Do You Understand PSU's ?

dietlard · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:07

Can anyone who understands PSU's consider this and let me know please.

Is there a PSU where you connect the power cables to the relevant peripherals / motherboard etc., then any unused power cables can simply be unplugged and disconnected from the PSU completely ?

This would improve the airflow and cooling.

I have a 1010w PSU and as you can imagine there are a lot of power cables coming out of it - about 50% of which aren't being used.

Is this a possibility ? Has no one else thought of this ?

Ricochet J · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:12

What you want is a modular PSU. The PSU you have is not modular. If the unused power cables are not active then I just usually squash them on top of the PSU itself or on top of the first drive bay in the case, or even behind the motherboard tray.

This is an example of a modular PSU http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-016-HP&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1097

moppy89 · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:12

Modular is the word youre searching for.

nate247 · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:13

Corsair and BeQuiet make some great modular PSU's deffo worth your consideration if you go this route...

killari · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:15

Yeah, he's right you are after a modular PSU. There are loads to choose from (albeit at slightly higher prices than their non modular counterparts.)

The most talked about ones are usually from Corsair or BeQuiet, but there are some good ones from other brands too.

siumatfung · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:15

could you post your spec to see what power consumption or thereabouts u will need?

killari · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:15

nate247 said:
Corsair and BeQuiet make some great modular PSU's deffo worth your consideration if you go this route...

DAMMIT you got that in a few seconds before I had posted

Ricochet J · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:16

To be honest I've found 1000w overkill for any system.

dietlard · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:21

Being new to this, I don't know if this will reply to all of you or whichever reply I clicked on......

Nope, never heard of a modular PSU - but I guess that is what I am looking for. Thanks a lot guys, be shopping soon !

killari · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:23

Totally wasn't paying attention to what I was doing there so instead ill send out some recommendations:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-022-BQ&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1083

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-018-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

I doubt you would need anything with a higher wattage.

dietlard · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:39

As requested spec is...

Asus M2 N32 SLi DeLuxe Motherboard
AMD Quad Core 9550 Phenom
NVidia GT 9600 x 2
DVD / CD Combo writer
Hard Drives 300Gb Velociraptor
1.5 Tb WD
300Gb x 2 Maxtor
500Gb Hitachi
750 Gb Maxtor
Hauppauge WinTV 88x DVB - T Hybrid Tuner / Demod
2 x 120mm fans
1 x 80mm fan
Had to take out my SB Awe 64 Gold (with 8mb upgrade) due to lack of slots
Forgot to add the 4Gb kit OCZ Reaper 1066

killari · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:43

If I were you I'd swap that Phenom for a Phenom II. They are quite inexpensive these days.

I think with that 750w is still probably a lot more than required.

Locke · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:45

To OP: Modular yes.

And looking at your spec regarding the power output, you have gone overkill on that one

- I'm guessing your rig would use around 250 - 300W on load at best.

siumatfung · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:49

Locke said:
To OP: Modular yes.

And looking at your spec regarding the power output, you have gone overkill on that one - I'm guessing your rig would use around 250 - 300W on load at best.

true but he needs a lot OF PLUGS LOL

dietlard · 3 Jul 2009 at 19:58

Yep overkill.
To me is same as future proofing, but now I need a modular PSU so will probably be looking for 1000w ish. Also need some decent size HDD's, 1.5 Tb+ (x 4 or 5). And some newer graphic cards. And my motherboard is getting on a bit . Hmm, wonder if Blueray rewriter is affordable yet...... wouldn't mind a 22" LED / Plasma. And to think I started off with a ZX81 !!!

siumatfung · 3 Jul 2009 at 20:07

u mean LCD right, erm blu-ray writers still 100£ plus

killari · 3 Jul 2009 at 20:08

dietlard said:
Yep overkill.
To me is same as future proofing, but now I need a modular PSU so will probably be looking for 1000w ish. Also need some decent size HDD's, 1.5 Tb+ (x 4 or 5). And some newer graphic cards. And my motherboard is getting on a bit . Hmm, wonder if Blueray rewriter is affordable yet...... wouldn't mind a 22" LED / Plasma. And to think I started off with a ZX81 !!!

People are always trying to future proof their hardware, bit its likely that in x years when you upgrade your other hardware you are likely to change your PSU too.

dietlard · 3 Jul 2009 at 20:09

siumatfung said:
u mean LCD right, erm blu-ray writers still 100£ plus

nope.

LED is the latest thing from Samsung,

killari · 3 Jul 2009 at 20:10

siumatfung said:
u mean LCD right, erm blu-ray writers still 100£ plus

He could mean LED backlighting

And I would never recommend TV grade screens to be used with a PC. You are far better off with an IPS or VA panel @ 22" for many reasons (viewing angles, colour gamut, response times, dithering, colour bleed etc) which you can get away with in TVs, but you would get slaughtered for if you mentioned in the monitors forums

dietlard · 3 Jul 2009 at 20:13

Probably miss out that generation as still haven't found anything I can't run with everything on maximum.