One PSU -> Multiple Boards?

[Crashsector]

Hello everyone. I am in the process of getting a farm of computers together to help the [H]ard Folding team and I have a quick question. I was wondering if anyone knew of the feasibility of using one standard ATX power supply (20 pin) to power two boards.

I know this sounds nuts, but it would really help my power consumption. Note that there would be no peripherals or expansion cards, just the motherboard, CPU, RAM, and integrated components.

For reference, here is the motherboard I'll most likely be using:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-123-228&depa=0

Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[[Spectre]]

I asked a similiar thing here a while ago:

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=866957

 

[Crashsector]

This more or less solved all of my problems

http://www.micer.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=453056250

 

[[Spectre]]

This more or less solved all of my problems

http://www.micer.com/viewItem.asp?idProduct=453056250

Good find.

 

[n64man120]

That is actualy awsome, how much wattage does a mobo pull normally?

 

[[Spectre]]

The key is amps...not watts. So you need a pretty strong PSU to do it.

 

[Ice Czar]

if the scale increases, you could consider the "typical" telcom solution
where DC to DC supplies are the norm off of 48VDC, can offer efficiency advantages
running multiple boards off a single PSU will work fine provided (as pointed out) the amps are there


hmmm...Spectre seems to have beaten me to both those points

 

[[Spectre]]

hmmm...Spectre seems to have beaten me to both those points

I do what I can to help.