enough juice?

[Vaulter98c]

610 watts, its a rosewill I think, served me fine with sig rig *quad rail with 20 amp per line if it matters , but
will it run sig rig with a pair of 260's in it or do I need to throw in my second PSU (back to dualies baby!) to run? old version, not the 216's

 

[leSLIe]

Is O.J. innocent??
hmm... with that PSU, i think that'll be pushing it

 

[Vaulter98c]

hmm, two PSU's it is then!

it will run 1 right? cause I'll just stick the second card and like the CD drive and a fan on the other supply

how many watts will each card pull?

 

[metallicafan]

I wouldnt chance it on a 610W Rosewill PSU. Under full load Im betting that each one pulls about 200W. How many amps are on the 12V rail?

 

[Vaulter98c]

4x20

 

[metallicafan]

Dual PSU's it is then.

 

[leSLIe]

2 PSUs in one PC.. hmm... kinda messy IMHO

 

[osrk]

1kw corsair FTW.

 

[metallicafan]

2 PSUs in one PC.. hmm... kinda messy IMHO

Who says there "in" a PC.

 

[Vaulter98c]

used to run a pair of 400 watters back in the 7 series days, nothing new

1kw, eh, too much cash when I already have a quick way out
maybe next year once prices come down some more and I can get a few more 260's for my farm-to-be server rack I just finished painting

 

[Vaulter98c]

actually, they are in, but it might behove me to use my new split case Ive been tinkering with

 

[leSLIe]

one PSU hooked to the mobo, the other one not. do you turn it on with a paper clip?

 

[Vaulter98c]

my bro made a plug WAYYYYY back in the day of the 6800 ultra, we won one at a LAN and only had like itty bitty PSU's ( I was rocking a socket A with a 7500 AIW at the time ) so we put two together!

 

[leSLIe]

oh, i need one of those !!

 

[lassiterb]

Rosewill power supplies are some cheap stuff, I wouldn't trust it with even one 260. I have run a pair of original 260's with a Corsair vx550w (single 41 amp 12v rail) with no problems.

 

[Vaulter98c]

you can buy newer ones, like 10 bucks a pop, I lost the link cuz it was on my old browser, stand fast and I'll get it

(they are your 260's FWIW )
and Ive run my sig on it just fine, and another rig with 3 96's too

 

[Vaulter98c]

Here is a pic of it from another thread I talked in, nothing fancy but it works!

Here is the plug
Here is another one

 

[leSLIe]

i can build one of those !!
so is there a more detailed picture of schematic of that switch?

 

[Vaulter98c]

I'll try to remember it next week, but I go to ft knox for 5 days tomorrow, and I will get that's asap upon return. It's buried now, so I'd have to look for it

 

[Zero82z]

Two PSUs with two shitty PSUs still gives you shitty power delivery. Ditch the Rosewill and the other one if it's low-quality and buy yourself a new good-quality unit. It'll pay off in the long run.

 

[lassiterb]

Two PSUs with two shitty PSUs still gives you shitty power delivery. Ditch the Rosewill and the other one if it's low-quality and buy yourself a new good-quality unit. It'll pay off in the long run.

Take Zero82z's advice, when cheap power supplies go out, they often go out big and take a few of your components with them. I've got a dead hard drive, motherboard, and processor sitting in front of me that was killed by a junk power supply going out (not mine but just fixed for someone else). Your better off investing in a good quality power supply.