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murray13 · 12-09-2002, 08:54 AM

jtroutma:
Looking at the specs for the hard drives and the power supply you should be just fine running it normally. As long as your not going to be spinning the hard drives up and letting them spin down every five minutes you should be just fine. The power supply's ratings should allow you to do this without adding anything else.

The answer for the question why does the 68 pin draw more power than the 80 pin is that the 80 pin uses a different signaling voltage than the 68 pin.

Just one other thing remember to take the ground of this power supply and connect it to the ground of the pc's power supply. You wouldn't want to have a lot of noise (electrical) being generated between the supplies.

12-09-2002, 08:54 AM	#9
murray13 Cooling Savant Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Omaha, NE USA Posts: 216	jtroutma: Looking at the specs for the hard drives and the power supply you should be just fine running it normally. As long as your not going to be spinning the hard drives up and letting them spin down every five minutes you should be just fine. The power supply's ratings should allow you to do this without adding anything else. The answer for the question why does the 68 pin draw more power than the 80 pin is that the 80 pin uses a different signaling voltage than the 68 pin. Just one other thing remember to take the ground of this power supply and connect it to the ground of the pc's power supply. You wouldn't want to have a lot of noise (electrical) being generated between the supplies.