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Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: whels on February 13, 2007, 12:58:03 PM
for Video cards?  here u go.  nice little add on.

http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/product/Power/PurePower/w0099/w0099.asp
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: Irwink! on February 13, 2007, 01:40:43 PM
Hmmm... Pretty slick!
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: Skuzzy on February 13, 2007, 02:07:52 PM
Hmmm,..I wonder if ground loops are going to be an issue.  It has been and issue in the past when connecting two different switching power supplies to electronics which shared the same ground plane.

The only way around it is for the add-on supply to have a physical connection to the other supply.  I cannot tell in the picture if that is the case or not.
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: whels on February 13, 2007, 02:20:02 PM
Skuzzy,

wouldnt it ground through the cable where it connects
to main PSU? in pic 2 under Application for PC System pics.

it shows the 2 PSUs connected via the 24pin cable.

Whels
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: Krusty on February 13, 2007, 02:21:04 PM
THere's an adapter that goes on the motherboard 24-pin plug, and it adds a 4-pin plug that this new PSU plugs into. Said it was for synchronicity or something along those lines. I'm guessing that's to avoid problems.

Although it all seems like overkill to me.
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: Skuzzy on February 13, 2007, 02:28:10 PM
Ahh, ok, then that is cool.  They are making sure ground loops will not happen.
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: Masherbrum on February 13, 2007, 03:21:57 PM
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Ahh, ok, then that is cool.  They are making sure ground loops will not happen.


I've seen a $6,000 Lexicon Amp fall victim of a ground loop.   It wasn't mine thank God, I'd have gone postal.   :cool:
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: Skuzzy on February 13, 2007, 03:27:31 PM
Ouch, that would hurt.  Nice amp too.  Damn.
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: jigsaw on February 13, 2007, 04:01:23 PM
$54.00 at Newegg. (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817153037)
That's a heck of a lot cheaper than upgrading a whole power supply.
Question I have though is if it's coming off the existing unit, how is it making a difference?

edit - disregard the question. The pictures on Newegg show where it has it's own external plug.
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: Masherbrum on February 13, 2007, 09:42:06 PM
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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Ouch, that would hurt.  Nice amp too.  Damn.


Oh it hurt and it wasn't even mine.   I almost cried for my buddy and he relieved me of that responsibility, by balling his eyes out for a couple of minutes.   His warranty had expired 4 months prior.    Lexicon felt bad and gave him $2,000 credit towards a new one.

I still piss him off by calling him "Loopy".   :D
Title: Need more power for Video cards?
Post by: Skuzzy on February 13, 2007, 09:45:50 PM
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Originally posted by Masherbrum
Oh it hurt and it wasn't even mine.   I almost cried for my buddy and he relieved me of that responsibility, by balling his eyes out for a couple of minutes.   His warranty had expired 4 months prior.    Lexicon felt bad and gave him $2,000 credit towards a new one.

I still piss him off by calling him "Loopy".   :D
That's just mean.
LOL!