted]

it was on sale..its 120 now

 

[JoT]

ah, I see, well, it's still less

 

[Twisted]

yea.and its better

 

[Jon]

I have a TTGI Silent Triple-fan 520W in my second dual MPX that has the same specs as the Vantec. It's available for $78 and $10 coupon codes are easy to find for Directron. A very good PSU for $68.

Enermax 550W in my main one and it keeps very stable lines with 6 SCSI drives, 2 opticals and all PCI slots loaded down...not to mention 120mm, 2X92mm and 4X80mm fans going in it. Should be able to grab one of those for around $100-120.

 

[lonewolf1983]

i like my Leadman 500w (Jon's died on him recently i belive tho), but im not running a huge power draining system, and it was less than 1/2 the cost of anything else with comparable wattage