Thu Jan 07, 2010 12:47 am
This is cool.
So I've been looking around for a new GPU and stumbled across this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102857&cm_re=5850-_-14-102-857-_-Product
As you can see, it says it comes with a combo deal if you get a 600W PSU with it, the thing is, the combo deal is that you actually get the PSU for free. And it's not a bad one either. So I'm kicking myself because I just got a new 600W PSU when I could have saved my money and just got that video card/PSU bundle. Then....I start thinking on the bright side, if I get the card and PSU I'd have a spare PSU laying around, just in case. THEN....I REALLY get to thinking, why not run both PSU's in the same computer. No here's the problem. The PSU on/off switch is controlled by the motherboard. There is a 24-pin connector on the PSU that connects to the mobo and two pins out of the 24 are the one's that control the PSU turning on/off. So I'm like, crap, but I go to the Google Machine to see what I can dig up. Come to find out you can just jumper the two pins on the 24-pin connector coming from the PSU to turn it on, or you can jumper them with a switch in the line so you can turn it on/off with the push of a button. So I know your like, "DonJuan, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?" What I can do is, buy the new card with the PSU, mod out the PSU with the button and mount it in my case, then I can use that secondary PSU to power my GPU only and use the primary PSU for powering the mobo. This actually takes a lot of the strain off of a PSU and will give more power for a better OC on my CPU/RAM. It'll also extend the life of both PSU's since they, again, won't have as much of a strain on them. There's just some food for though.
Now that I look at this, it's such a PJ's post.
As you can see, it says it comes with a combo deal if you get a 600W PSU with it, the thing is, the combo deal is that you actually get the PSU for free. And it's not a bad one either. So I'm kicking myself because I just got a new 600W PSU when I could have saved my money and just got that video card/PSU bundle. Then....I start thinking on the bright side, if I get the card and PSU I'd have a spare PSU laying around, just in case. THEN....I REALLY get to thinking, why not run both PSU's in the same computer. No here's the problem. The PSU on/off switch is controlled by the motherboard. There is a 24-pin connector on the PSU that connects to the mobo and two pins out of the 24 are the one's that control the PSU turning on/off. So I'm like, crap, but I go to the Google Machine to see what I can dig up. Come to find out you can just jumper the two pins on the 24-pin connector coming from the PSU to turn it on, or you can jumper them with a switch in the line so you can turn it on/off with the push of a button. So I know your like, "DonJuan, what does that have to do with the price of tea in China?" What I can do is, buy the new card with the PSU, mod out the PSU with the button and mount it in my case, then I can use that secondary PSU to power my GPU only and use the primary PSU for powering the mobo. This actually takes a lot of the strain off of a PSU and will give more power for a better OC on my CPU/RAM. It'll also extend the life of both PSU's since they, again, won't have as much of a strain on them. There's just some food for though.
Now that I look at this, it's such a PJ's post.
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