PSU Continued!

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 16:50

well, I have just received my psu in the post, the arctic freezer, and it dosen't just have 1 rail with 18A each, it has 3 18A rails which add up to 420.

I really don't want to be taking it back and buying a lepa at the mo. But would it be sufficient in supplying power to my msi 460 and phenom x4?

Thank you,

Tealc · 18 Jul 2011 at 17:01

It'll be fine. The 460 doesn't actually need 18A on a single rail.

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 17:03

thanks!

Moothead2 · 18 Jul 2011 at 17:03

Should be okay, just don't OC by too much if you planned on OC.

Surveyor · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:28

ExecutorKevin said:
well, I have just received my psu in the post, the arctic freezer, and it dosen't just have 1 rail with 18A each, it has 3 18A rails which add up to 420.

I really don't want to be taking it back and buying a lepa at the mo. But would it be sufficient in supplying power to my msi 460 and phenom x4?

Thank you,

You could have averted all the discussion about PSU's in your previous threads.

You stated your PSU had a 12V rail with 18A leading us to believe you only had 216W available.

Now out of the blue it suddenly has three 18A rails and 420W.

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:50

Lol on the e***** website it said it had 1 12v 18A rail and all the comments said it had 1 rail, but it seems I've got a new batch, and I was shocked when I got it, I oh so nearly bought that lepa ¬_¬
On the downside it only has 3 molex's though so I had to buy a splitter for my 460. and its got loads of satas which I don't need too. God knows how I'm going to power my fans!

Surveyor · 18 Jul 2011 at 18:57

ExecutorKevin said:
Lol on the e***** website it said it had 1 12v 18A rail and all the comments said it had 1 rail, but it seems I've got a new batch, and I was shocked when I got it, I oh so nearly bought that lepa ¬_¬
On the downside it only has 3 molex's though so I had to buy a splitter for my 460. and its got loads of satas which I don't need too. God knows how I'm going to power my fans!

It still sounds pretty crappy then if it has no PCI-E connectors.

So you're using molex splitters and then adapters?

Oh dear.

It may work but it ain't ideal.

Does it have an 8 pin connection for the CPU?

You should have cancelled the order and bought the Lepa.

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 19:06

too late now, at the mo on my pentium machine, I'm using all three molex for the gfx, cause my gfx came with 2 molex to pcie and the psu came with 1 molex to pcie, it also came with 1 molex to 2 x some 4 pin kind of thing, probably for the fans, I'm buying a sata dvd drive anyway so I wont be needing it. its powering my machine and 460 and its whisper quiet.

as for the 8 pin connector for the cpu, I have the 24 pin thingy and another thing for the motherboard (probably a 4 pin) plugged in.
Not going to take it back, costs £10 for P&P

Surveyor · 18 Jul 2011 at 19:11

I'm sure it is powering your PC and hope it continues to do so.

ExecutorKevin · 18 Jul 2011 at 20:24

thanks for your help, will post pics when finished