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rgathright · 12-17-2004, 02:01 PM

ThaDuke, give us an update on your project.

I have two points to bring up.
1) You are trying to save $$$, so do not purchase another Black ICE radiator, instead purchase an automotive heater core. Radiator Heat Dissipation Article

2) If you put your 600Watt PSU under a full load, you may increase the heat output to dangerous levels. For example, I run Folding@Home on my machines at work in the past 3 months I have had to replace the PSU on all my machines with < 300 Watt PSU's because Folding's new WU's put such a load on them. My point is that the PSU's may be rated for 600W but not a continous load.
The solution is mounting a second PSU in a tower style case (to keep it hidden) you can trick the second PSU to come on by splicing the green wire on the MOBO connector to the first PSU green/Mobo connector. Then splice any of the negative wires in as well. This is something I have been doing for awhile now with my higher end machines and I have had no problems.

Good luck.

12-17-2004, 02:01 PM	#4
rgathright Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: la Posts: 10	ThaDuke, give us an update on your project. I have two points to bring up. 1) You are trying to save $$$, so do not purchase another Black ICE radiator, instead purchase an automotive heater core. Radiator Heat Dissipation Article 2) If you put your 600Watt PSU under a full load, you may increase the heat output to dangerous levels. For example, I run Folding@Home on my machines at work in the past 3 months I have had to replace the PSU on all my machines with < 300 Watt PSU's because Folding's new WU's put such a load on them. My point is that the PSU's may be rated for 600W but not a continous load. The solution is mounting a second PSU in a tower style case (to keep it hidden) you can trick the second PSU to come on by splicing the green wire on the MOBO connector to the first PSU green/Mobo connector. Then splice any of the negative wires in as well. This is something I have been doing for awhile now with my higher end machines and I have had no problems. Good luck.